{"id":5108,"date":"2017-11-20T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T08:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/?p=5108"},"modified":"2017-11-20T16:33:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T08:33:07","slug":"vodafone-5g-tends-to-be-overhyped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/vodafone-5g-tends-to-be-overhyped\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone: 5G tends to be overhyped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a strong tendency to override 5G, said Vodafone CTO Johan Wibergh at the Huawei Global Mobile Broadband Forum (HWMBBF) in London.\u00a0The expectations of 5G are partially too big, on the other hand, many applications could also be implemented with LTE.\u00a0He recalled that mobile phone generations are usually around 10 years up to date you can not say what will be possible in 2030 with 5G.\u00a0Wibergh made a clear statement about UMTS: the 3G mobile phone network of Vodafone should be shut down in Europe from 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cognitive-radio-in-5g.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cognitive-radio-in-5g.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cognitive-radio-in-5g.jpg 638w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cognitive-radio-in-5g-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>4G Evolution and 5G New Radio<\/h2>\n<p>Many features that are currently often attributed to the next generation 5G mobile phones are easily possible with LTE, according to Vodafone CTO Wibergh.\u00a0Gigabit speeds, very low latency times and IoT are easily possible with the latest LTE Advanced Pro (4.5G) networks.\u00a0This is achieved by technologies such as 256QAM modulation, Massive MIMO antenna technology and bundling frequency ranges via\u00a0carrier aggregation.\u00a0Nevertheless, 5G offers tangible advantages, of course: with additional radio spectrum (&#8220;New Radio&#8221;),\u00a0first in the range around 3.5 GHz, extremely high bandwidths become possible, for example.\u00a0According to Wibergh, 5G is also about 10 times more cost-efficient than LTE.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/5G-Technology.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/5G-Technology.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/5G-Technology.png 558w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/5G-Technology-300x283.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>UMTS will be switched off from 2020<\/h2>\n<p>A very interesting statement made by Vodafone CTO Wibergh on the topic of UMTS: the 3rd mobile generation should be switched off gradually in Europe from 2020, even before GSM\/2G.\u00a0The radio spectrum can be used much more efficiently with LTE or 5G.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The shutdown of 3G is unlikely to be noticeable to users, on the contrary, the transition to new technologies will be fluid.\u00a0Vodafone uses its previously used exclusively spectrum in the range of 2100 megahertz\u00a0for UMTS frequency, partly for LTE.\u00a0This is likely to be the case more often in the future, as long as Vodafone acquires spectrum in the 2100 MHz range at the next frequency auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a strong tendency to override 5G, said Vodafone CTO Johan Wibergh at the Huawei Global Mobile Broadband Forum (HWMBBF) in London.\u00a0The expectations of 5G are partially too big, on the other hand, many applications could also be implemented with LTE.\u00a0He recalled that mobile phone generations are usually around 10 years up to date &hellip; 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