(Weidling / Wen) "From life, above life" is often used to describe art, whether it is literature, painting or film, the general meaning is that the content comes from the concrete life, but the final rendering of the meaning of the more typical and universal.
Looking at the future of 5G, it is also showing a trend of "originating from communication, higher than communication". If you want to make sense of this trend, you may want to return to the communication itself, starting with a recent news story about data calls.
Originally from communications, band aggregation dramatically improves 5G performance
On April 13, Qualcomm announced that it had successfully completed a 5G independent networking (SA) mode based on 5G Sub-6GHz FDD/TDD bands and millimeter wave antenna modules, using terminals equipped with the Snapdragon X65 5G modem and RF system and the Qualcomm QTM545 millimeter wave antenna module. /TDD bands and millimeter-wave bands in 5G independent networking (SA) mode. The process realized dual-connected data calls in 5G Sub-6GHz FDD band and 28GHz millimeter wave band, and 5G Sub-6GHz TDD band and 39GHz millimeter wave band, respectively.
This news is a great demonstration of the Snapdragon X65's ability to aggregate high, medium, and low spectrum to support a combination of key global bands. Carrier aggregation is precisely the key to continuously improving peak rates since the 4G+ era, by aggregating carriers under multiple frequency bands together, which in turn greatly improves transmission bandwidth and ultimately allows peak rates to be significantly increased. After entering the 5G era, the ability of carrier aggregation is continuing to evolve, Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 realizes the dynamic spectrum **** enjoyment of 4G and 5G, Snapdragon X60 realizes the aggregation of Sub-6GHz and millimeter-wave bands, and Snapdragon X65 starts to support FDD-TDD carrier aggregation in the 5G uplink.
It is also because of the carrier aggregation support for more bands, coupled with the Snapdragon X65's improved downlink bandwidth, which can be as high as 1GHz in the millimeter-wave band and 300MHz in the Sub-6GHz band, and ultimately dual connectivity in both the millimeter-wave and Sub-6GHz bands, to achieve peak rates of up to 10Gbps, a 100-fold increase in rate compared to early LTE. This is a 100-fold increase over early LTE, and finally fulfills the vision that the industry had in mind when planning the original 5G network.
This also demonstrates that the Snapdragon X65 is future-proofed for global 5G network deployments. Today, operators in many parts of the world are deploying millimeter wave bands, and the 41GHz band is being selected to deliver higher peak rates. The Snapdragon X65 is also being used to free up FDD bands on existing 4G networks for 5G deployment, which will allow the Snapdragon X65 to be used in future 5G networks, delivering faster transmission rates while greatly increasing network capacity.
Pre-built for the future, opening up the 10Gbps 5G era
In addition to supporting carrier aggregation across all frequency bands, Snapdragon X65 is pre-built to support the cutting-edge elements of 5G future development, officially opening up a 10Gbps 5G era.
On the terminal side, Snapdragon X65 and the RF system will help devices keep high speed and power consumption in parallel. The Qualcomm QET7100 Broadband Envelope Tracker can support the amplitude of the power amplifier power supply to follow the amplitude of the power amplifier transmitting signal to dynamically adjust, realizing the terminal transmitting signal and the amplifier power supply on demand, reducing power consumption to extend the life of the device; AI-assisted signal enhancement technology can also significantly improve the cell phone user experience in terms of battery life, connectivity, and upstream and downstream throughput rates. AI-assisted signal enhancement technology can also significantly improve battery life, connectivity and uplink and downlink throughput rates for cell phone users.
With the freezing of the 5G Release 16 standard in July 2020, it means that the future upgraded 5G network will enter a new phase, as an important "big version" of the iteration, 5G will be from the R15 stage to eMBB-based capabilities, formally increase the capacity of URLLC, CIoT capabilities, to complete the construction of the 5G capability triangle. The construction of the 5G capability triangle. At the same time for automatic driving, slicing network and other areas to fully utilize the 5G have better support, and then be able to expand in a variety of vertical industries.
Snapdragon X65 is the first modem and RF system to support the 3GPP Release 16 standard. With the Snapdragon X65's scalable architecture, operators will be able to upgrade their network deployments with Snapdragon X65-enabled devices to support Release 16 features in batches via OTA. This also means that by continuing to add new features, Snapdragon X65 will extend 5G across multiple applications beyond smartphones.
"This will create entirely new opportunities, such as supporting home Gigabit connectivity, industrial IoT applications, and 5G enterprise private networks through fixed wireless access, bringing 5G to entirely new industries. For example, more reliable 5G connectivity will help digitize the manufacturing sector, thereby increasing overall productivity in this area. This is the basis for the much-discussed Industry 4.0." Speaking at the launch of the Snapdragon X65, Qualcomm Technologies senior vice president and general manager of the 4G/5G business, Derek Madsen, said it was interesting that the accompanying event was titled "What's Next in 5G," which signaled the role that the Snapdragon X65 will play in driving the arrival of the new The Snapdragon X65 will play a key role in driving the new 5G era, accelerating our path to the future.
Higher than communications, a new wave of digital transformation
So what is the future of 5G?
Obviously, Snapdragon X65 has already given the answer, Dr. Mingkai Nan, Senior Director of Business Development at Qualcomm Technologies, said, "The launch of the Snapdragon X65 5G modem and RF system extends the 5G application scenario from the traditional consumer field to more segmented areas, enabling 5G to better empower vertical industries and help drive the digital transformation of the entire society. transformation."
From the application scope, Snapdragon X65, in addition to supporting traditional applications such as smartphones and mobile hotspots, can also support fixed wireless access, laptops, tablets, and can empower vertical areas such as the industrial Internet and enterprise private networks. For example, Qualcomm then also with the release of the 2nd generation of Qualcomm 5G fixed wireless access platform, also equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon X65 modem and RF system, and the use of Qualcomm QTM547 extended range millimeter wave antenna module.
At present, more areas have shown great enthusiasm for Snapdragon X65, and OEMs are accelerating the launch of CPE devices using X65. Shifted far communication, wide and pass have launched a variety of built-in Snapdragon X65 5G modem and RF system of 5G communication module, through the support of Release 16, for Snapdragon X65 and IoT equipment to build a bridge between the ultra-reliable, low-latency 5G network can be realized in the industrial Internet, mobile computing, intelligent medical, private network and other scenarios of the scale of the landing.
Recently, Qualcomm President and CEO-designate Ammon also talked about when accepting foreign media, 5G is no longer unique to the communications industry, it is not just only provided to operators and cell phones, but also will become an essential element of the cloud economy, will be able to access everything to the cloud, 5G will become relevant to the automotive industry, the network sector, the Internet of Things, and power retail, industry and energy .
Undoubtedly, 5G, which originated in the communications industry, is still pushing the Shannon limit by increasing peak rates through technologies such as carrier aggregation and dual connectivity. At the same time, the significance of 5G is also increasingly higher than the communications industry itself, because it will support many industries to realize a new round of upgrading, just as water and electricity are generally ubiquitous at the moment. And in this process of change, Snapdragon X65 5G modem and RF system undoubtedly marks an important inflection point moment, which makes 5G originated from communication, and began to be higher than the communication, and from then on to a new stage.