Qualcomm Technologies, Ericsson, and AT&T will conduct interoperability testing and over-the-air field trials based on the expected 5G New Radio specifications being developed by 3GPP.
The trials will support operation in millimeter wave spectrum, aiming to accelerate commercial deployments in the 28 GHz and 39 GHz bands.
The trials will test device and base station prototype solutions from Qualcomm Technologies and Ericsson respectively, along with spectrum from AT&T, to simulate real-world scenarios across a broad set of use cases and deployment scenarios.
The trials will employ 3GPP 5G NR Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna technology with adaptive beamforming and beam tracking techniques to support mobile access.
The interoperability trials, which are planned to launch in the United States starting in the second half of 2017, are intended to track closely with the first 3GPP 5G NR specification that is part of Release 15, the global 5G standard that is expected to make use of both sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave spectrum.
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