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New AI applications are putting 10-times higher demands on mobile networks, which means current capabilities needs to be expanded, Li noted, adding some 3 million AI apps are running on Apple, Google and Huawei’s Harmony OS platforms.

The advantage of new 5G-Advanced (5G-A) network technology is it that it has low latency, high-bandwidth capabilities and can offer differentiated and deterministic experience assurance to applications, he stated. “This makes 5G-A the best choice to ensure AI applications enjoy a better experience.”

Looking at the benefit of using TDD spectrum, he explained that if 5G-A is to provide deterministic latency, and increased downlink and uplink speeds for AI applications, the technology in the RAT needs more spectral resources. TDD has the most sufficient spectral resources, such as the C Band, 4.9GHz band in China, mmWave outside of China, and perhaps 6GHz in the future.

Li argued all these TDD bands are the foundation for providing experience assurance. “Only when TDD spectrum or TDD networks are built properly, can we build robust 5G-A networks, and only with TDD spectrum can AI applications enjoy an optimal experience.”

He descripted AI as an intelligent system supported by computing power and storage on the cloud, which is the brain of the AI system, while smart terminals, including smartphones, AI glasses and embedded AI in the vehicles and robots, are the limbs of the system.

“To connect the brain and the limbs, we need to build networks that function like the neural network of a human, which is what we’re doing with 5G-A networks.”

Focus areas
To make this a reality, Li said Huawei is working on a number of technologies, with a focus on adding intelligence to the network, supported by its cloud network and terminal AI capabilities. The company is taking steps to apply intelligent technologies to upgrade its network autonomy to level four to allow operators to simplify their operations and maintenance (O&M) and network planning in a multi-band and multi-RAT wireless network.

He added Huawei is using MIMO to support the upper 6GHz to enable a similar level of coverage as the C Band. “These technologies can make TDD networks pervasive.”

To ensure 5G-A can deliver on its speed promise, he suggested operators aggregate at least the three carrier components. “Only then can 5G-A deliver the headline access speeds. In the future, with the adoption of mmWave, perhaps the speed provided by 5G-A can go up to 10Gb/s.”

As TDD bands are usually in higher frequencies, which have more limited coverage compare with other bands, Huawei developed extremely large antenna array (ELAA) technology, which allows TDD bands to overcome coverage issues, and it allows mmWave spectrum to enjoy the same kind of coverage as the C Band.

Huawei is also pushing to create a number of energy-saving technologies.

TDD bands feature high bandwidth, but Li noted it’s not efficient to use one box to support only a single band, as the energy consumption will be high across the entire network, which is a major challenge for operators. Huawei’s equipment allows power sharing across different bands, with one box supporting multiple bands.

Its ‘0 bit 0 watt’ solution will make sure energy consumption drops significantly when deploying 5G networks, he said.

Adding value
Operators in the 4G area defined their data packages to be traffic oriented. In China, for example, there was a time the traffic growth rate was as high as 56 per cent, with mobile players enjoying a sizable traffic dividend. But he pointed out with 5G the traffic growth is much lower than with 4G, less than 20 per cent, so the traffic dividend of the past has disappeared.

“This is why telecoms operators are facing challenges and need to find new ways to break the downward trend.”

With the arrival of 5G, operators are realising users now have different expectations, with an improved experience able to create new value to operators. “We want to find new value from the different experiences for telecom operators.”

In Beijing, for example, China Mobile has launched the world’s first 5G-A differentiated experience service, including packages for business travel, live streaming, gaming, and stadiums, which has increased ARPU by more than 30%.

Li believes operators now have sufficient resources to address the different expected experiences of users and reckons China Mobile and China Telecom will evolve to a business model based on experience.

Operators in other regions are moving in this direction. An operator in the Middle East rolled out fixed wireless access (FWA) packages offering latency assurance in gaming, resulting in the operator developing a large base of gamers, which has led to an increase in ARPU.

In Thailand an operator launched VIP assurance for hotspot access at various tourist attractions. A limited number of users are offered guaranteed speeds at a location at a premium rate.

Addressing different needs
In the era of experience operation, he insisted it is essential operators have sufficient network resources to address the differentiated needs of different user groups, because they can’t afford for the experience of some users to suffer while guaranteeing the service level for another group.

He added 5G-A is not just about assuring the experience, it is also about enhancing the brand of telecoms operators.

In China, for example, mobile operators are now able to deliver 5Gb/s speeds on their new 5G-A networks. All services certainly don’t require that speed, but being able to offer that kind of performance enhances their brand by showcasing their networks are in the position to offer world-class speeds.

Li stated that enhanced ability marks the beginning of the 5G-A era, which gives operators the network capabilities to address diverse business service needs and offer assurance. Multi-carrier components, however, must be in place to support intensive download requirements, such as live streaming.

The executive emphasised the core of experience management is to meet users’ personalised needs by providing richer and higher-quality resources to improve the user experience.

Taking the aviation industry as an example, he explained when larger planes became available, airlines were able to introduce business and first-class service. “By providing better hardware resources, such as spacious seats, entertainment systems, and better service, including priority boarding, exclusive lounges and better catering, it met the personalised needs of users and provided high-quality services.”

Civil aviation companies have increased business value by more than 30 per cent.

“The principle of experience management in the aviation industry is the same as network management. 5.5G capability improvement is like the upgrade of a Boeing 747,” he added.

Since 5G-A networks now have sufficient network resources, he suggested operators can dedicate a specific band to offer SLAs for services demanding low latency and ultra-high reliability. “Operators need to innovate their business models, which increasingly depend on 5G-A network capability. That’s why we need to enhance our capabilities to make sure experience can be monetised.”

Within five years, the mobile AI era will arrive, he said. How networks are built will dictate how intelligent AI agents are. “Huawei would like to work with operators and partners to build sufficiently robust networks, so when the AI era actually arrives, they are able to tap into these network capabilities and can improve their operations and enjoy a new wave of growth.”

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In an interview at MBBF 2024 in Istanbul, Türkiye, Sun described the antenna as the ‘Bridge’ between networks and users. “To deliver a differentiated user experience through a network, the foundation is ubiquitous coverage via antennas,” he stated.

However, in the mobile AI era, he acknowledged that while the gradual integration of intelligence into network opens up new services opportunities, it also poses “even greater challenges” for antennas.

With advanced resources available on modern networks, Sun highlighted three key challenges that need to be addressed with antenna equipment: high energy efficiency, remote operations and maintenance, and ease of deployment.

“Firstly, a green, high efficiency capability should be naturally embedded as part of all antennas,” he told MWL. From his experience, the increased integration of frequency bands in future networks will result in higher energy consumption to support the rapid growth of network data traffic. Therefore, antennas must be environmentally friendly, energy-efficient, and sustainable to align with operators’ goals for developing greener networks.

Secondly, Sun pointed out that traditional passive antennas lack the flexibility needed to adapt to different scenarios and varying user needs – a crucial attribute for effective management and delivering innovation solutions. To address this, he said that networks must have real-time capabilities for remote reading of engineering parameters and dynamic, multi-dimensional antenna adjustments.

The third challenge, as highlighted by Sun, is that, based on his industry insights from engagement with mobile network operators, installation or deployment of antennas can be both costly and time-consuming. For example, in Europe the cost of installing antennas can be as high as the cost of antennas themselves.

“The urgent need is to upgrade the antenna installation process to drive down operating expenses,” Sun underscored. Leveraging the latest antenna technologies, operators can achieve faster installation and optimize space usage on towers and other sites, enhancing overall efficiency.

Optimisation
“Huawei collaborated with a diverse group of industry experts, operators, and academics to define and create the ‘Future of Antennas’,” Sun said during the interview at MBBF. 

Discussing cutting-edge evolutions of antennas – essential elements of modern networks – he further emphasised that modern antennas must demonstrate ‘zero loss’, ‘zero touch’, and ‘zero limit’ to support network construction, operation, and evolution. 

Sun highlighted a focus on sustainability and high efficiency in antenna innovation, describing these attributes as essential for achieving truly ubiquitous coverage in green networks. Regarding zero loss, he stated that every antenna must operate with maximum efficiency across all frequency bands to support environmentally sustainable development.

“We believe that it’s vital to transform or upgrade traditional passive antennas to digitalised versions,” he told us. In terms of zero touch, this change will enable remote and real-time adjustment, allowing for flexible optimization of key parameters that significantly impact network performance, such as the direction of coverage and the beam width.

Moreover, Sun referred to ‘zero limit’ as easy deployment across all site scenarios to overcome some of the most challenging limitations and restrictions. In his discussions with leading operators in Europe, it was conveyed that it can be very difficult to deploy traditional antenna solutions in certain locations, resulting in coverage gaps. This is a very difficult but critical problem to solve as it is directly related to achieving the best user experience.

Generational change
At MBBF, Huawei launched its next generation Alpha series antenna, designed to meet the ‘Zero Loss, Zero Touch and Zero Limit’ priorities outlined by Sun during the interview.

“We have driven antenna efficiency to the maximum, approaching the theoretical limit of 90 percent” he said. In this next-gen series antenna, the company has leveraged both existing and new technologies, such as Signal Direct Injection Feeding (SDIF) Technology, expanding these innovations to cover the full frequency ranges across all bands, from low to high.

“We successfully apply our leading-edge technologies, SDIF and Meta Lens, across all the frequency bands”, Sun emphasised.

For its latest models, the company has upgraded its Antenna Information Sensor Unit (AISU) module. Sun explained that this enhancement allows it to ‘quickly get the engineering parameters’ and ‘be deployed rapidly, making it useful from the antenna installation stage through the entire network lifecycle.’

“It performs well even in environments with high interference or environmental obstacles,” he added.

Furthermore, Sun shared with MWL, “All Alpha series antennas are equipped with the latest AISU module to enable faster deployment and remote reading of key engineering parameters.” Precise availability of parameters, such as azimuth orientation, mechanical downtilt angle, and antenna height, allows operators to determine when immediate adjustments are necessary. He added that with the full-dimensional beam adjustment capability, operators can remotely adjust not only downtilt but also horizontal angles, as well as modify beamwidth of antennas in both vertically and horizontally.

“These innovations have only strengthened Huawei’s drive to keep pushing forward,” he stated. In an effort to reduce weight and streamline the installation process, the company has redesigned the mechanical architecture and updated the materials used in this latest range.

