MWC 2019: Qualcomm Will Showcase 5G NR Technology Evolution

Qualcomm announced that it will demonstrate advanced 5G New Radio (NR) technologies at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2019. The live demos will highlight Qualcomms’ expanded use of enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) beyond smartphones based on 3GPP Release 15 (R15) and showcase new use cases that expand 5G NR to new industries in 3GPP Release 16 and beyond.

“We continue to drive new technology innovations forward that will usher in new levels of performance and efficiency and broader use of 5G NR technology,“ said John Smee, vice president, engineering, Qualcomm. “Each of these demonstrations further illustrates how our advanced simulations and over-the-air testing are expanding 5G NR to additional deployments including indoor enterprise mmWave, boundless XR, industrial IoT, spectrum sharing, and C-V2X.“

To demonstrate the expanded opportunities for 5G eMBB based on 3GPP R15 and beyond, Qualcomm will show the benefits of deploying 5G NR millimeter wave (mmWave) for indoor use cases, two such examples being private enterprises and high-density venues. Massive 5G NR mmWave capacity combined with wide-area 5G NR Sub-6 GHz deployments are opening doors to a wide variety of enhanced consumer experiences and entirely new opportunities.

As 3GPP R16 is expanding 5G NR into new industries, Qualcomm is pushing the technology boundary to optimize 5G for new use cases. Another 5G evolution demonstration on display is showcasing how 5G in shared and unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) can be utilized with coordinated multi-point (CoMP) in local private 5G networks to provide higher performance in terms of network capacity, user throughput and reliability. Finally, building on 3GPP Release 14 C-V2X momentum, 3GPP Release 16 5G NR C-V2X is designed to not only be backward compatible with Release 14, but also help enable advanced use cases beyond just safety by sharing information directly between vehicles and road side units.