Nokia and T-Mobile achieve nation's first 3GPP-compliant bi-directional 5G New Radio data transmission
June 07 2018 - 09:01AM
Press Release
- Standards-based test paves the way for 5G that works on actual
smartphones when they become available next year
7 June, 2018
Bellevue, Washington - Nokia and T-Mobile
(NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced a major milestone
in delivering true mobile 5G with the successful completion of the
nation's first bi-directional over-the-air 5G data session on a
3GPP-compliant 5G New Radio (NR) system in T-Mobile's Bellevue lab.
The test was successfully conducted with a user equipment simulator
and Nokia's 3GPP-compliant high-capacity 5G solution in the 28 GHz
band.
"This test is a big step forward in building REAL 5G that will
work on actual smartphones," said Neville Ray, Chief Technology
Officer at T-Mobile. "We're excited to continue our work with Nokia
to move the future of wireless forward and bring 5G to
customers!"
The 5G data transmission was conducted with the Nokia AirScale
baseband and radio, AirFrame server, and AirScale Cloud RAN running
5G NR 3GPP-compliant software. This same solution has been fully
proven in T-Mobile's environment through ongoing lab and field
trials, such as T-Mobile's deployment of its first
inter-vendor 5G test platform.
"This successful 3GPP compliant over-the-air data transmission
represents an important step for T-Mobile and the commercialization
of 5G," said Marc Rouanne, President of Mobile Networks, Nokia. "By
building on the tests Nokia has previously conducted with T-Mobile,
T-Mobile is well on its way to 5G commercial deployment."
Real 5G promises to enable faster speeds, massive connectivity,
decade long battery life for sensors and super responsive and
reliable networks for customers. This will unleash VR and AR
experiences on-demand, driverless vehicles, medical monitoring,
advanced industrial automation services, and so much more - all
requiring ubiquitous low latency connectivity.
Resources
- Web Page: Nokia 5G Future X
- Web Page: Nokia AirScale Radio Access
- Web Page: Nokia AirScale Cloud RAN
- Web Page: Nokia AirFrame data center solution
- Web Page: Nokia 5G Services
- Web Page: Plan your 5G transformation journey
- Web Page: Start building commercial 5G networks today
- Web Page: 5G Possibilities
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