Sun pointed out that “a reduction in antenna weight can be very helpful,” explaining that in Europe, for instance, if a unit weighs less than 25kg, it can be handled by a single person, significantly reducing the on-site installation costs. He added that their new Dragon Wings Architecture has successfully addressed these deployment challenges.

On that note, safety was highlighted as another benefit. In areas with numerous wireless connections, installers often spend a considerable amount of time on top of towers. Sun shared with us that their new padlock brackets support and plug-and-play connectors are reported to halve installation time. By streamlining this work through advances in antenna tech, these potentially hazardous situations can be improved.

“With all these upgrades in the Alpha series antenna, we provide our clients with high efficiency antennas that enable mobile network operators to achieve remote management and optimisation.”

“In the Mobile AI network era, antennas are like the eyes and hands of human beings. They must be robust, helping operators see and point their antennas to enable dynamic and diverse experiences and scenarios. Next-gen antennas should possess the ability to be managed, with high efficiency and easy deployment, to support green and intelligent networks in the Mobile AI Era,” Andy Sun concluded.

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At the Global Mobile Broadband Forum in Istanbul, Turkiye, the executive highlighted increased bandwidth and higher volumes of traffic in the network pipeline brought by the most modern generation of 5G has provided a challenge to ambitions to reduce energy use in the network.

“From our perspective there are two priorities” with regards 5.5G, he noted. “First of all with more traffic and more bands in the network we need to make sure that the power consumption will not continue to increase”.

The second, he stated, was to support new services and “on that basis we have to make sure we can deliver a network that is the best in terms of performance and increased power consumption is never experienced”.

As operators continue to commercialise 5G and install infrastructure to meet the surge in traffic brought about by the adoption of 5.5G, there is a concern this could lead to energy consumption rapidly increasing given a higher number of sites, frequency bands and channels being used.  

Operators are also reporting a growth in demand for richer experiences from their customers which require infrastructure able to deliver them. As a result today and tomorrow’s networks need to be able to deliver on these promises alongside meeting vital sustainability criteria.

New concept
In order to meet this dual requirement to support higher bandwidth applications alongside energy saving, Huawei has developed its 0 Bit, 0 Watt, 0 Loss solution, unveiled at this year’s MBBF event.

It expands on the success of its GLOMO-award winning 0 Bit 0 Watt solution, which helps operators make their infrastructure more energy efficient.

Li told Mobile World Live its latest offering aimed to “make sure that we can conserve energy around the clock: during daytime and also at night. We hope that through this solution while we achieve the targets of energy consumption reduction we can also satisfy the experience requirements of all users”.

Referring to its 0 Bit, 0 Watt strategy, which the latest concept builds on, he noted the idea was originally based on minimising RF power to the lowest possible level when the network doesn’t carry any data.

The new 0 Bit, 0 Watt, 0 Loss solution further aids green efforts with three major areas: equipment, site and network.

It is designed to ensure operators achieve user experience and energy savings through high-efficiency equipment, ambient sites, and intelligent networks.

In terms of equipment Li said Huawei will “continue to pursue the lowest possible power consumption” including delivery of a fast wake-up capability, while citing a need to ensure 99 per cent of devices and equipment can be closed down when there is no data being carried on the network, such as during nighttime.

“The second aspect is the site,” he added. “For site optimisation we connect base station energy systems and the back-up power system to make sure that we can have a longer duration of power back-up”.

It is also able to cut energy use of the system by a “wattage boost mechanism” which can deliver further gains.

“At the network layer we have the iPowerStar solution,” Li added. “In the past with our innovative iPowerStar solutions and various parameters we delivered gains of 20 per cent at the network layer”.

“And now based on our modelling of user experience and energy consumption of the network we have delivered a solution that is the best in terms of experience and power consumption, and this has brought us an extra five per cent gain”.

Green challenge
In order to meet challenges and obstacles around innovation in this area, Huawei has made significant effort to improve architecture and algorithms used.

The latest moves are a continuation of the company’s long history in the development of green solutions to improve the sustainability credentials of operator networks which is a major priority for its customers across the globe.

Breakthroughs made by Huawei within the 0 Bit, 0 Watt, 0 Loss solution include improving the reliability of a ‘superdormancy’ capability and module through the application of moisture absorbing materials and application of granular architecture.

In its software architecture fresh innovations mean it is now able to meet the challenge of achieving energy consumption reduction around the clock using millisecond-level scheduling.

Li went on to note within hardware the PA module was a key contributor of power consumption, so it innovated around the materials used there.

“For example, we use gallium nitride and diamond substrates which improved the heat dissipation efficiency of the PA module by five times,” he added.

Call to industry
While its impressive breakthroughs made in energy efficiency within network solutions are being widely deployed by many operators across the world and well recognised by customers, Li made a call for two initiatives from the mobile ecosystem.  

“First of all I hope that the industry can work together to develop a better energy efficiency model and advanced energy efficiency assessment criteria, so that so we can better evaluate the power consumption of different systems and modules at different conditions”.

“Second I hope that the entire industry can work together to deliver a solution that is best in terms of both power consumption and user experience,” he added, noting there was a need for joint efforts to make the world’s mobile infrastructure greener and more sustainable.

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Networks must have abundant bandwidth resources and multi-dimensional connection capabilities, including downlink, uplink, latency, and reliability, to enable real-time AI interactions. Therefore, it is an inevitable trend to build high-bandwidth TDD networks that integrate multiple bands. Huawei provides extremely large antenna array (ELAA) technology and an all-band, all-scenario product portfolio to align coverage across scenarios and enable ubiquitous deterministic connections, driving business success for operators.

TDD’s High Bandwidth Is Key to Delivering Deterministic Connections in the Mobile AI Era

In the 5G era, TDD’s 100 Mbps bandwidth offers a cross-generation network experience 10 times better than that of 4G, driving rapid growth in short video and live streaming services. This accelerates traffic monetization and boosts business success for operators.

2024 sees the growing application of AI in devices. Currently, over 100 types of AI devices, such as AI smartphones, robots, and glasses, are available on the market, and more than 3 million AI apps have been released on major platforms like Google’s Android, Apple’s iOS, and Huawei’s HarmonyOS. The proliferation of AI devices and apps is driving the evolution towards AI-generated content and expanding interactions from unimodal to multimodal, from one object to many, and from indoors only to everywhere. To support AI interactions anytime and anywhere, networks must provide multi-dimensional (beyond speed) and deterministic capabilities, among which low latency and high reliability are the key.

Abundant bandwidth resources are the foundation of multi-dimensional and deterministic capabilities, as they allow for near-theoretical-minimum user latency and sufficient network backup solutions for high reliability, as evidenced by Little’s Law and the supply chain system assurance theory, respectively. Given the currently-available spectrum of global operators and future industry trends, TDD spectrum such as C-band, upper 6 GHz (U6G), and mmWave will be the only high-bandwidth resources available to operators in the future. Therefore, operators who are looking to build low-latency and high-reliability neural-like communications networks or support mobile AI interactions with 5.5G must acquire and efficiently use TDD resources.

Full-Series TDD Solutions Support Deterministic Connections by Providing Seamless Coverage

In the future, TDD spectrum will be gradually used in the construction of high-band and multi-band networks. TDD ELAA technology can mitigate TDD spectrum’s coverage limitations, helping operators build high-quality networks with controllable investments. Huawei has applied the ELAA technology to C-band since 2021, boosting the uplink and downlink coverage of C-band by 30%. This technology has become a preferred choice for global operators to deploy high-quality commercial 5G networks. As 5.5G networks transition to the mobile AI era, Huawei will further upgrade its ELAA technology to support an even larger antenna array of over 2000 elements for mmWave high-frequency AAUs (HAAUs) and ultra-large channels for U6G 256T AAUs. This upgrade is expected to achieve seamless coordination between high- and low-band coverage, thereby facilitating ubiquitous, multi-dimensional, and deterministic 5.5G experiences.

To help operators expand into diversified scenarios and new markets, Huawei has developed innovative M.E.P series solutions. ‘M’ represents MetaAAU, a unique solution that can help build a gigabit coverage foundation network. ‘E’ stands for EasyAAU, which is the lightest of its kind in the industry and is a lightweight alternative to conventional 8T RRUs, weighing only half as much. EasyAAU offers significant benefits, including a 40% reduction in deployment time, doubled network capacity, 5 dB better coverage, and 30% better experience. Supporting simplified 5G deployment in all scenarios, EasyAAU is ideal for operators to flexibly deploy networks in urban areas or enhance user experience in suburban areas. PanoAAU, the ‘P’ component of Huawei’s M.E.P series, leverages a Wide-angle technology to implement 3D beam extension for air-ground integrated coverage, driving low-altitude economic growth.

To support quick network deployment in areas with limited antenna installation space, Huawei has rolled out simplified and innovative TDD solutions. Its mmWave HAAU features the industry’s highest bandwidth of 1.6 GHz. Tailormade for urban hotspots, the module supports an average speed of 6 Gbps in line-of-sight (LOS) scenarios and 3 Gbps in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) scenarios. For TDD multi-band network construction, Huawei offers the industry’s first dual-band MetaAAU, which integrates modules through high-density ELAA design to achieve optimal experience and energy efficiency.

At the summit, Huawei also unveiled BladeAAU X, the industry’s only 2A+1P hyper-integrated module. Leveraging FreSIP 2.0 fully-transparent antenna technology, the module supports integration of all sub-6 GHz bands. With a single-antenna design, it can be quickly deployed in space-constrained areas, and has already been deployed on a large scale globally. For example, operators in the Netherlands use Meta BladeAAU solution for quick deployment and delivery at 70% of sites with limited antenna installation space, and innovative MetaAAU ELAA technology to improve the average user experience by 30%.

Deterministic Connections Facilitate Multi-dimensional Experience Monetization

90% of operators have monetized traffic brought by growing 5G services, with leading ones seeing a 5G traffic ratio of over 50% and a double-digit increase in revenue. As 5.5G network capabilities evolve towards more dimensions and higher determinacy, operators will unlock new revenue streams through multi-dimensional experience monetization. In China, operators are addressing the underutilization of high-end data plans by aggregating network, cloud, and intelligent capabilities to provide differentiated experiences for users. Notably, China Mobile Beijing has launched innovative 5.5G data plans for business travel, live streaming, gaming, and stadiums, driving rapid growth in both user base and revenue. Furthermore, as AI devices and apps gain popularity, operators are incorporating more AI-related privileges into their data plans to attract more high-value users.

