Telecom launches 5G network and How will 5G networks be built

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 )