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Japanese company Anritsu has published a document summarising the status of the standardisation of 5G in the 3GPP.
It said the International Telecommunication Union – Radio communication study group (ITU-R) will request organisations to submit 5G standards based on its recommendations.
After being evaluated, the standards that succeed will be authorised and known as IMT–2020.
In the case of 4G, or IMT-Advanced, the ITU-R authorised LTE-Advanced submitted by the 3GPP and WiMAX-Advanced from the WiMAX Alliance.
For 5G, the requirements are as follows:
- Spectrum Efficiency is required to be 3x better than IMT-Advanced.
- The peak data rate must be better by a factor of 20.
- Area Traffic Capacity must be 100x better than IMT-Advanced.
- The standard must work while travelling at 500km/h, to be applicable for magnetic levitation trains.
- Network Energy Efficiency must be 100x better.
- Latency must be 1 millisecond.
- Connection density must be 1 million connections per square kilometre.
Timeline
The standard defining 5G will only be authorised in 2020, said Anritsu.
During 2016 and 2017, the ITU-R will complete technical performance specifications, determine an evaluation method and criteria, and design a format of submission.
A workshop will be held in late 2017, and after a deadline for submissions in the middle of 2019, IMT–2020 will be evaluated and decided.
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