Concluding the summit, Li said, “With the mobile AI era on the horizon, booming AI devices and apps are driving increased demand for interactions, presenting significant opportunities for operators. To seize these opportunities, operators must harness TDD’s high bandwidth and speed to build multi-dimensional and deterministic 5.5G networks. We’ll support their efforts by iterating our technologies and optimizing our TDD product portfolios. Ultimately, operators will be able to deliver premium AI interaction experience and adopt a multi-dimensional monetization approach for long-term business growth in the 5G and 5.5G eras.”

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Huawei Rotating Chair Ken Hu kicked off the two-day event by stating AI has the power to change everything: “Everyone will be able to use it anytime and anywhere, creating new opportunities for the mobile industry.”

To drive this, he said operators need to make their networks stronger by upgrading capabilities, as different applications have different demands for connectivity.

However, he insisted “stronger networks are not enough”, calling for improved synergy with devices and applications. In addition to preparing networks to support AI, the industry can use AI to support networks, he said.

Turkiye’s Deputy Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Omer Fatih Sayan underscored the vital importance of mobile infrastructure, noting to keep up with change and adapt in the future, the country needs to integrate knowledge, innovation and transformation as the ICT transformation continues.

“Technology provides us with the facilities to extend the boundaries of the natural world.”

5G-A takes mindshare
GSMA CTO Alex Sinclair stated that with 3GPP Release 18 unveiled earlier this year, 5G-A is coming into play and capturing the attention of operators as they search for new revenue streams and greater customer engagement.

He pointed to three areas where 5G-A will push tech boundaries: performance improvements of existing platforms, better management and efficiency, and support for specific use cases, such as edge computing.

Around 300 mobile operators globally have launched 5G services in more than 100 markets, Sinclair added. China accounts for nearly half of worldwide 5G subscribers, or almost 1 billion.

Turning to spectrum, the CTO said everyone in the industry knows to achieve the full potential of 5G and 5G-A will require more spectrum. “On average, countries will need a total of 2GHz of mid-band per market.”

He argued “if we can get this right, we will set the stage for the transition to Industry 4.0 and for our digital economies to really take off”.

CEO of Vodafone Turkiye CEO Engin Aksoy believes it’s time to move forward with 5G in the country, targeting a launch next year.

He said ubiquitous and high-capacity infrastructure is critical to moving to the mobile AI era which has the potential to trigger a new wave of innovation. “5G is really mind-blowing and will change our lives,” he stated.

Aksoy called on the government for a 5G spectrum assignment designed to promote investment.

He cited data from Deloitte predicting productivity gains and investment from 5G will provide a $35 billion boost to the Turkish economy over a 20-year period.

From people to things
Turkcell CEO Ali Taha Koc argued 5G is not merely an upgrade because it takes the industry from a focus on subscribers, or people, to things and brings in intelligence.

He suggested all networks are undergoing a significant transformation in terms of the services they provide and how they define their role; “operators need to be ready for that change”.

The industry is working to unite 5G and AI, with the aim to determine how best to use AI to improve network energy efficiency, Dr Koc said.

Zain Group access director Nassir Jama explained how its work on an intelligent network enabled it to simplify its infrastructure and at the same time reduce latency to offer real-time capabilities.

He said the group is not just building a network, it is creating an intelligence ecosystem. “Our AI resources help us manage energy efficiency and analyse performance data.”

Jama noted Zain’s mission is to develop and run the most simplified and intelligent 5G networks in the world.

Changing manufacturing
Marco Zangani, chief network officer at Vodafone Italia and head of group mobile access engineering, noted AI is a top priority for driving next-gen networks and working to take its AI vision to reality.

The company uses AI to predict traffic and switch off certain sites. “We implemented this because it had an immediate impact on reducing costs, by optimising operations. We are making huge progress in moving to zero-touch operation.”

He added with a soaring number of parameters, complexity in networks is rising. It is working to simplify and keep the complexity under control.

Unitree Robotics co-founder Chen Li wowed the audience with its range of sturdy humanoid and four-legged robots designed for industrial applications.

He said as AI-powered robots become another disruptive product category they will bring huge demand for upstream data traffic. They are proving highly effective in care for the elderly and inspection in hazardous areas.

Humanoid robots, which integrate AI, communications technology, high-end manufacturing and new materials, will change production methods and reshape global industrial development, Chen stated.

ESG goals
CCS Insight’s executive chairman Shaun Collins expects 5G, particularly the new capabilities introduced with 5G-A, to play a big part in helping operators meet their sustainability targets, which have become a high priority. “AI will give that effort some superpowers to be able to deliver their green goals.”

He said operators are starting to move to more interactive, generative-AI type environments.

Collins added whatever comes out of the 5G-AI emergent revolution is going to play a big part in how the industry determines what standards beyond 5G look like.

Li Peng, Corporate Senior Vice President and President of ICT Sales & Service at Huawei, pointed to new forms of interaction supporting a wave of intelligence services which enhance the user experience, driven by the launch of touch-based advancements, such AI glasses and intelligent cockpits.

Huawei also forecasts a major shift in traffic models, with free-flowing transmission of data between cloud, edge and devices, Li said.

Moving forward, to capitalise on mobile AI opportunities, he said operators must boost network capabilities, lowering latency and increasing capacity to support AI workloads, and as networks become more complex, they can use AI to automate and optimise efficiency.   

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Rapid technological advancements are driving more industries to adopt AI, or even put it right at the heart of what they do. In his opening speech at the summit, Dang Wenshuan, Huawei’s Chief Strategy Architect, remarked: “Enterprises that pursue intelligent transformation will have to have six distinct capabilities that we call the six A’s: an Adaptive User Experience, Auto-Evolving Products, Autonomous Operations, an Augmented Workforce, All-Connected Resources, and AI-Native Infrastructure. As operators move towards comprehensive integration of intelligence, they must upgrade their network infrastructure to create new value. Leading operators who pursue better intelligent capabilities in the mobile AI era have strategized to evolve all frequency bands to 5.5G, vowing to improve uplink speeds and spectral efficiency tenfold and boost network coverage by 10 dB.”

At the summit, speakers from GSMA, ITU, and UISEE noted that mobile AI services are developing faster than ever, driven by ubiquitous mobile networks that offer superior experience. As mobile AI is merging with 5.5G, mobile networks will have to provide stronger capabilities, such as larger uplink and lower latency, in order to connect a wider array of objects, carry a greater variety of content, and adapt to new changes in user service models. The speakers called for ongoing improvement of network capabilities to better support AI applications and services, enable wider adoption of AI, and drive harmonious growth of the mobile and AI industries.

During the summit, world-leading operators Vodafone Türkiye, Telefónica Group, Zain KSA, and VEON Group shared insights on network construction and monetization in the mobile AI era. They highlighted the crucial role of networks in supporting the emergence of mobile AI applications. They emphasized that the future of mobile AI hinges on 5.5G networks and advocated for a “Networks for AI” approach. The operators also identified network construction standards for the mobile AI era: Networks must deliver an uplink speed of 20 Mbps and a latency of 20 ms to users everywhere, not just in traditionally well-served urban centers, in order to support human-level AI interactions. As for monetization, the operators proposed a shift from single-dimensional traffic monetization to multi-dimensional experience monetization to maximize the value of networks.

Fang Xiang, Vice President of Huawei Wireless Network Product Line, echoed the operators’ insights in a keynote speech titled “Establishing Mobile AI Foundation Network”. Fang recognized the value of mobile AI in transforming daily life and connectivity, and elaborated on what other speakers had said about the network requirements of mobile AI — 20 Mbps uplink and 20 ms latency, or “20-20” for short. He explained that there is a common need for 20 Mbps uplink as mobile AI applications are shifting from chatbots and work assistants which carry out non-real-time interactions to personal assistant agents which carry out real-time interactions. He also said that a shift away from once-ubiquitous touch controls to a paradigm in which users can interact with AI terminals through touch, voice, gestures, or other modalities is driving the demand for 20 ms latency.

Fang Xiang, Vice President of Huawei Wireless Network Product Line

To meet the “20-20” network requirements, Huawei proposed two directions for technological evolution: vertical and horizontal. Vertically, Huawei’s GigaBand solution, which adapts networks to services and terminals using Intelligent AIR and Intelligent Gear, has resulted in comprehensive improvements to uplink and downlink user experience. Intelligent AIR supports pooling of all 4G and 5G resources and optimizes the conventional cell-level resource scheduling with resource-block-level scheduling, vastly boosting air interface resource utilization. Meanwhile, Intelligent Gear implements multi-dimensional scheduling of air interface resources to guarantee user service experience, enabling smooth and real-time interactions between humans and mobile AI machines.

Horizontally, Huawei’s enhanced multi-antenna technology enables greater simplicity, energy efficiency, and system capacity than older solutions. Uplink capabilities have been especially improved. Huawei’s M-Receiver technology enhances uplink coverage and improves the pairing efficiency of uplink single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO), achieving a ubiquitous uplink speed of 20 Mbps.

Huawei’s next-generation GigaGreen RF module series features both of these evolution directions. It significantly improves the real-time service experience of mobile AI applications and meets multi-dimensional experience requirements, including large uplink, low latency, and wide coverage. By leveraging GigaGreen RF modules, operators can build robust foundation networks and seize new opportunities brought by mobile AI.

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At this forum, GTI’s Senior Director of Strategy, Javan Erfanian, presented GTI’s grand and inclusive blueprint for the convergence of 5G-A and AI. He emphasized that the integration of 5G-A and AI is a major technological innovation and an open, collaborative global initiative to empower societies, transform industries, and enrich intelligent, efficient, and green networks. The GTI Intelligent RAN, Ubiquitous AI project focuses on AI for Network and Network for AI and has set out with major tasks, which include building open labs, identification and exploration of top 10 high-value use cases and their study in open labs and acceleration of the building of an open collaborative community. He stressed that through this collaborative effort towards embracing, evaluating, shaping, and monetizing such a significant transformation, together we expect to usher in a new era in which intelligent RAN and ubiquitous AI will become key forces driving global industry and enabling well-being, productivity, and growth.

