Fujitsu to Deliver Base Station Hardware to NTT DOCOMO with Aim of Commercial 5G Launch
26 February 2018 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
Supporting 5G service with New Radio Access Technologies for
base stations
Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has agreed to provide
NTT DOCOMO, INC. with base station hardware that it intends to
commercialize, with an eye toward the launch of commercial service
using new 5G radio technologies (5G) (*1) in 2020.
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Conventional base station that provides
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In order to smoothly roll out 5G commercial services, NTT DOCOMO
aims to deploy a 5G network using currently available equipment. In
response to this effort, Fujitsu is supporting the deployment of a
5G network that can develop areas with the flexibility to
simultaneously operate with 3G (*2), LTE, and LTE-Advanced (*3)
networks. This will be primarily through changes to software, with
the minimum number of hardware changes necessary to support 5G,
using Fujitsu’s existing base station for 3G, LTE, and LTE-Advanced
radio access technologies.
In addition to providing these base stations, Fujitsu will
implement its strong suit of software-defined radio (SDR)
technology (*4), which enables different radio access technologies
for the same hardware, to expand the functionality of software on
existing base stations. This will contribute to the swift
realization of a commercial 5G network, offering communication
speeds that significantly exceed those of existing LTE and
LTE-Advanced radio access technology.
Fujitsu will further strengthen its partnership with NTT DOCOMO
and accelerate the development of base stations that support 5G. In
tandem with this, Fujitsu will continue generating value for
customers, taking into account the variety of ways they can put 5G
to use, and promote technologies for its digital co-creation
business on a global scale.
Glossary and Notes
1. 5G: An overall term for 3GPP 5th Generation New Radio
(NR) technology. 5G refers to the newly established global
standards for fifth generation mobile communication, established
under the leadership of 3GPP (the 3rd Generation Partnership
Project), a partnership project aimed at setting global standards
for mobile communications, consisting of major global companies
involved in the mobile communications business, including Fujitsu.
The partners have agreed that global standards for the 5G
technology should provide improvements such as higher speed,
greater capacity, lower latency and higher reliability than
existing LTE and LTE-Advanced, and initial standard specifications
were completed in December 2017.
2. 3G: An overall term for 3GPP 3rd Generation radio
technology. The third generation of global mobile communication
standards established by 3GPP.
3. LTE and LTE-Advanced: Long Term Evolution and Long
Term Evolution-Advanced. The fourth generation of global mobile
communication standards established by 3GPP.
4. Software defined radio (SDR) technology: Technology
that can deploy and change wireless functionality through software
operating on hardware.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication
technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology
products, solutions, and services. Approximately 155,000 Fujitsu
people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our
experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with
our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated
revenues of 4.5 trillion yen (US $40 billion) for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2017. For more information, please see
http://www.fujitsu.com.
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