This whitepaper from Huawei looks at the current explosive growth in mobile broadband (MBB) and the expected number of users by 2020, who are expected to be consuming up to 5 GB of date per month and proposes technologies and services that will lead the way to 5G.
The paper covers:
The Internet of Things (IoT), and narrow band IoT as well as forecasting the number of IoT connections.
The 4.5G concept of gigabit transmission for new vertical markets for operators.
The need to support 2k/4k video, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), drones and other IoT services.
4.5G trials and pre-commercial trials.
How to transition from 4G to 4.5G and eventually 5G.
This whitepaper is published on the GSA web site with the permission of the author.
©Copyright Huawei 2016.
Huawei is an Executive Member of GSA