Huawei’s VP of Wireless Network Marketing, Sven Zhu, believes that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), not AI-generated content (AIGC), is the true game changer in the world. He asserts that AGI must connect everything and leverage IoT sensors to create a sub-meter-level digital world whereby every device possesses computing power. This device-cloud collaboration enables each terminal to utilize computation efficiently. Everything can be recognized, and each terminal can possess various cognitive abilities, including tactile vision. To fulfill AGI’s historical mission in this new era, Zhu proposes that 5G-A networks must evolve in several ways: transitioning from gigabit downlink to universal gigabit uplink, transforming low-latency networks from an X Mbps experience to an X ms experience, and shifting from active IoT to cellular-aware IoT, establishing a solid foundation for cloud collaboration.

At this forum, Dario Talmesio, Omdia’s Director of Business Services and Strategy, provided insights into the differing requirements of predictive intelligence generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). He discussed the anticipated convergence of 5G-A and AI technologies, which he predicts will reshape the future of various industries. Talmesio noted that by 2028, GenAI is expected to primarily target the consumer market, with a significant focus on the automotive and healthcare sectors, showcasing its vast potential. He noted verticals that are good candidates also good candidates for GenAI such as business services, financial services, media and entertainment, retail, manufacturing, and telecommunications are also the same candidates to benefit from 5G-Advanced. He emphasized that the convergence of 5G-A and AI will profoundly impact the industry landscape in four main areas: the generation of new traffic, the construction of new infrastructure, the creation of new data, and the emergence of innovative application cases.

Dr. Chang Lin, CEO of Leju Robot, discussed the industrialization of humanoid robots, highlighting their applications in family life, daily work, the Manufacturing field, and urban operations. He emphasized that the integration of 5G-A and AI technologies will accelerate the development of humanoid robots and enable society to share the convenience of Mobile AI.

At the forum, Mr. Fang Kunpeng, President of Huawei’s Wireless 5.5G Domain, addressed the groundbreaking impact of combining 5G-A and AI. He stated that this convergence signals the official entry of AI into the mobile industry, fundamentally reshaping work and lifestyle with innovative applications, particularly in smart driving. Mr. Fang Kunpeng underscored the importance of exploring new business models in the mobile AI era to maximize the value of network services such as AI agents and smart driving. He believes that by deeply harnessing the potential of AI, we can unlock new network value and drive the industry towards greater efficiency and intelligence.

During the forum’s conclusion, Peter Jarich, Head of GSMA Intelligence, shared his insights on mobile AI as the Summit moderator. Jarich noted that the discussion reflected the reality that Mobile AI holds the potential to radically transform mobile networks and services and that it will be critical to continue exploring 5G and AI synergies as telcos move forward with 5G-Advanced launches. He concluded that regardless of any technological advancements, the ultimate goals of network speed, latency, and reliability should always focus on enhancing user experience, which must remain the top priority for operators as they look to delight their customers, keep churn in check, and grow their revenues.

The one-and-a-half-hour roundtable discussion focused on the convergence and innovation of 5G-A and AI technologies and provided a fresh perspective. It emphasized that the ultimate goal of technology development and a critical metric for measuring its success is to enhance user experience. This understanding will guide us in prioritizing people’s needs and experiences in future technology development and industry strategies. We should use actual requirements and case data from commercial scenarios as the foundation for cross-industry convergence and exploration, thereby realizing the value of technology integration and innovation. Let 5G-A and AI become a new driving force for the intelligent and digital advancement of various industries in the mobile AI era.

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Li Jie, President of Huawei’s 5G & LTE TDD Product Line, opened the session by stating, “With fiber-like experiences, 5G FWA enables operators to rapidly acquire customers and expand. The 5.5G not only provides a 10-fold increase in speed, but also enhanced uplink capabilities and lower latency, which will drive the development of AI devices and smart homes. The thriving FWA ecosystem, backed by Huawei’s end-to-end FWA solutions, is advancing along a diversified path, offering operators new business success.”

The roundtable led to three key insights and agreements:

1. FWA as a Killer App in the 5G Era: Following years of advancement, 5G FWA has emerged as a killer application. With speeds 10 times faster than 4G, it delivers a fiber-like experience, becoming the preferred choice for home broadband to meet entertainment and lifestyle needs, enabling quick monetization for operators. Nearly 60% of global 5G operators have now adopted 5G FWA.
2. Diversified Demand for Home Broadband and Comprehensive Support from 5.5G: As home broadband applications expand, users are demanding more devices, higher-quality content, and smoother interactions, moving towards AI-powered smart homes. 5.5G not only enhances downlink speeds but also ensures optimal performance in uplink and latency, catering to the ultimate experience for home broadband, signaling a new stage for the FWA industry.
3. Extending Home Broadband Capabilities with AI: AI breathes new life into the FWA industry, extending home broadband functionalities. Brandon Leigh, CEO and Founder of South Africa’s rain and rainx, shared innovations: “Using Huawei’s 5.5G and rainx’s innovative CPEs, we’re taking advantage of increased user data throughput, capacity & network reliability to deliver a richer user experiences and strengthen ROI. With the 101 Pro’s 300MHz 4 carrier aggregation and AI-powered Wi-Fi 7, an exciting new, portable 5G device designed for customer as future smart home hub are opening up new markets.”

Additionally, the FWA ecosystem is progressing in tandem, with over 2,000 5G CPE models now available and low-cost terminals expected to drop below $50 this year. Commercial 5G.5G CPEs supporting 3CC and mmWave have achieved peak rates of 10Gbps in tests, and multiple manufacturers are integrating AI computing chips into CPEs to support intelligent FWA upgrades.

Huawei remains at the forefront of innovation, optimizing the end-to-end FWA process with its Easy FWA solution, from service activation and user management to operations. The WTTx Suite enhances home broadband experiences with precision service activation and real-time streaming support from Service Turbo, aiding operators in achieving multi-dimensional revenue streams. At the end of the session, Huawei proposed a 5.5G FWA white paper initiative, urging FWA industry representatives to share new explorations and case studies on 5.5G  FWA capabilities, collectively defining industry standards and expanding the development space for FWA.

Since its inception, FWA has achieved remarkable progress, becoming the preferred solution for home broadband and a key application of 5G. In the new era of 5G-A and AI, Huawei will continue driving innovation, working with industry partners to reach new heights for the FWA industry.

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There was a discussion on the convergence of 5G-A and AI with world-leading operators and industry partners, including GSMA, China Mobile, Telefónica, AIS, HKT, Zain, Leju Robot, and Huawei. By exploring innovative technologies, applications, and cooperation opportunities, they aim to unlock new opportunities for business growth.

Built on its 5G-A×AI Development Program, GTI’s Intelligent RAN, Ubiquitous AI Project serves two major purposes. First, it will combine 5G-A networks and AI to enable intelligent O&M, network optimization, energy saving, and experience monetization, thereby helping global operators improve their network productivity. Second, the project will expedite the development of the mobile AI industry by integrating AI into various industries, upgrading network capacity to better support AI services, and promoting the innovation of industry pilot benchmarks and high-value use cases.

Since the commercial adoption of 5G, approximately 5.94 million 5G base stations have been deployed worldwide, serving 1.87 billion 5G users. As an evolution and enhancement of 5G, 5G-A has also entered commercial use and is creating new value for individuals, families, and industries. Generative AI technologies are maturing and increasingly merging with 5G-A to further drive the development of intelligent applications and multi-modal interactions. To make the most out of this fusion, GTI launched the 5G-A×AI Development Program in May this year, with a vision to explore innovative applications, create new business value, and accelerate the development of the mobile AI industry.

Since its inception, the program has gained extensive support, with its initial membership consisting of over 20 operators and partners from across Asia, Americas, and Europe. Together, these members have actively participated in core tasks and made significant progress in setting up open labs, building an open collaborative innovation community, and exploring innovative use cases related to 5G-A×AI integration.

The program has established and is running four open labs to provide basic environments, equipment facilities, industry application scenarios, and other resources for 5G-A×AI integration innovation centered on AI for RAN and RAN for AI.

To foster the open collaborative innovation community, GTI and GSMA Foundry launched the first batch of “Challenges” in September this year, targeting key obstacles in the integration of 5G-A and AI and sparking new cooperation opportunities.

The program has been exploring high-value digital and intelligent use cases in scenarios such as daily life, heavy industry, energy, transportation, and municipal management. Drawing on success stories in integrating 5G-A and AI, it has developed replicable business model templates as references for value creation and monetization.

Established in 2011, GTI has grown into an influential international cooperation platform in the global mobile communications field and has expanded to 146 operator members and 262 industry partner members. Looking ahead, it will continue to promote the integrated innovation of 5G-A and AI in technology, business, and ecosystem. This will support the digital and intelligent transformation of economies and societies, uncover new revenue opportunities, and propel industry growth.

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Huawei’s 5G-A^A solutions will deepen the convergence of 5.5G and AI through ‘Networks for AI’ and ‘AI for Networks’. ‘Networks for AI’ will enable networks to possess the sufficient capabilities that are required to address differentiated service requirements and improve both network performance and user experiences. ‘AI for Networks’ will equip networks with L4 autonomy through digital sites and RAN Agents. Operators can use these solutions in a wide range of scenarios to sustain their leading positions.

