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Vodafone quickest off mark with AWS at 5G network edge; Verizon, SK, KDDI to follow
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is one of the approaches for achieving low latency (< 10ms) in 5G wireless networks. This story highlights the new Wavelength MEC platform from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Single-digit ms latencies …
Editor’s Corner: 5G is here, so what’s next?
Some of the important items anticipated in Release 16 of the standard: Integrated Access and Backhaul, 5G NR U (unlicenced), and further enhancements for URLLC (ultra reliable low latency comm)
New deal won’t prevent 5G communication networks from interfering with weather forecasts
“The decision at the United Nations’s World Radiocommunication Conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, restricts the noise from 5G emissions from to –33 decibel watts (dBW) outside of the 24-gigahertz communications band. After 8 years, …
Global 5G wireless deal threatens weather forecasts
Story on the potential interference from 5G signals around 24 GHz to weather satellites. Based on negotiations at the ITU WRC in Egypt this year (Oct-Nov 2019).
Senators say the U.S. lacks a coordinated 5G strategy
China Said It’s Developing 6G. What Does That Mean?
New radar helps scientists see inside wildfires and fits on the back of a truck
The use of Ka-band mmW radar for seeing through fires. Developed by San Jose State University’s Fire Weather Research Laboratory.
Nokia made a bad call for 5G chips, scrambles to rectify situation
Article reporting Nokia’s transition from FPGA-based 5G solutions to SoC’s.