\tStandards body the 3GPP detailed 24 new projects for its Release 17 specification, which will bring new features to 5G and define the second phase of deployments across the globe.<\/p>\n
In a blog, 3GPP RAN chair Balazs Bertenyi said the planned features will make the specification \u201cperhaps the most versatile release in 3GPP history\u201d. Highlights include the group\u2019s first effort to address multi-SIM capabilities, and work to bring multicast to 5G for public safety and venue applications.<\/p>\n
Projects also include moves to improve the ability of mobile devices to communicate directly with one another; a study to define requirements for new XR and cloud gaming applications; work to extend 5G to mmWave bands as high as 71GHz; and targeted improvements in Massive MIMO, power efficiency, satellite communication and IoT. Approved at a meeting in Spain last week, the 3GPP projects are set for completion in H2 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Standards body the 3GPP detailed 24 new projects for its Release 17 specification, which will …<\/p>\n The post Next level of 5G agreed by 3GPP<\/a> appeared first on Mobile World Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nIn a separate blog, Qualcomm Europe VP of technical standards Lorenzo Casaccia highlighted work on something called NR-Light, which he said will enable “a new class<\/a> of devices” more capable than those running on current IoT specifications, but which offer different features over less bandwidth than 5G.
\n“For example, NR-Light can occupy just 10MHz or 20MHz of bandwidth and deliver 100Mb\/s of downlink and 50Mb\/s of uplink throughput, making it a suitable technology for use cases such as high-end wearables or industrial IoT cameras and sensors.”<\/p>\n