1. Sub-1 GHz Massive MIMO builds a ubiquitous foundation layer for Mobile AI. Sub-1 GHz Massive MIMO provides an innovative solution to many technical challenges to meet the general deployment requirements of site engineering, bringing Massive MIMO to low bands. While providing extensive coverage, low-band Massive MIMO improves downlink, uplink, and low-latency experiences. It supports full access from all RATs, full IoT connectivity, and full real-time service guarantee.
2. Unique sub-6 GHz all-band integration in one box enables simplified single-antenna Massive MIMO deployment. Blade AAU X is the industry’s first product that uses a single antenna to support Massive MIMO deployment across all sub-6 GHz bands. Unlike other Massive MIMO modules, this product can be deployed on a single pole, and requires 50% less site space and 70% lower OPEX. It supports GHz-level bandwidth with one pole, maximizing spectral efficiency.
3. The industry’s first unique U6GHz AAU ensures continuous 10 Gbps. The U6GHz AAU integrates more than 1,500 antenna elements and uses leading MU-MIMO algorithms. With the collaboration of such leading hardware and software, it supports a capacity of up to 100 Gbps and speeds of up to 10 Gbps. It enables coverage to be aligned with C-band to ensure uninterrupted Gbps experiences indoors.
4. LampSite introduces Passive IoT (P-IoT) for the first time to upgrade digital intelligence indoors. LampSite X supports both indoor 10 Gbps and P-IoT access. It can be deployed in half the time and allows asset stocktaking to be done daily, instead of monthly, compared with other solutions.
5. The industry’s lightest AAU enables simplified mid-band deployment with a huge bandwidth. EasyAAU is the industry’s lightest AAU product, weighing half of an 8T RRU model. This enables it to be deployed on walls in urban areas and poles in rural areas to quickly provide 5G coverage. The delivery time is 40% shorter and the capacity can also be doubled.
6. The industry’s first microwave-antenna integration overcomes antenna installation challenges. Integrated antenna and microwave (IAM) houses antennas and E-band microwave units in one box, which reduces single-box weight by 30% and the space needed for installation by 50%. The antenna also supports all-beam auto-seeking, which helps reduce maintenance costs.
7. The industry’s first full-duplex microwave upgrades transmission capacity. The industry’s first full-duplex microwave, MAGICSwave, uses super-isolated antennas and interference cancellation algorithms to double spectral efficiency. It has a capacity of up to 50 Gbps, allowing operators to navigate the huge demand for data transmission in the Mobile AI era.
8. The industry’s first one-box rural network solution helps narrow down the connection gap in rural areas. RuralCOW represents an upgrade from RuralStar and RuralLink. By integrating fronthaul units and radio units into one box, it can be deployed without needing backhaul, BBU, and main power supplies. This significantly reduces the site costs of multi-RAT deployments in remote areas and suburbs.
9. Agent-based digital engineers team enables higher-level network autonomy. Based on the intelligent RAN Agent, the Agent-based digital engineers team has been incubated, which includes four digital experts that perform unattended maintenance, real-time network optimization, 24/7 energy saving, and accurate service provisioning evaluation.
10. Unique full-domain digital sites enable visualized site-level sensing and control. Ambient Site links a site’s main equipment with its antennas, power supplies, and transmission devices, helping realize full site digitalization. This enables networks to improve energy saving and user experiences.

“Mobile AI is on the horizon. We will continue to work with all industry partners and innovate to promote the integration of 5.5G and AI,” concluded Cao.

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PARTNER VIDEO: Mobile World Live has all the action from Huawei’s big event in Istanbul, Turkiye, where the focus is on how 5.5G leads the Mobile AI Era.

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PARTNER VIDEO: The CTO of industry association GSMA reveals the role mobile networks will play in the Mobile AI era and how the industry can make the most of the technology in the years ahead.

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A snapshot of Huawei’s President of ICT Sales and Service keynoting at MBBF 24 in Istanbul, Turkiye.

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According to Li, in the mobile AI era, intelligence will become a universal service. Everyone will be able to use it anytime, anywhere. And the mobile industry will play an important role in this process, just like we did with voice calling and the mobile internet.

In this new era, we will also see new changes in how information is created, shared, and used. These changes will pose new challenges for networks, but also open the doors for huge new opportunities.

AI devices will enable new forms of interaction. This will give rise to a better experience and greater productivity.

According to IDC, by 2028, global AI smartphone shipments will reach more than 900 million units. And there will be over 1,000 AI-native devices on the market.

We will interact with these devices in many new ways, including voice, gestures, and even emotions. The experience will be smoother, and the devices will understand us better – so interactions will be much more efficient. For example, new generation AI glasses can read lips, with over 95% accuracy in noisy environments.

In addition, AI agents will change how we work and live. They will bring intelligent services everywhere and drive explosive growth in data.

By 2030, most people will have a personal AI agent to help at home, work, and for travel. These assistants will work nonstop, generating and processing over 10 times more data than today.

In industry, AI robots will play a key role in R&D, production, QA, and logistics. And each robot will process more than 10 GB of data per hour. In total, by 2030, AI agents will process 120 times more data than today.

New surges in data from AI will drive structural changes in traffic models.

In traditional traffic models, data flows in a single direction. Like video content from data centers to smartphones, the data is general, and the flow is linear.

AI will transform this flow. Data will be personalized and flow in multiple directions. For example, training large models requires super-fast transmission between data centers. At the same time, AI applications and AIGC need to transmit data between edge, cloud, and devices.

There will be a rise in east-west traffic, and even mesh connections between multiple types of devices and hosts. With the structural changes in traffic models, network optimization will be more critical than ever.

If we want to seize new opportunities in the mobile AI era, we need to reshape across four areas: network services, infrastructure, O&M, and business models.

First, services. Mobile products and services are the perfect access points for AI, so we need to reshape them in order to better meet demand.

For individual consumers, carriers can take advantage of common touch points to provide intelligent services, such as for calls, messaging, and customer service.

5G New Calling is a great example. Chinese carriers launched this service, and it’s transforming the voice call experience.

For example, users can use AI to create their own digital avatars for voice calls, access real-time translation, and even have their AI assistant book appointments.

For home scenarios, we’re helping smart homes go smarter with AI agents. One carrier launched an AI box that supports applications like interactive sports watching and AI fitness for TVs. As a result, TV usage doubled and ARPU grew by 28%.

Outside the home, carriers can also provide stable, high-speed connectivity for carmakers to enable intelligent cockpits and vehicle-cloud collaboration. This helps deliver a safer and more efficient travel experience.

For SMEs, carriers can provide affordable AI services and devices.

For industry customers, carriers can combine connectivity, networking, and AI capabilities to enable intelligent transformation.

Second, to support a wide range of experience requirements for AI services, we need to reshape network infrastructure.

To deliver the most natural interaction, an AI assistant needs less than 300 milliseconds end-to-end latency, which means that air interface latency needs to be less than 20 milliseconds.

Carriers can build AI-centric networks that support deterministic access, elastic scheduling, and lossless WAN. This can help deliver on-demand, reliable connections between cloud, edge, and devices.

Third, more complex networks mean more challenging O&M. This is also an area where AI for networks can help.

For service operations, AI agents can support real-time simulation of multi-modal data. This helps carriers to evaluate network resources more efficiently, and provision new services more quickly.

For network maintenance, AI agents can automate task planning and orchestration, solving problems caused by software. At the same time, copilots can help field engineers to quickly locate and fix any hardware problems.

Last but not least, mobile AI is a great opportunity togo beyond traffic and start monetizing experience. We need to reshape our business models, too.

More than 30 carriers in Europe have launched speed-based mobile plans. Consumers are willing to pay more for a guaranteed experience.

Chinese carriers are also exploring multi-factor monetization. Through AI-based services like AI boxes for homes, New Calling, and cloud phones, they can open up new revenue streams based on computing power, storage, and VIP services.

For enterprise customers, carriers can also learn from cloud service models, and expose network capabilities with open APIs. Carriers can monetize these capabilities, and expand into the B2B2C market.

Many leading carriers in China, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia Pacific are already leading the way forward. They have verified AI service capabilities on live 5G-A networks, covering a wide range of scenarios for individuals, homes, travel, and business.

Moving forward, there are two things we can do to capitalize on new opportunities in the mobile AI era.

First, preparing our networks to support AI. That means boosting network capabilities, especially uplink, latency, and capacity.

Second, using AI to support more complex networks, in order to help automate O&M, optimize network efficiency, and guarantee a solid user experience.

Li said that the opportunities are great, and the best time to act is now.

Huawei is ready to work with carriers and industry partners to build networks for AI, and AI for networks. Together, we can unleash incredible new value.

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According to Yang, two trends have emerged thanks to rapidly evolving 5.5G and AI technologies that will reshape industry and usher in an “era of mobile AI”. The first trend he calls “Mobile going AI”, where mobile internet services are being transformed by new service and business models. The second trend is “AI going Mobile”, where enormous business opportunities are being unlocked by new mobile services like smart vehicles and robots. These developments, he claims, are creating new momentum and opportunities for both society and the mobile industry.

Huawei says these trends will influence the ICT industry in three specific ways. First, AI agents for individuals will reshape mobile internet services such that everyone has a personal smart assistant, which means AI agent networks will need to support real-time services. Second, smart driving will transform mobility by turning vehicles into flexible and smart spaces, which means smart vehicle networks will need to deliver high uplink speeds. Third, generalized embodied intelligence will make its way into different scenarios to unlock new productivity and a 10 billion-unit AI-robot market, which means future robotics networks will need comprehensively higher capabilities.

Yang explained that 5.5G networks can support the diversified connections, experiences, and services that are needed to address these new requirements coming from AI agents, smart vehicles, and embodied intelligence as the networks drive innovation and evolution in five key areas:

First, 5.5G can address diversified experience requirements by providing high-bandwidth networks. As users increasingly require diversified experiences, sub-100 GHz bands can be integrated on demand to flexibly deliver the network capabilities needed for superior multi-factor experiences. “0 Bit 0 Watt” technology can also be used to enable superior energy efficiency.

Second, 5.5G can be used to optimize device TCO as it enables a single network to integrate all-scenario IoT connections. RedCap and passive IoT technologies are lowering the cost of IoT, and 5.5G is needed to maximize the number of connections that can be simultaneously supported. Upgraded network capabilities are also needed to empower devices and bring IoT connections everywhere.

Third, 5.5G can provide unified portals that support differentiated experience assurance and monetization, something that carriers will need to cope with increasingly diverse service requirements. 5.5G core networks have the capacity to deliver the user-, service-, and network-awareness capabilities needed for differentiated experience-based monetization.

Fourth, 5.5G can provide a unified service portal that makes mobile AI more affordable and supports diversified smart services. Carriers will need the native AI service portal that 5.5G core networks provide to share network capabilities with third parties. This will make smart services available on more affordable mobile devices.

Fifth, 5.5G can use the Telecom Foundation Model to enable high-level network autonomy and realize the concept of “0 Touch, 0 Wait, 0 Fault”. The Telecom Foundation Model enables high-level autonomous networks with full-stack intelligence by providing two types of applications—copilots and agents—and three types of digital experts. This will be a new trend in network operations.

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More than 1,000 guests from mobile network carriers, ecosystem players, and leaders from vertical industries have gathered to discuss a wide range of topics, from business model innovation to industry development and key technological directions in the Mobile AI era.

This forum was set up to further promote the convergence of 5.5G and intelligent applications to create greater value for the mobile industry. During the forum, Huawei and Türkiye network carriers have jointly provided diverse intelligent 5.5G field experiences. Also, various players in the Mobile AI ecosystem will be displaying their intelligent connectivity applications for people, homes, things, vehicles, and industries.

