We plan to finalize radio emission requirements for 5G terminals and base stations.

Samsung Electronics will host the final meeting of the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) working group in Busan from May 21 to 25, with the goal of completing the first standard for 5G mobile communication.

At this meeting, five RAN working groups, which are 3GPP's working groups for developing 5G mobile communication technology, will participate to jointly finalize the final technologies for 5G commercial services, including 5G radio access technology that provides ultra-high-speed data and ultra-low-latency performance in 5G standalone mode, radio emission requirements for 5G terminals and base stations, and 5G terminal evaluation methods.

In particular, RAN Working Group 4, where Samsung Electronics participates as the chair company, plans to finalize radio emission requirements for 5G terminals and base stations, including radio output for each frequency band such as the 3.5GHz and 28GHz bands that are scheduled to be used for domestic commercial services.

3GPP plans to approve and announce the results of this meeting and the 5G Non-Standalone standard, which combines 4G LTE and 5G and was completed last December, as the first 5G standard at the 3GPP General Assembly to be held in the U.S. next month.

Approximately 1,500 experts from around the world attended this meeting, including mobile operators such as Korea's SK Telecom, KT, and LGU+, the U.S.'s Verizon and AT&T, and Japan's NTT Docomo, as well as chipset, terminal, and equipment manufacturers.all.

Cho Seung-hwan, Vice President and Deputy Director of Samsung Research, emphasized, “The first 5G standard reflecting innovative technologies developed by Samsung Electronics will be completed at this meeting,” adding, “Through this, we expect the commercialization of 5G mobile communication, which will play a key role as infrastructure for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, to proceed in earnest.”

Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics is leading the global industry in 5G standardization activities, patents, new technology development, and commercialization.

Since September 2015, it has been leading the establishment of a phased roadmap for 5G standard development, and hosted the first 5G standard meeting in Korea in April 2016. It holds a total of five chair positions in 3GPP working groups and has received the 3GPP Technical Achievement Award four times. In addition, Samsung Electronics holds the largest number of patents with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), having registered 1,254 essential 5G standard patents to date.

Samsung Electronics succeeded in the world's first demonstrations of mobility between base stations in the mmWave band in 2015, 5G communication in a vehicle moving at 200 km/h in 2017, and 8K video download and 4K video upload communication on a high-speed train in 2017.

Based on this, a commercial 5G contract was signed with Verizon, the largest telecommunications operator in the U.S., in January of this year, and
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