Barron 5G01 is a commercial chip that was released after the 5G standard was frozen for the first time. This is a global leader. Based on Barron's 5G communication capability, Huawei is able to provide chips for communication operators and terminal consumers worldwide. - The end-to-end 5G solution for end-to-end networks promotes the industry's exploration of 5G and is of great significance to the development of the global 5G industry. Why does Huawei offer commercial chips in just three months after the 5G standard freezes? With my knowledge and understanding of MWC2018, talk about the story behind Barron 5G01.
Barron series brilliant history
Barong is a terminal chip solution launched by Huawei in 2007. The mobile phone SoC is generally divided into two parts. The BP (Baseband Processor is the Modem baseband processor) and the AP (Application Processor Application Processor). The former handles communication protocols. It is an application processor including CPU, GPU, etc. Huawei started the development of the chip with the theme of snow-capped mountains. The AP chip is called K3, and the Modem chip is called Balong--Balong Barong (7013m above sea level) in Dingri County, Tibet. (The Everest and Cho Oyu peaks are on a fixed date), the highest peak in Tibet at an altitude of 7000m above sea level. K3 is named after Brood Peak, one of the five peaks of Karakoram, and has an elevation of 8,047 meters. Both of these mountains are above 7000 meters above sea level. The snow-capped mountains, steep mountains, and difficult roads, this name just means that Huawei chips are the most difficult to climb. They are lofty, and they are consistent with Huawei's low-key but pragmatic but world-minded feelings.
Balong's birth was a result of the birth of the baseband processor, creating the world's best one after another!
2010 Baron 700: Industry First to Support LTE TDD/FDD
In 2012, Barron 710: The industry first to support LTE Cat.4, download peak rate of 150Mbps.
In 2013, Baron 720: The world's first to support LTE Cat.6, the downlink rate doubled to 300Mbps, integrated in Kirin 920/950 series processors. Among them, Kirin 920 is the world's first SoC chip supporting LTE Cat.6, support Skylink, leading the industry's strongest opponent, the Kirin 950 in the industry took the lead in supporting pseudo-base station defense, protecting the user's information security from the bottom of the chip, which must be attributed to the Barron chip's powerful communications capabilities.
In 2015, Baron 750: The industry first to support LTE Cat12/13 (UL), the world's first commercial 4CA (four-carrier aggregation), the world's first commercial 4x4MIMO, download peak rate of 600Mbps.
In 2017, Kirin 970 (which incorporates Barron 760): The industry's first mobile SoC supporting LTE Cat.18, download peak rate of 1.2Gbps; the first commercial dual-card dual VoLTE.
In 2018, Baron 5G01, 5G first commercial chip.
It can be said that Baron is the hero of Kirin behind the scenes. Because of Barron's powerful communication capability, the Kirin SoC can only behave like a rooster - you know, the powerful Apple has no such mobile SOC chip, which is also Apple's weakness. one.
The barron's communication strength has also been recognized by the industry. According to the quality report released by China Mobile in 2017, the Kirin 970 has performed outstandingly in the communication performance evaluation section. Under the different speed scene tests, the download rate and the quality of voice transmission are the best. It can provide consumers with a stable, extremely fast call-to-surf experience. It can be said that Barron's communications enhance the overall performance of Unicorn.
Each generation of Baron chips passed nearly 6,000 global certification tests of the Global Citification Forum (GCF), and mobile broadband terminals equipped with Baron chip platforms sold in more than 150 countries and more than 300 operators worldwide. Global market share Over 70%, the market share ranks first in the world!
Thanks to Barron 5G01, Huawei can take the lead in introducing the world's first 5G commercial CPE terminal. It is said that Japanese, European and American markets are waiting for this CPE terminal. Consumers want to experience 5G ultra high speed as soon as possible.
Why Barron 5G01 can be quickly launched?
In my opinion, Barron 5G01 has become the first commercial chip released after the 5G standard freeze, mainly due to the following three points:
1, Huawei started to conduct 5G research earlier
On November 18, 2016, at the 3GPP RAN1 (wireless physical layer) #87th meeting, the channel coding technology scheme for the 5G eMBB (enhanced mobile broadband) scenario was finalized, where the Polar Code code is used as a control channel coding scheme; The LDPC code is used as the coding scheme for the data channel. The Polar Code code is based on Huawei as the main representative. This is an important progress in the research and standardization of 5G mobile communication technology in China. Although this meaning is not mentioned in some media, 'rolling' A certain link is so exaggerated, but it is also significant. This is related to Huawei's early implementation of 5G R&D. As early as 2009, Huawei initiated 5G research and invested at least several hundred million US dollars in 5G research and innovation before 2018. At present, there are 11 5G research centers in the world, and more than thousands of experts participate in 5G research.