MBBF 2024 began with the opening remarks from Ken Hu, Huawei’s Rotating Chairman. “In the future, AI will change everything. Everyone will be able to use it, anytime and anywhere. Mobile networks and devices will play an important role to make that happen, just like what we have done to enable telephones and mobile Internet as a universal service,” said Hu.

2024 has brought both the commercial launch of 5.5G and the unprecedented expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) into our everyday life and work. Globally, more than 3 million AI-capable applications have been developed, more than the total number of non-AI apps available in the app store. That early commercial 5.5G rollout coincides with the first year of AI adoption in various devices is tremendously significant — it heralds the dawn of the Mobile AI era.

Li Peng, Huawei’s Senior Vice President and President of ICT Sales & Service delivered a keynote on how to maximize new growth opportunities in the mobile AI era. “The mobile AI era is here,” said Li. “We will see new forms of interaction with devices, new intelligent services, and structural changes in traffic models. This will bring huge new opportunities for the mobile industry.”Li then detailed how carriers can make the most of these new opportunities and drive new growth by reshaping services, network infrastructure, O&M, and business models. He shared how leading carriers around the world have already verified AI service capabilities on live 5.5G networks across a wide range of scenarios for individuals, homes, travel, and business.

“Moving forward, there are two things we can do to capitalize on new opportunities in the mobile AI era,” said Li. “First, we should prepare our networks to support AI. That means boosting network capabilities, especially uplink, latency, and capacity. Second, we can use AI to support our networks. With more complex networks, we can use AI to help automate O&M, optimize network efficiency, and guarantee a solid user experience.”

This forum features boutique exhibitions of new intelligent connectivity for people, homes, things, industries, and vehicles. Across the indoor booths and outdoor fields, multimodal AI devices and diverse Mobile AI applications are presented, including AI phones, AI glasses, intelligent cockpits, humanoid intelligence, AI-generated content (AIGC), digital human interaction, and AI-powered real-time call translation, thanks to the joint efforts of Huawei, operators, and industry players. Another highlight is the continuous 5.5G coverage across the indoor and outdoor areas of the venues, showcasing the multidimensional capabilities of 5.5G networks and the cutting-edge products and solutions that power them.

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In the 5.5G era, microwave transmission technologies face the challenges of limited spectrum resources and surging capacity demand, as well as the need to support smooth evolution from 4G to 5.5G in order to protect operators’ existing investments. These challenges push microwave technologies to the limit and drive industry players like Huawei to make innovations and breakthroughs. The microwave industry is growing steadily, driven by advancements in 5G technologies. Since the beginning of 2024, Huawei has worked steadfastly in the innovation of microwave bandwidth capability, spectral efficiency, and hardware simplification, for which it is earning significant industry recognition.

Bandwidth Capability: MAGICSwave Ushers in a New Era of 25 Gbps Ultra-Bandwidth Microwave

In 2024, Huawei launched the ground-breaking MAGICSwave solution. Through cross-generational technology innovation, the solution is able to achieve up to 25 Gbps capacity per site. The solution also employs true broadband and ultra-long-haul technologies to significantly improve backhaul efficiency in urban areas that require large capacity and suburban areas that require long-distance transmission. With its high degree of integration, the MAGICSwave platform is poised to support cost-effective technology evolution in the next decade and solidify Huawei’s position as a leader in 5.5G ultra-broadband wireless transmission.

Spectral Efficiency: SuperHub Reduces Spectrum Usage by 50%, Setting a New Industry Benchmark

Huawei’s SuperHub solution significantly improves spectral efficiency and link capacity by allowing microwave spectrum to be reused across multiple links with a separation as low as 15 degrees. In a joint project between Huawei and Ufone Pakistan, the SuperHub solution helped Ufone greatly boost microwave spectral efficiency, resulting in a 50% reduction in spectrum usage and eliminating all signal interference. In recognition of its achievements, the project was the recipient of the GSMA GLOMO “Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets” award at MWC Barcelona 2024.

Hardware Simplification: 2T E-band ODU Clinches the Red Dot Design Award and iF Design Award with Its Ultimate Fusion of Tech and Design

Huawei XMC-80D — a next-generation 2T E-band outdoor unit (ODU) — uses state-of-the-art algorithms to improve coding efficiency. A single unit delivers up to 25 Gbps bandwidth with dual-channel and dual-polarized transmission. It halves the hardware required while increasing link capacity by an impressive 150% compared to conventional solutions. The split design of the XMC-80D allows for service switching through the backplane, which optimizes the main control service interfaces and enables support for flexible capacity expansion and smooth evolution. Moreover, the product features an innovative heat dissipation structure and ergonomic handles. In recognition of its captivating fusion of cutting-edge technologies and elegant design, the product was awarded the 2024 Red Dot Design Award and the 2024 iF Design Award.

MBBF 2024 Preview: What New Surprises Does Huawei Have in Store for the Microwave Industry?

In the 5.5G era, how will microwave transmission technologies maximize spectral efficiency based on a single-site capacity of 25 Gbps? How will they cope with limited tower space and harsh transmission environments? Huawei will demonstrate how at the upcoming MBBF by showcasing its innovative solution that can improve spectral efficiency by two times and its new long-haul solution that can bring continual performance improvements with much less hardware. During the forum, Huawei will also demonstrate how to maintain highly reliable microwave links to ensure always-online transmission in extreme environments.

The 15th Global Mobile Broadband Forum, with a tagline of ‘5.5G Leads Mobile AI Era’, will run from October 30 to 31 in Istanbul, Türkiye. It will be hosted by Huawei with support from our industry partners GSMA and GTI. Together with operators, vertical industry leaders, and ecosystem partners, we will share the industry’s latest advancements and explore new opportunities. Industry stakeholders will discuss how to achieve 5.5G business success in the Mobile AI era, and leverage the success of 5G to attain even greater achievements with 5.5G. For more information, please visit MBBF2024 at: https://www.huawei.com/en/events/mbbf2024

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Fixed wireless access (FWA) effectively bridges the digital divide and provides a second choice in addition to optical migration. The construction of tens of thousands of industry private networks ushers in a wave of digital and intelligent transformation of industries. Looking ahead, 5.5G networks with multi-dimensional capabilities are on the way. Global Mobile Broadband Forum 2024 (MBBF 2024) titled “5.5G Leads the Mobile AI era” is right around the corner. In the Mobile AI era, 5.5G TDD, which delivers “Fast for More”, will help construct an intelligent network in the future intelligent world.

Prosperous 5G Business Accelerates Application Innovation as Mobile Networks Enter the 5.5G Commercialization

In the past five years, the number of global 5G users has exceeded 1.2 billion. The DOU of 5G has increased by two to five times compared with that of 4G, driving operators’ ARPU up by 10% to 25%. The large capacity, high speed, and low latency of 5G networks are pushing videos towards higher resolution. Videos of 720p or higher resolution account for 75% of all videos. With the large capacity of 5G networks, FWA has become one of the most successful applications in wireless communications. 60% of global 5G operators have chosen FWA and achieved business success. In addition, 5G is the foundation of next-generation industry private networks, which 67% of global operators choose to deploy. All these depend on 5G’s TDD large-bandwidth spectrum and cross-generation solutions. Today, faster, simpler, and smarter 5.5G networks that contains multi-dimensional capabilities are accelerating to be deployed. This supports the booming mobile AI applications that already entered our life and production.

Mobile AI Leads to Explosive Increase of Connections in both Quantity and Quality, Demanding Multi-dimensional Capabilities of 5.5G Networks

The Mobile AI era is here. The increasing adoption of Generative AI in the field of content is leading to the explosive growth of mobile traffic, requiring network pipes to provide an over-10 Gbps capacity. The popularization of diversified AI terminals, including AI mobile phones, AI glasses, AI translators, and embodied intelligence, brings a multifold increase in the quantity and quality of connections, demanding larger capacity and higher reliability of mobile networks. It can be estimated that, as global intelligent transformation spreading to vehicles, more than 1 billion vehicles will be connected with a low latency of 20ms@90%. As AI accelerates the intelligent transformation of industries, multi-dimensional connection capabilities is required. Applications require latency to decrease from 50ms to 4ms @ 99.99%, and calls for a Gbps-level uplink rate. Low-power positioning also becomes a key capability of 5.5G networks. In the future, the quantity and quality of connections will continue to grow. It is believed that the monetization of multi-dimensional network capabilities through guaranteed rate and guaranteed latency will be the focus of 5G-A networks.

MBBF Warm-up: New Trends in the Mobile AI Era and Their Impact on Evolution to 5.5G

At the upcoming MBBF, Huawei will demonstrate the new dynamics in the Mobile AI era and the arising new requirements for networks, as well as toC/toH/toB cases and the latest trends that help operators achieve business success. On October 30, Huawei will host the 5.5G Industry Development Summit and 2024 Global FWA Evolution Roundtable, bringing together industry partners to discuss the evolution of 5.5G networks and core services. Topics for discussion include how to align 5.5G network capabilities with the applications in the mobile AI era to help operators increase commercial success. A high-quality TDD network on top of multi-band convergence is still the basis for delivering the multi-dimensional network capabilities. With this, what technologies can be used to achieve efficient network deployment and operations? Huawei looks forward to discussing all these topics with industry partners to maximize the full potential of the 5.5G industry.

The 15th Global Mobile Broadband Forum, with a tagline of ‘5.5G Leads Mobile AI Era’, will run from October 30 to 31 in Istanbul, Türkiye. It will be hosted by Huawei with support from our industry partners GSMA and GTI. Together with operators, vertical industry leaders, and ecosystem partners, we will share the industry’s latest advancements and explore new opportunities. Industry stakeholders will discuss how to achieve 5.5G business success in the Mobile AI era, and leverage the success of 5G to attain even greater achievements with 5.5G. For more information, please visit MBBF2024 at: https://www.huawei.com/en/events/mbbf2024.

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Since the earliest days of 5G, the requirements have begun to diversify for indoor scenarios. For example, the VIP hall of an airport requires ultra-high speed, a stadium demands ultra-large capacity, a smart factory must have reliable connections, while an underground parking lot and elevators need continuous coverage. These differences will only be more prominent in the 5.5G era.

