12. Pre-5G
ZTE to launch 'pre-5G' base station next year
23rd December, 2014: Chinese vendor ZTE has said it plans to launch a ‘pre-
5G’ testing base station in 2015, commercial use of which will be possible in
2016, following tests and adjustment.
Pre-5G technology is a concept the company first proposed at a summit in
Amsterdam at a time when industry insiders said 5G technology would not be
deployed in the market before 2020.
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15. • Two key mantra’s for 5G:
– ABC (Always Best Connected)
– ASR (Always Sufficient Rate) – to give users the
perception of infinite capacity
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25. Importance of Frequency Selection
2.1GHz 900MHz
Higher frequency
means faster
decay
Lower frequency means
more number of users in a
given cell
Higher frequency gets
reflected from walls and
have poor penetration
Lower frequency gets
attenuated from walls but
still penetrates
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