demonstration of first in the world 5G-based connected car !

demonstration of first in the world 5G-based connected car.

For the demonstration, SKT cooperate with BMW Group Korea to add 5G terminals in 2 BMW vehicles . SKT together with Ericsson developed and deployed the pre-standard 5G radio together with core network.



SK Telecom (SKT) in this trial :

• largest mmWave pre-standard 5G trial network 
• using the 28GHz band 

where ?

• in Incheon - BMW’s driving centre
• area of 240,000 square metres

support for :

•  peak data rates of more than 20Gb/s 
•  sub-millisecond latency, 

V2X solution 

Using a combination of ‘5G’ and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technologies, 

Advantages : 

improves road safety and the 
driving experience by supporting ultra-low latency communication 

between vehicles and the surrounding environment

source : http://spectrum.ieee.org/

SK Telecom are now in 5G Automotive Association

SK Telecom are now in 5G Automotive Association

This sunday SKT has become a member of 5G Automotive Association (5GAA)

5GAA :


Founded : 27.09.2016

Target :  connected mobility and road safety , automated driving

Members : AUDI AG, BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia, Qualcomm Incorporated

Alex Jinsung Choi, CTO and Head of Corporate R&D Center of SK Telecom claimed :


“We are designing 5G to support connected cars and autonomous driving. 5G will enable the automotive industry to create new and innovative values through services including augmented autonomous driving, worry-free car management and rich in-car services,”  “I believe that 5GAA will play a pivotal role in realizing 5GAA’s goal of creating new business opportunities for both the mobile telecommunications and automotive industries.”

source : http://pulsenews.co.kr/

SKT and Intel will work on self-driving vehicles based on 5G

SKT and Intel will work on self-driving vehicles

SK Telecom  make agreement  with Intel for  developing self-driving vehicles technology based on 5G network.

Choi Jin-sung, chief technology officer in SK Telecom claimed :

"The collaboration will become a technological building block in developing more services ahead of the introduction of autonomous vehicles"

Plan is to make showcase 5G integrated with vehicles in next year.

source : https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/

Snapdragon X50 from Qualcomm is ready for 5G

Qualcomm has presented new processor Snapdragon X50. It's the first 5G modem! Modem offers download peak throughput around 5Gb/s.

It's obvious the around the world now is lack of commercial network , but in the near future for such such 5G network will be deployed.
In Korea and Japan first commercial release is planned in 2018.

Source : qualcomm

Combining forces to push 5G specification to be ealier

Combining forces to push 5G specification to be ealier

The key issue is to speed up creation of 5G specification . It's the intention of the biggest wireless network providers.

According to 3GPP schedule : 
5G will be standardized in two phases: 

• Release 15 in June 2018, 
• Release 16 in September 2019

Plans of  wireless network providers : 

In  late 2017 or 2018 deploymenenf of 5G in US .Verizon Communications has announced plans related to  commercial fixed 5G deployments.

In South Korean for Winter Olympics in 2018 Korea Telecom plans to showcase of advanced 5G. It's two to three years before 3GPP standardization.



Acceleration of specification of 5G 

Willingnes to accelerate the 3GPP pace for 5G has been so acute that Korea Telecom and Verizon created multi-company forums to create pre-standard specifications in 2015.


Was  announcement at Mobile World Congress in February, 2016 about the launch of a 5G Trial Specification Alliance (5G TSA). 


5G TSA consisting of KT, SK Telecom, NTT DoCoMo  and Verizon. The goal is to speed up 5G specification , especally at the begining accelerate L1/L2 specifications to December, 2017 (from June, 2018).

soruce : http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/5g-truth-or-dare/a/d-id/726521

SK Telecom and Verizon partnership in 5G

SK Telecom and Verizon partnership in 5G

In this week was announcement that SK Telecom and Verizon extend 5G partnership . 


It will related to scenarios : 

applications for 5G technology
specifications for 5G solutions

What are the 5G plans ?

Verizon : 

pre-commercial deployment in 2017

SKT :

pre-commercial deployment in 2017

5G UE ?

For the time being now there is no 5G UE are availabe , but as we see Intel is going very quickly with his proposals we will be what can be shown and proposed in 2017 for world market .

source :  http://www.zdnet.com