Industry-leading LampSite X Platform Dynamically Adapts to All Indoor Scenarios

Facing this diversification of demand, Huawei drew on knowledge built up over many years in the industry, developed and launched the LampSite X platform on the global market. As a new-generation indoor digital platform, it provides industry-leading network capabilities that can flexibly adapt to all indoor scenarios.

The LampSite X platform uses multiple world-leading or unique core technologies to enable dynamic modular adaptation. It offers remarkable flexibility, by adding hardware modules to support more frequency bands, or loading software packages to switch between single-operator and multi-operator modes. In addition, it supports the industry’s first distributed massive MIMO and 0 Bit 0 Watt technologies, making it simple, green, and intelligent. All these give an unparalleled edge to the solutions developed on the LampSite X platform.

Based on the LampSite X platform, two products are developed: One is the high-performance LampSite solution for deep coverage and large capacity. It is applicable in high-density and heavy-load scenarios such as stadiums, transportation hubs, shopping malls, supermarkets, and factories. The other is the low-cost solution LightSite, which focuses on basic coverage and medium- and low-capacity scenarios. It applies to low- and medium-value indoor scenarios and provides consistent indoor and outdoor experience for mobile users.

LampSite: High Performance uplifts Network Quality and Revenue

As the indoor flagship solution, LampSite supports multi-band integration of sub-6 GHz and mmWave, simplifying deployment and delivering supreme performance. It features Gbps-level ultra-large uplink, submeter-level positioning, millisecond-level stable latency, and IoT capabilities in high-, medium-, and low-speed scenarios, enabling operators to support various applications over a single network.

In the 10 Gbps business district of Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, over a short span of three months, the number of activated AR users exceeded 300,000, the traffic in the area increased by more than 20%, and the tenant revenue increased by more than HKD3.5 million. The Causeway Bay deployment is a great example of operators pursuing an XtoBtoC business model, in which they go beyond providing single network capabilities to providing multi-service convergence services.

In a thermal power plant in Hebei province, LampSite is deployed indoors in the campus to replace the functionalities of Wi-Fi, UWB, and LAN on one network. The solution supports various indoor applications for the enterprise, including positioning, data collection, backhaul, AGV scheduling, etc.. The initial deployment and subsequent O&M costs are reduced by more than CNY3 million, the safety management efficiency is more than doubled, and the risk handling is 20% more efficient.

LightSite: A Cost-effective Way of Ensuring User Experience

Focusing on cost-effectiveness, LightSite can extend network coverage to partition-filled indoor scenarios such as office buildings and hotels, by connecting one module to multiple external antennas. In deep indoor scenarios such as underground parking lots and elevators, it uses the relay technology to implement simplified site deployment without BBUs.

In China, digital network construction has been generally completed for high-value indoor scenarios, while medium- and low-value scenarios are still gradually being explored. In January 2024, China initiated the “Signal Upgrade” campaign, which plans to implement deep mobile network coverage in more than 120,000 key venues across China within two years. In 95% of scenarios covered, the average downlink rate of mobile networks will be no lower than 220 Mbps, and the average uplink rate will be no lower than 45 Mbps. Till now, the LightSite solution has seen large-scale commercial use in many provinces and cities across China.

MBBF Foresight

At the upcoming Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF), Huawei will disclose more information about the LampSite X platform. Please join us at MBBF to experience the capabilities of the LampSite X platform and discuss pressing indoor 5.5G topics at the indoor digitalization industry roundtable.

The 15th Global Mobile Broadband Forum, with a tagline of ‘5.5G Leads Mobile AI Era’, will run from October 30 to 31 in Istanbul, Türkiye. It will be hosted by Huawei with support from our industry partners GSMA and GTI. Together with operators, vertical industry leaders, and ecosystem partners, we will share the industry’s latest advancements and explore new opportunities. Industry stakeholders will discuss how to achieve 5.5G business success in the Mobile AI era, and leverage the success of 5G to attain even greater achievements with 5.5G.

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At the upcoming Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF), Huawei will invite global operators and industry partners together to discuss how to maximize network value in the mobile AI era, define key indicators of mobile AI foundation networks, and unveil the latest products and technical trends to build a digital foundation in the mobile AI era.

The Mobile AI Era Is Coming

AI services are developing faster than ever to invigorate various industries. On-device AI enables transformation in multiple aspects, such as interactions, device forms, and content production modes. Empowered by 5G and 5.5G networks, AI processes and analyzes data in real time, driving the implementation of intelligent applications, such as AI smartphones, AI assistants, AI glasses, AI driving, and humanoid robots.

Convergence of 5.5G and AI Is a Must for Technological Innovation

Services and networks mutually adapt and reinforce each other, which means ubiquitous AI applications and services require an advanced 5.5G network foundation. Stronger network capabilities will also enable the adoption of a wider range of AI technologies. Therefore, the converged development of 5.5G and AI is indispensable for technological innovation. It leads to connectivity upgrades and enables network requirements to evolve from focusing purely on downlink speed to focusing on multi-dimensional experience including uplink speed, latency, and reliability.

What Should Networks Do to Usher in the Mobile AI Era?

In the mobile AI era, connections for people, homes, vehicles, things, and industries are all becoming intelligent. This would be impossible without the support of powerful mobile networks. Against this backdrop, it is particularly important to build mobile AI foundation networks that provide excellent user experience in many dimensions.

In terms of connections for people, as on-device AI becomes increasingly popular, more than 3 million AI apps have been developed and released. By 2030, 70% of devices are expected to be AI-capable. AI mobile phones will maximize the power of cameras to drive the adoption of interactive AI applications, such as AI-based object recognition, AI real-time translation, and AI-generated content (AIGC). Without powerful networks, these applications would be unable to invoke AI anytime and anywhere.

In addition to content interaction, the mobile AI era is transforming content production from simple information retrieval to AI-driven content creation. The AI multi-modal interaction represented by ChatGPT-4o is promoting the explosive growth of mobile traffic. During this process, higher uplink capabilities are placed on networks in order to acquire more efficient and effective feedback while enabling a human-like AI interaction experience.

In terms of Internet of Vehicles (IoV), intelligent connected vehicles are developing rapidly. Vehicles are now gradually transforming into “super devices” that can be used not just for transportation but also for entertainment and work. An intelligent connected vehicle will upload more than 100 GB of driving data per month to help train intelligent driving systems in order to increase the accuracy of models and enable more precise sensing of and response to dynamic driving environments. In addition, millisecond-level vehicle-road synergy will increase the reliability and stability of driver assistance systems in real time, unlocking the full potential of IoV experiences.

Mobile networks that provide excellent experiences everywhere are also a prerequisite for enabling AI in connections for homes, things, and industries.

Users have a growing demand for various AI applications. Due to insufficient on-device computing power, device-cloud synergy is a must, which requires new network capabilities. 5.5G is the key to coordinating AI device-cloud computing power as it provides the high uplink bandwidth and low latency needed for real-time interaction scenarios such as AIGC, human-machine interactions, 3D video, and intelligent IoV. A ubiquitous uplink speed of 20 Mbps and latency of 20 ms will become standard network capabilities in the mobile AI era and provide a solid foundation for the development of various innovative applications.

MBBF Warm-up: Network-Service Synergy Pushes Huawei to Expand the Boundaries of Solutions

At the upcoming MBBF on October 30, Huawei will hold the Mobile AI Foundation Network Summit with industry partners to embrace the bright future of the mobile AI era. Global operators and industry representatives will discuss the trends and applications of the mobile AI industry and their impact on 5G and 5.5G networks and analyze the network construction standards of mobile AI foundation networks. At the summit, Huawei will unveil new solutions that enable 5G and 5.5G networks to become a mobile AI foundation to drive the development of mobile AI services that provide excellent user experiences. Such solutions will also help operators seize opportunities in digital transformation and lead the industry towards a more intelligent future.

The 15th Global Mobile Broadband Forum, with a tagline of ‘5.5G Leads Mobile AI Era’, will run from October 30 to 31 in Istanbul, Türkiye. It will be hosted by Huawei with support from our industry partners GSMA and GTI. Together with operators, vertical industry leaders, and ecosystem partners, we will share the industry’s latest advancements and explore new opportunities. Industry stakeholders will discuss how to achieve 5.5G business success in the Mobile AI era, and leverage the success of 5G to attain even greater achievements with 5.5G. For more information, please visit MBBF2024 at: https://www.huawei.com/en/events/mbbf2024

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Today, it is a global metropolis with more than 15 million inhabitants. Surging technologies like 5.5G, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing are painting a magnificent scroll in the mobile AI era on this ancient land. Innovation flows through her bloodlines, infusing infinite vitality into her body. Istanbul has become a power house driving the digital and intelligent transformation of Türkiye.

Let’s take a walk up the Bosporus Strait to the 5.5G Park of MBBF 2024, to see what new experiences mobile AI has brought us.

New Experiences in the Mobile AI Era

2024 is footnoted by the beginning of large-scale commercial use of 5.5G, and the integration of AI into mobile devices. In the mobile AI era, the innovative application upgrade in mobile communications is accelerating, which will bring huge social and economic impacts to our daily life.

#1 5.5G & AI Upgrade Connection Experience of People and Homes

Video services, such as live streaming, HD movie, and cloud gaming, are the main consumers of mobile traffic. How to ensure user experience and provide differentiated services in congested scenarios such as concerts, exhibitions, sports events, subways, or even the high-speed trains has always been a challenge for mobile operators.

At the 5.5G park, the user-specific features such as “real-time accurate experience awareness” and “on-demand dynamic experience assurance” are implemented through the 10 Gbps downlink and Gbps uplink capabilities of the 5.5G network combined with AI technologies. In addition, the increasing demand for multi-dimensional experience also pushes operators to transform from the single-dimensional traffic monetization to the multi-dimensional experience monetization.

#2 5.5G & AI Accelerate the Development of Autonomous-driving Vehicles and Industrial Robots

5.5G+AI and autonomous-driving vehicles are truly a match made in heaven. Autonomous-driving vehicles can be used for automatic pickup. 5.5G and AI enable them to intelligently select the best route based on traffic lights and the road conditions, while avoiding obstacles along the way. In the case of exceptions, the control center can take over the driving immediately. This has significantly improved the efficiency and safety of the autonomous-driving vehicles application.

