SK Telecom proposes early 5G commercialization to 3GPP
Published2017.02.27 12:01SK Telecom is undertaking standardization work for early 5G commercialization.
Six global ICT leaders—SK Telecom, AT&T, NTT DOCOMO, Vodafone, Ericsson, and Qualcomm—jointly proposed early 5G commercialization to 3GPP. Subsequently, participating companies expanded to approximately 20, including Deutsche Telekom, British Telecom, Intel, KT, and LGU+.
Global ICT leaders including SK Telecom requested 3GPP to complete the 'NSA (Non Standalone)' standard, which converges 5G and LTE networks, by December this year to facilitate early 5G commercialization and development of various 5G-based services. NSA is a technology that utilizes 5G and LTE networks as a single network by connecting radio waves received at 5G base stations to existing LTE wired networks, enabling the existing LTE infrastructure to be utilized for 5G commercialization.
3GPP, the mobile communication standardization cooperation organization, plans to complete phase 1 standardization work by June next year and finalize phase 2 standards based on ultra-low latency and hyper-connectivity by December 2019.
SK Telecom plans to present a more specific proposal on early 5G commercialization at the 3GPP RAN Plenary meeting to be held in Croatia on March 9. SK Telecom plans to present ▲5G standardization roadmap ▲new 5G standardization technologies with AT&T, Ericsson, Qualcomm, and others.
Park Jin-hyo, Head of Network Technology at SK Telecom, stated, "We will lead the way in the world's first 5G commercialization through leading 5G standardization efforts and developing core technologies," and added, "At the 5G conference to be held on the 27th, we will introduce SK Telecom's 5G core technologies and present a roadmap for 5G commercialization."
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