Last week saw the finalization of 3GPP’s next wave of 5G standards, Release 16. Despite a delay of a few months because of the pandemic crisis, the specifications have now been frozen after a series of online meetings of the 3GPP groups.
Read moreWhat is the current 5G release?
Release-16 finalization is targeted for March 2020, with the physical layer specifications already finalized in December of 2019.
Read moreWhat is the current 3GPP release?
3GPP Release 17 3GPP approved the Release 17 package in December 2019 at the same meeting as the freeze for Release 16’s physical layer work. So far, COVID-19 has most affected Release 17, as the majority of the work for this release has happened virtually.
Read moreWhat is 5G Release 16?
While Release 15, completed back in 2018, laid the foundations for 5G architecture and security, Release 16 was dedicated to additional use cases and therefore many features were added or enhanced .
Read moreWhich of the following technologies are introduced in 3GPP Release 16 to continuously improve 5G competitiveness?
Rel-16 is phase 2 of the 5G system, which considered the following New Radio improvement: Continuously improve NR competitiveness by implementing; Self-backhaul and integration with access for NR. EMBB sub6GHz enhancement . New multiple access, such as SCMA.
Read moreWhat is the 3GPP release for LTE?
LTE Overview. LTE (Long Term Evolution) or the E-UTRAN (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Access Network), introduced in 3GPP R8 , is the access part of the Evolved Packet System (EPS).
Read moreWhat is Max bandwidth in 5G?
5G can be significantly faster than 4G, delivering up to 20 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) peak data rates and 100+ Megabits-per-second (Mbps) average data rates. 5G has more capacity than 4G.
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