Category: Wireless

• 5G Americas White Paper Explores 5G Services, Use Cases, and Market Implications 5G won’t simply be a utilitarian evolution of the network—it will be mandatory to support the future of business. It’s a powerful statement about a powerful future, outlined in a new 5G Americas white paper titled “5G Services & Use Cases,” which I recently had the privilege of writing with Brian Daly of AT&T. This newly released report takes a...
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• The Industry Sets its Sights on the Convergence and Coexistence of Wi-Fi and 5G A seamlessly-connected and powerfully-smart future is on the horizon, as we approach the commercial launch of 5G. 5G will enable not just people but also things both big and small to connect opportunistically to heterogeneous systems of wireless networks—changing the way we do business and experience the world around us. Supporting the growing bandwidth demands of mobile broadband users, along...
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• 3 Ways to Remove Information Highway Roadblocks with 5G Standards-Based Technologies There’s no doubt about it. The information ‘superhighway’ is becoming increasingly congested and data capacity is a global challenge. World wide mobile data traffic grew 63 percent in 2016, reaching 7.2 exabytes per month. To put that in context, that number is roughly 8,000 times that of 10 years ago, and almost 800 million times that of 15 years past....
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• Turning Density into Opportunity: 5G in Asia Density. When you mention the word density in relationship to 5G, it almost always refers to the network. But when mentioned in the context of Asia, the word “density” takes on a whole new meaning. The GSMA predicts that Asia will lead in the development of mobile 5G, attributing the region’s expected success to supportive (even bullish) governments; early movement...
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• Industry Focuses Efforts on Wi-Fi, Coordinated Shared Spectrum, and Convergence of Wireless and Computing With spectral availability in diminishing supply, meeting the data challenges of 5G will require the industry to become increasingly resourceful—exploring new ways to leverage licensed, license shared, and unlicensed bandwidth to support a growing array of devices and requirements, while still maintaining good quality of service (QoS). While there are myriad standards bodies, industry groups, and other organizations working day...
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• Are We There Yet? Excitement Builds as 5G Nears Commercial Deployment “Are we there yet?” It’s a familiar refrain for anyone who’s ever had the pleasure of taking a family road trip. Excitement, suspense, impatience, expectation—all packed into four little words. As we approach 5G deployment and the commercialization of 5G use cases like autonomous driving, it’s hard not to see the parallels. For many, even the most experienced of us,...
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• 5 Key Takeaways from Mobile World Congress 2017: Intel’s Perspective on the 5G Impact Panel   From phones to drones; micro cells to macro cells; data transport to data center—one thing became abundantly clear at Mobile World Congress 2017. 5G will be the virtual and literal lifeblood of our technological future, coursing through every aspect of how we conduct business and move through our daily lives. As MWC’s theme, “The Next Element,” brought to life—5G...
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• Accelerating 5G: Intel’s 2nd Generation 5G Mobile Trial Platform at MWC ‘17 Six months ago, I started a blog with the phrase “Scientists dream about great things. Engineers do them.” Today, I am proud not only to tell you that Intel is indeed doing great things in 5G, but also to show you firsthand – with live demos of Intel’s 2nd Generation Intel® Mobile Trial Platform at Mobile World Congress 2017. We’ve...
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• Setting the Stage for Smart Cities in the 5G Era By 2050, it’s estimated that 66% of the world population will live in urban areas. Meeting the demands of a growing urban population while reducing its environmental impact, improving public safety, and optimizing efficiency will require transformative technologies and concerted planning. Fortunately, we live at an amazing point in time when wireless, cloud, social, and information technologies are converging. This means...
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• Announcing the CBRS Alliance Recently, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made a ruling for CBRS or the Citizen’s Broadband Radio Service in the 3.5 GHz band.  This ruling opened up 150 MHz of much needed spectrum (3550-3700 MHz) for commercial use. While it is clearly beneficial to create access to spectrum, it is the industry’s turn to roll up its sleeves and get...
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