As expected, the 3GPP completed the specification for the non-standalone 5G New Radio (NR) earlier today at the RAN Plenary meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. The 5G NR specification is the first part of ...

In December 2017, 5G took a big step forward when the 3GPP standardization body approved a first draft of the 5G specification for Release 15. We have been talking about 5G for what seems like forever ...

Telecoms standardization body 3GPP has mapped out the roadmap to release 15, which will contain the first set of 5G specifications. A recent plenary meeting of the 3GPP Technical Specifications Groups ...

At the 3GPP RAN#96 plenary meeting held from June 6 to 9, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) completed the standardization work of the upper 6 GHz spectrum (U6G, 6425–7125 MHz) as an IMT ...

A plan of action was agreed at the 3GPP TSG RAN plenary (RAN#94-e) this week, to allow the merger of 5Gi into 5G, with specific milestones set for both 3GPP and TSDSI. With broad support from TSDSI ...

Most people, consumers, and professionals alike are generally completely unaware of what goes on in the background when it comes to technology standards. This is especially true of wireless standards, ...

A final set of specifications for Long Term Evolution has been approved by the 3GPP. LTE, which uses OFDM and advanced antenna technologies such as Multiple Input Multiple Output, is the next ...

The telecommunications industry has for quite some time relied on interoperable industry-wide standards and specifications and the bodies that create them. There are many different standards bodies ...

NextNav's system is complementary to the Global Positioning System (GPS) and delivers high precision Latitude, Longitude and 'floor level' Altitude in GPS challenged areas such as indoors and urban ...

Internet of things devices have become ubiquitous and use a number of mainly narrow band connectivity techniques. With the advent of 5G, there is a growing need for an IoT protocol that takes ...

The 3GPP this week agreed to complete the 5G non-standalone New Radio (NR) specification by December 2017 instead of March 2018, according to a report from Signals Research. Signals CEO Michael ...

The next-generation network rollouts have started, and they're certainly not synonymous as far as standards and technologies go. Everyone from device manufacturers to ...