German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom has today
launched its fifth-generation (5G) network in five major cities in Germany, the
Berlin-based telecom said in a statement
Thus, the company becomes the second telecommunications
operator to provide 5G network in the country after Vodafone.
The 5G network is now available in Berlin, Munich, Cologne,
Bonn and Darmstadt, Deutsche Telecom said. So far, the company has 129 antennas
in Germany operating 5G out of a total of 30,000 of its antennas in Germany. By
the end of the year, the telecom plans to have around 300 antennas providing a
5G network, which will also be available in Leipzig and Hamburg.
Vodafone became the first telecom to launch the high-speed
telecommunications network in July. The company now has over 150 5G antennas in
Germany in 52 locations.
Private users must own new smartphones compatible with the
5G network to use high-speed Internet.
For most private customers, high-speed technology is
unnecessary, but industry and individual companies will be able to reap
significant benefits from 5G technology, DPA notes. / BTA.
Three 5 G application scenarios
The state-owned enterprise Radio Research Institute (NIIR)
has prepared a draft concept for the construction of the next, fifth generation
mobile communications (5G) networks in Russia. The document (available to
CNews) describes how to build 5G networks, taking into account various scenarios
for the application of future technologies.
In 5G networks there will be three main application
scenarios. The first of these, Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), is an
evolution of mobile Internet technology.
This technology provides human-oriented services and
provides access to multimedia content: Ultra-HD, 3D-video, online games,
virtual and augmented reality, advanced social networking services, cloud
services, real-time music, and broadcasting. EMBB requires multi-gigabit data
rates, energy efficiency and spectrum utilization.
Another scenario is large-scale machine-to-machine
communications (MIoT, Machine Type Communication). This scenario is applicable
for the operation of a large number of connected devices that transmit a
relatively small amount of data that are not so sensitive to delays.
It will be used in energy, transport, healthcare, trade,
public safety, industry, utilities, unmanned transport systems. For this
scenario to work, a low cost of subscriber devices is required while supporting
a large coverage area and long battery life of the device.
The third use case for 5G networks is ultra-reliable low
latency data transmission (URLLC, Ultra-Reliableand Low Latency
Communications). This scenario places high demands on throughput, latency, and
availability.
It will be used for wireless control of industrial and
production processes, remote medicine, automation of energy distribution in
smart grids, public safety, smart homes and cities, smart vehicles and
implementations of intelligent road infrastructure based on V2X
(Vehicletoeverything, connecting a car to any object on the network )
