5G is a critical part of new economic transformation, while enabling new innovation in general purpose technologies.
Huawei has kicked off the 14th Global Mobile Broadband Forum in Dubai, UAE. In his keynote, Li Peng, Corporate Senior Vice President and President, Huawei called on global carriers and industry partners to rise to the occasion, address increasing demands on networks, and make the most of the future trends.
“Let’s start today, build tomorrow’s networks for future services, and unleash 5G’s infinite potential for continuous success. We are already on the right path towards 5G business success, and 5G-Advanced is the natural next step in 5G’s evolution,” he said.
Huawei believes future mobile networks need to have six key features: 10 Gbps downlink, 1 Gbps uplink, deterministic networking, support for a hundred-billion IoT connections, integrated sensing and communication, and native AI capabilities. To make this happen, carriers and industry players not only need to continuously enhance their capabilities in three core usage scenarios – enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine-type communications (mMTC), and ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) – but also develop three new capabilities, including Uplink Centric Broadband Communication (UCBC) and Real-Time Broadband Communication (RTBC).
He emphasized that when we look back at history, every major economic transformation came from innovation in general purpose technologies. For digital industries, 5G is developing fast, opening up new markets and opportunities.
Speaking on 5G-Advanced, the next evolutionary step in 5G technology, Li also noted that the industry needs to work together to promote the development of device and application ecosystems, verify use case scenarios, and accelerate the large-scale commercialization of FWA Square, Passive IoT, and RedCap.
These efforts are crucial to make the most of the five new trends that will shape an intelligent digital future. Those trends will be Glasses-Free 3D, Self-Guided Vehicles, Next-Gen Manufacturing, Generalized Cellular IoT and Guaranteed Intelligent Computing Everywhere.