2, comprehensive and detailed 5G technical test work
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology disclosed in February 2016 that China and the international have started 5G R&D simultaneously. According to the overall deployment of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's 5G basic R&D trials will be carried out in 2016-2018, divided into 5G key technical tests, 5G technical solutions verification and 5G system verification in three phases.
Huawei, the president of Huawei's terminal product line, said on Weibo that Huawei has achieved comprehensive leadership in the six major areas of the national 5G test project, causing a stir in the industry. The six specific areas include: The highest cell capacity, the lowest network latency, and the largest network The number of connections, the most complete 5G verification band, the most complete pre-commercial system, the most extensive 5G application case.
Huawei also achieved a breakthrough in the C-Band testing process, with a peak downlink rate of over 20 Gbit/s. This is another leading result Huawei has achieved after the second phase of the IMT-2020 (5G) summit test. Huawei is the IMT. One of the core members of the -2020 (5G) Promotion Team is an important part of the 5G technology research and development experiment organized by the IMT-2020 (5G) promotion group. Yang Chaobin, president of Huawei's 5G product line, also said that the company The C-band, millimeter-wave, uplink and downlink decoupling tests of 5G technology have been completed in Beijing. These detailed tests have accumulated rich theoretical data for the introduction of commercial chips.
3, everything is pre-prepared --- to cover all possible 5G technologies
According to my communication with Huawei's chip experts, Huawei's R&D on Barron 5G01 took into consideration various 5G technology possibilities. Therefore, Baron 5G01 can support Sub6GHz (low frequency) and mmWave (high frequency) bands, support 256QAM modulation, and support NSA ( Non Standalone, 5G non-independent networking and SA (Standalone, 5G independent networking) are two networking modes, where mobility requirements for non-independent networking are managed by the LTE base station and support increased, 5G base stations are released; and independent The mobility of the networking requires that 5G cell selection and cell reselection are supported within the 5G system, while the same frequency and different frequency handover are supported, and the 5G to LTE handover is supported.
However, such full coverage also caused 5G01 to be larger than other competing products. Huawei experts indicated that they have been optimizing. The future optimized version will be further reduced in size and power consumption, and will be very competitive.
In the process of advancing the development of 5G, Huawei is also actively deploying 4.5G applications. In this MWC, the world’s first 8-band 4.5G chip Balong 765 was released, maximizing the use of carrier spectrum resources and bringing faster to consumers. The connection experience. Balong 765 is the world's first to support LTE Cat.19, peak download rate of 1.6Gbps in FDD network environment, 1.16Gbps in TD-LTE network, the world's first TD-LTE G-bit solution; Balong 765 is also The world's first, the only modem chip in the industry supporting 8x8 MIMO (8-antenna multiple-input-multiple-out) technology leads the industry in rate improvement and signal reception.
At the same time, Balong 765 also supports the LTE-V standard. Before the 5G really arrived, it came up with a practical solution for connecting the car to achieve the connection between the car and the car and the car. The release of the Balong 765 is 4G to 5G. The evolutionary process provided a reliable solution, which will make the future world of IoT more imaginary and closer. It will inevitably promote the entire industry's deployment of 5G. The release of Balong 765 once again proves that the Baron series processors are powerful. Communication capabilities.
On the MWC2018, Huawei and Vodafone completed the world's first 5G call test in cooperation with the 3GPP 5G new wireless standard and the Sub6 GHz band in Spain. This call is significant, said Santiago Tenorio, head of Vodafone's network strategy and architecture group: This is an important milestone for Vodafone to launch 5G. This successful test will enable us to further test 5G in Europe during 2018.
As Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei's consumer business, puts it: 5G is a brand-new and disruptive starting point that will bring human society into a new era of the Internet of Everything. This will bring great convenience to people's lives and production methods, and users will communicate and share. The approach will also revolutionize. 5G will not only meet the needs of the communications industry, but will also improve the global smart environment, bringing new feelings to industrial manufacturing and the lives of people including medical, home, and travel. .
The release of Barron 5G01 and Huawei 5G CPE shows that the 5G era has arrived and that local companies represented by Huawei will have more say in the 5G era. In the new era of 5G, Barron chips will continue to exert their communication advantages. End users and operators provide faster and more reliable mobile connection quality, making everything possible from the imagination to reality.
Come on, Baron!