Fujitsu recently announced an agreement with NTT DOCOMO to provide base station hardware targeted for the launch of commercial 5G service in 2020.
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, LTE, and LTE-Advanced 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, 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, said Fujitsu.
