5G New Radio( NR)Non-Standalone( NSA) Standard Approved
Last December in Lisbon( Portugal), a momentous 5G corner was achieved. The 5G NR NSA standard was approved to officially protest off the norms- grounded 5G period, and the associated arms race among merchandisers dealing gear and MNOs dealing services. This corner will lead to “ norms- grounded ” 5G trials, attestations of conception, and idol trials that will accelerate throughout 2018, as substantiated by a “ group advertisement from multiple league 1 network drivers and merchandisers stating that the completion of the first 5G NR standard has set the stage for the global mobile assiduity to start full- scale development of 5G NR for large- scale trials and marketable deployments as early as in 2019 ”. In short, the 5G arms race has officially begun.
Wireline structure Is the Mobile Network
As Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, so eloquently stated, “
The further wireless we come, the further fixed- line dependent we come. Meaning,
as data conditions on these mobile networks grow,
you have to get a thick and thick and thick cell point grid. thick, thick, thick means more cell spots of ciena networks.
All of those cell spots connected by fiber and
Ethernet. principally, all you are doing is erecting this big massive fixed- line network with
wireless antennas hanging on the end of it. ” veritably well said,
I must say.
I believe Randall's standpoint compactly sums up the
migration path towards 5G a massive wireline upgrade with new 5G
NRs stationed at the wireline network edge. Of course, it's
far more complicated than simply installing new 5G
NRs on halls, structures, and colorful types of megacity cabinetwork.
For illustration, RF content planning is needed to know exactly where
5G NRs should be installed, where new small cells will have to be stationed,
and so on, that can only be optimized once the
technology is completely tested under real- world conditions. still,
the substance is correct, as the wireline network “ cements ” together multiple generations of
wireless technology to and from data centers, where penetrated content
resides, and everything in between.
As 5G NR wireless technology is tested in the real- world and
is proven sufficiently dependable, massive deployments
can commence. Once this starts, scaling of the common wireline structure is also needed, especially as further 5G
NRs are attached to it, if the instigative 5G network performance earnings mentioned over are
to be realized.
Multiple Generations Living in Harmony
5G wasn't intended to outright replace once generations of mobile network technology, similar as 4G and all its variants( aged LTE and newer LTE- A and LTE- Pro). 5G is intended to attend alongside 4G and will probably attend alongside 3G and indeed 2G in numerous locales, as newer generations noway really fully replaced aged generations. You can see this yourself as you travel and notice your smartphone jumping between 2G, 3G, and 4G networks depending where you are located at a given point in time. This means that the wireline network that supports once generations of mobile technology must also support 5G as well.
