For 5G Standardization
As international standards for the 5G mobile telecommunications network are scheduled to be completed in June 2017, Samsung Electronics Co. is leading the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) meeting in order to secure the leadership in global standardization of the 5G network.
The company said that it will host “3GPP Radio Access Network 1 (3GPP RAN1),” an international meeting scheduled to run for five days from April 11 in Haeundae Grand Hotel, Busan, to discuss standards of 5G network technologies. About 400 technology experts from more than 80 telecom companies around the world are participating in the meeting, showing a high interest in the 5G network technology standardization.
The 3GPP is the world's largest and private technology standardization organization, participated in by most mobile carriers and equipment firms across the world. When the 3GPP decides standards, they are confirmed. This is why the discussion of the 3GPP will actually determine the global leadership in the 5G network.
The 3GPP started discussions on 5G network technology standardization last September at a “3GPP RAN 5G” workshop in Phoenix in the U.S. More detailed research projects on candidate technologies for the 5G network will begin at the meeting in Busan. The 3GPP will announce its plans for integrating diverse IoT services to the 5G network and securing compatibility with future 5G technologies that will be further improved by June next year. Based on such research, it will complete the first standardization phase of the 5G network in June 2018.
Samsung Electronics started developing 5G technology in 2011 and succeeded in demonstrating 1.2 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) data transmission using ultrahigh frequency for the first time in the world in 2013. The company also succeeded in demonstrating 1.2 Gbps data transmission and up to 7.5 Gbps high-speed data transmission in a mobile environment from a vehicle traveling at over 110 km/h for the first time in the world in 2014, proving its leadership in the 5G network technology.
During the Mobile World Congress (MWC) earlier this year in February, the company unveiled the world's first handover technology connecting 5G base stations, taking a step closer to the 5G network commercialization. Also, it has pushed for partnerships with global telecom operators and network equipment makers by carrying out joint demonstrations of the 5G network technologies with many leading firms at home and abroad.