Look at this. Is it a robot, or a dog? It’s an intelligent robot dog, or more accurately, an “intelligent quadruped robot”. You see, the rotating lidar with gleaming green lights and the front-facing camera are its eyes, which are able to capture 360-degree environmental data without a blind spot. The silicon-based microphones are its ears, which can understand your instructions. It also has gyroscopes that can sense direction and acceleration to help it balance itself. This robot dog can accompany you anywhere you go, as your pet, or even as your guide. If we give it more features and tools, such as high-precision telephoto cameras, thermal imagers, and manipulators, a robot dog can play an important role in industry applications such as emergency rescue and security patrols.

Be it autonomous-driving vehicles, humanoid robots, or quadruped robots they are all in the category of “embodied AI”. Compared with the foundation model, the entities enabled with “embodied AI” are smarter and can better understand the physical world. This comes from the closer combination of 5.5G and AI. The uplink Gbps capability of 5.5G allows each embodied AI entity to upload hundreds of GB of data per month, which helps them deepen their understanding of the surroundings. The millisecond-level low latency of 5.5G helps implement crowd intelligence through the efficient collaboration between mobile clouds, edges and devices for embodied AI entities. Moreover, the innovative services of “embodied AI” can also provide operators with new monetization points through computing power and storage resource packages.

#3 Intelligent Connections of Everything

“What a dunk, nice!” A great move on the court ignited the whole sport venue. A special game of basketball is taking place in the 5.5G park. This is not an ordinary live-streaming sport event. It is a game supported by 5.5G intelligent IoT technologies. Every player’s position on the field, every movement of the basketball, and every wonderful point, are recorded in the form of data and sent to the cloud in real time over the 5.5G network for big data analysis and model training. Like a super coach, 5.5G & AI will surely help the players (and you) hone the skills and become better at the games.

5.5G supports all-scenario IoT through enhanced RedCap (eRedCap) and Passive-IoT, which are more cost-effective forms of connections. These connections can open a 100-billion-connection market and significantly improve the production and operation efficiency in many fields like Intelligent IoV, mobile office, smart campus, manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, electric power, oil and gas. On the basis of 5.5G massive connections, AI is also accelerating the application of digital twin technologies, with enhanced capabilities such as data analysis, prediction, decision-making, and optimization. In addition, operators can provide end-to-end integrated services of cloud computing, big data, and AI applications, multiplying the value of network connections and expediting industrial digitalization, transforming our city, our life, and the entire society.

The “Double-A” Network in 5.5G Park

“Network for AI, and AI for Network.” 5.5G network is the foundation of the booming AI applications in the mobile AI era. Huawei and industry partners will continue to innovate on the five fundamental capabilities of 5.5G: broadband, multi-band, multi-antenna, intelligence, and green network. We are endeavored to support operators in building and leveraging information highways and achieve business success, with the most advanced 5.5G technologies, products, and solutions.

“All bands to 5.5G” is an inevitable trend and industry consensus. In this 5.5G park, we use innovative products and solutions, such as C-band MetaBlade AAU, mid-band FDD massive MIMO, and indoor LampSite X, to build a “double-A” 5.5G network with indoor and outdoor Gbps supreme experience, and around-the-clock energy saving. The power consumption of a single module in sleep mode is less than 10 W.

Epilogue

In 2024, the clashing of 5.5G & AI ushered in a new era of mobile AI. This has injected new vitality into our society, while bringing an immense opportunity for mobile industry development.

Recently, Türkiye released the Medium-Term Plan 2025-2027 (MTP), which proposes to support national digital transformation in many fields such as 5.5G, chipset, satellite development, and cloud computing, as well as plans to increase the number of research centers in the AI field. In response, the industry in Türkiye is taking swift actions to carry out research and verification testing on multiple advanced technologies, such as 5.5G 10 Gbps, RedCap, and Passive IoT. The success of the 5.5G park is the result of the collaborative efforts of all parties of the Türkiye telecommunication community, and the park has become a benchmark for the global industry.

Passing the ancient stone pillars and through the meandering streets, we walk in the gentle and warm afternoon glow, as the deep blue sea of the Bosphorus dances quietly in the rippling light and shadow. At this moment in history, let us work together to face the new opportunities and challenges of the mobile AI era, and help our customers achieve greater success.

Looking forward to seeing you, at the 5.5G park in Istanbul!

The 15th Global Mobile Broadband Forum, with a tagline of ‘5.5G Leads Mobile AI Era’, will run from October 30 to 31 in Istanbul, Türkiye. It will be hosted by Huawei with support from our industry partners GSMA and GTI. Together with operators, vertical industry leaders, and ecosystem partners, we will share the industry’s latest advancements and explore new opportunities. Industry stakeholders will discuss how to achieve 5.5G business success in the Mobile AI era, and leverage the success of 5G to attain even greater achievements with 5.5G. For more information, please visit MBBF2024 at: https://www.huawei.com/en/events/mbbf2024

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What will the Mobile AI era be like? Currently, there’s no definite answer to this question, but some visionaries have explored the possibilities for themselves. From mobile network operators to Internet technology giants, they are already taking action by building 5.5G networks, bringing intelligence into networks, and looking into new 5.5G x Mobile AI applications and business opportunities. In light of this, the Global Mobile Broadband Forum 2024 (MBBF 2024) is arriving just in time. From October 30 to 31, ICT thought leaders from across the globe will meet in Istanbul, Türkiye and discuss new opportunities of and new approaches to capitalize 5G and 5.5G in the era of Mobile AI.

In the Mobile AI Era, Networks Must Be Solid for the Booming Mobile AI Applications

From AI assistants to autonomous driving, Mobile AI applications have been inching into people’s lives over the past few years, and are now emerging as the norm.

Following the phenomenal success of ChatGPT, AI assistants based on foundation models have been mushrooming. An increasing number of these assistants are appearing on devices like smartphones, tablets, and PCs where they can function as AI agents and run multiple tasks at any given time. Autonomous driving is also now close to becoming easily accessible to the general public, as it advances beyond highways and urban areas to achieve full autonomy.

Networks are essential to all intelligent applications. For example, AIGC drawing and multi-modal AI assistants require at least 20 Mbps uplink and downlink bandwidth to realize the real-time transmission of image and voice data, in addition to low end-to-end latency. Network requirements are higher still for the AI generation of videos. And the training data required for ubiquitous intelligent driving are also eye-opening. Each individual car requires hundreds of GB of uplink traffic per month so that multi-sensor perception data in the immediate environment can be transmitted to the back-end model for the purpose of learning and optimization.

It has become clear that these scenarios rely on both high-speed and real-time transmission and processing of massive amounts of data. This translates into higher requirements for network capabilities such as uplink and downlink bandwidth, latency, and connection density. Essentially, powerful 5.5G networks are crucial if intelligent applications are to flourish.

At the upcoming MBBF 2024, it is believed that Huawei will launch a suite of innovative solutions for diverse scenarios, which will serve as useful add-ons for operators’ 5G and 5.5G networks in the Mobile AI era. Huawei also plans to showcase its breakthroughs in delivering the best possible 5.5G experience in support of more prosperous Mobile AI applications. The items most worthy of attention will include the maximum capacity utilization of all frequency bands, multi-dimensional capabilities of 5.5G in all scenarios, and easy, energy-efficient deployment.

Amid the Accelerated 5.5G Rollout, Experience-Oriented Operations Are the New Pursuit

Spurred on by the chance to seize abundant opportunities presented by the Mobile AI era, leading operators have started taking action regarding 5.5G. China, the Middle East, and Europe are seeing the scaled rollout and operation of 5.5G networks.

3GPP Release 18 (the first standard version of 5.5G) has been finalized in June, and up to now, over 60 operators and partners have announced the debut of 5.5G. The ecosystem of 5.5G devices and terminals is also being formed. So far in 2024, there are more than 30 types of user devices, such as smartphones and CPEs, that are 5.5G-capable. Application wise, 10 cities around the world have vowed to transform themselves into 5.5G cities to better nurture 5.5G development.

As a mega city in China, Shanghai is experiencing the rapid inclusion of 5.5G in people’s daily lives, with three top operators building 5.5G networks and provisioning traffic plans and applications. These 5.5G plans are not merely about faster speeds and more traffic. Rather, they are also graded in terms of uplink and downlink speeds, latency, and level of assurance in order to cater for segmented users and their differentiated requirements, such as livestreaming, business travel, and gaming. This innovative paradigm is driving a shift from the more conventional traffic-first business model towards modern experience-oriented operations.

5.5G applications are also diversifying. In addition to featured applications, such as glasses-free 3D video and live VR, operators are enriching their packages with premium applications like AI communication, AI cloud phones/computers. Such premium applications offer users differentiated experiences such as more interactive calls, AI shorthand, and AI assistants.

MBBF 2024 looks to draw wider attention to the opportunities that 5.5G and Mobile AI applications can unlock together. After all, industry luminaries will have ample chances to discuss the topic of 5.5G experience in relation to the connection of people, homes, things, vehicles, and industries.

To Boost Network Productivity, Intelligence Must Be There

While the telecom industry is opting for intelligence-powered, experience-oriented operations, a key ingredient for business success is that mobile networks remain equally or become moderately more productive. This is like if a car maker pushes ahead in smart driving, then they must be properly supported by top-notch production facilities such as digital factories.

The mobile industry is confident that intelligence can boost network productivity, in turn driving business growth in the Mobile AI era. In this regard, Huawei has proposed the RAN Intelligent Agent, which looks to support operators building a robust network foundation and reshaping O&M, experience, energy efficiency, and services. This is yet another item worth looking forward to at MBBF 2024, as it might have the potential to open up a new, intelligent arena for the industry.

It is also reported that during the event, the industry organization will lead the release of the RAN Intelligence Pioneers Program, aimed at empowering 5G and 5.5G smart cities in collaboration with operators, vertical industry partners, and Huawei. The changes that 5G has brought to society are set to be inherited and carried on by 5.5G, and the Pioneers Program can undoubtedly be part of this journey. There are also still key questions that deserve consideration: What intelligent applications can 5.5G activate? How can 5.5G help forge an intelligent world and society? Solutions to these, and many more, will be discussed as we head into the future.

Conclusion

Within the beautiful city of Istanbul, MBBF will once again boost the mobile industry through a close-up exploration of “5.5G and Mobile AI collision”. MBBF 2024 will present a 5.5G boutique tour that showcase autonomous driving, RedCap IoT, 10 Gbps experience, and VIP guaranteed experiences, to name but a few. So, why not join?

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