Verizon, Corning and Samsung complete trials of new indoor cell sites to extend 5G coverage
September 16 2020 - 9:30AM
Verizon has recently completed lab trials with Corning and begun
lab trials with Samsung on new 5G mmWave in-building solutions
which, when commercially launched, will provide 5G mmWave coverage
inside facilities such as hospitals, manufacturing facilities,
warehouses, schools, ports, retail stores and more. The launch of
these indoor cell sites will not only extend the footprint of
Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network, but will also bring the
promise of private networks with Mobile Edge Compute (MEC)
capabilities one step closer.
“An indoor cell site brings the benefits of mmWave 5G - high
throughput, great capacity, high reliability and the ability for a
large number of users to simultaneously use robust data
applications - indoors where it may be more difficult for signals
from our outside 5G network to penetrate,” said Adam Koeppe, Senior
Vice President of Technology Planning and Development at
Verizon.
In-building solutions have been a staple of wireless networks
since their inception, providing an effective and efficient means
of delivering dedicated coverage and capacity indoors for 4G LTE
for many years. These similar 5G indoor solutions being tested are
more compact, lower power and compatible with Verizon’s
virtualization strategy.
A big leap towards private 5G networks for enterprise
customers
The impending commercialization of these indoor systems are a
critical step on the way to private 5G networks. A private 5G
network is a smaller, self-contained network whose components all
reside in a single facility. The most robust, lowest-latency,
highest performing private 5G network relies on three basic
components: a private core serving exclusively that single system,
a radio access network (an indoor cell site like the ones being
tested with Corning and Samsung), and a MEC platform.
“By combining a private core, an indoor cell site and the MEC
platform in a facility, an enterprise can have a private and secure
ultra-reliable, high-speed, low-latency 5G network,” said Koeppe.
“A private 5G network will offer customers the potential to have
the cloud within their facility. It will accelerate enterprise
automation and digitization efforts, and with Verizon’s mmWave
bandwidth and reliability, it will offer the scalability to manage
massive numbers of devices along with advanced capabilities such as
Edge AI, computer vision and other emerging technologies.”
With all three components of the network in a single facility,
it increases speed and efficiency by eliminating the need for data
to cross through multiple routers and across large geographies. It
also eliminates the need to share core resources with the macro
network and offers the flexibility to develop specific capabilities
customized to the private network owner.
About the indoor cell site trials
After an industry-wide RFP, Corning’s and Samsung’s indoor cell
site solutions were chosen for the Verizon network. Corning’s
solution successfully completed testing in the Verizon test lab in
Westlake, TX and has begun field testing in a live network
environment.
Corning's mmWave solution, part of Corning's portfolio of
strategic cellular solutions for the enterprise, brings 5G indoors
with a sleek, easy-to-install design, delivering future-ready 5G
performance by utilizing Corning's state-of-the-art composite fiber
(with fiber for data transmission and copper for powering, in one
cable.)
"We're pleased to open a new phase in our longtime collaboration
with Verizon, which over the years has brought reliable LTE
coverage to Verizon's customers in venues large and small," said
Michael Bell, senior vice president and general manager, Corning
Optical Communications. "Now, with Corning's mmWave solution,
Verizon will showcase its 5G Ultra Wideband capabilities for the
enterprise. Our mmWave solution draws on Corning's decades of
experience in network design to deliver cost-effective indoor
coverage that allows enterprises to reap the full benefits of
5G."
Lab trials have begun using Samsung’s 5G mmWave indoor small
cell in-building product which, after successful completion, will
also advance to field trials. This solution will provide a compact,
discrete indoor 5G solution capable of delivering the
high-throughput and lower-latency service levels to support Verizon
enterprise customers’ in-building 5G service requirements.
“Building on our network collaboration with Verizon since 2009
and our global leadership in mmWave technology, we are excited to
expand 5G’s next phase to the enterprise with Verizon,” said Magnus
Ojert, Vice President, Networks Division, Samsung Electronics
America. “These first trials of indoor small cell solutions,
coupled with our recent advancements with vRAN, advance our support
of Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network, and will provide their U.S.
consumers and enterprises with incredible new experiences.”
Verizon expects to begin deployment of a commercial in-building
product by the end of 2020.
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