Ericsson and SoftBank are collaborating to jointly conduct field trials of 5G technology in Tokyo. The two companies will cooperate to develop a common understanding of 5G use cases and deployment scenarios, and will evaluate the performance of potential 5G key technology components.
The joint field trial will demonstrate ultra-high bit rates and ultra-low latency with the Ericsson 5G trial system by using a number of frequency bands. According to Ericsson, it has developed advanced antenna technologies with wider bandwidths, higher frequencies and shorter transmission time intervals, as well as radio base stations built with baseband units and radio units developed specifically for the 5G trials.
The Swedish telecoms solution provider claims that it has already succeeded in achieving bitrates of over 5 Gbps in live, over-the-air demonstrations of the company's pre-standard 5G network technology.
Hideyuki Tsukuda, Senior Vice President, Head of Mobile Network Unit at SoftBank Corp
As SoftBank focuses on continuous improvement of the network to the benefit of our customers, we are interested in the 5G evolution and new MTC (Machine-type-communication) applications. We look forward to working with our partner to show the potential of 5G technologies via this joint trial activity.
Yossi Cohen, President and Representative Director of Ericsson Japan
As the industries are undergoing rapid transformation, 5G will be an integral component of this movement toward the Networked Society. I'm excited about the new technologies that we are exploring in the joint trial collaboration with SoftBank. With this new collaboration we will continue to strengthen our partnership with them.
