5G Americas White Papers
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3GPP Releases 16, 17 & Beyond
Despite the impact of COVID-19, momentum for enhancements to LTE and 5G standards continue with additional releases from the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). 5G Americas, the wireless industry trade

Mobile Communications Beyond 2020 – The Evolution of 5G Towards Next G
Mobile Communications Beyond 2020 – The Evolution of 5G Towards Next G details global work from several academic and industry organizations and presents potential use cases and technologies integral to the

Understanding Millimeter Wave Spectrum for 5G Networks
Understanding Millimeter Wave Spectrum for 5G Networks, highlights the primary elements crucial to the development and deployment of 5G mmWave mobile communications. One of the main attractions of mmWave is its

Transition Toward Open & Interoperable Networks
Open Radio Access Networks (Open RAN) is a concept that involves the interoperability of open hardware, software, and interfaces for cellular wireless networks. Open RAN architecture combines a modular base station

5G Technologies in Private Networks
5G technologies are increasingly delivering enhanced networking speed, latency, bandwidth, privacy and other benefits supporting emerging applications that are built on the proven technology of private LTE networks today. This

Global 5G: Rise of a Transformational Technology
[AB1]Link to the final paper The fifth generation of wireless cellular communications, “5G” continues to power ahead in 2020 with over 105 5G networks now deployed around the world. Today,

Security Considerations for the 5G Era
5G is an evolving technology that will usher in an age of accelerated innovation connecting people, things and machines, through continuing improvements in mobile wireless communications. This 5G Americas whitepaper

Innovations in 5G Backhaul Technologies
For successful deployment of 5G, mobile network operators (MNOs) need transport technologies that can meet stringent throughput, latency and reliability requirements over increasingly densified networks. Innovations in 5G Backhaul Technologies highlights

The 5G Evolution: 3GPP Releases 16-17
The 5G Evolution: 3GPP Releases 16-17 highlights new features in 5G that will define the next phase of 5G network deployments across the globe. According to data from Ovum, there were approximately five million 5G subscriptions at the end of 2019, a number forecast to

5G and the Cloud
To highlight the value and challenges of Cloud-Native, 5G Americas announced the publication of a white paper titled, 5G and the Cloud. The white paper introduces these cloud-native concepts, grapples with how they will change 5G networks, identifies challenges

5G Service Innovation
With 46 5G networks now deployed globally as of November 2019, 5G networks are expanding the value of wireless communications like never before. According to IHS Markit, up to 13.2

Management Orchestration & Automation
Management, Orchestration & Automation white paper shows how management orchestration (MANO) enables cloud, core, edge, and 5G radio access networks to support up to one million connected devices per square

Precision Planning for 5G Era Networks With Small Cells
Precision Planning for 5G Era Networks with Small Cells, which explores the precision planning process of small cell siting and identifies how employing Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

5G At The Edge
‘5G at the Edge’ white paper that explores new groundbreaking possibilities emerging from the combination of Edge Computing with 5G technologies. Edge Computing refers to locating applications, general-purpose compute, storage,

Global 5G: Implications of a Transformational Technology
Global 5G: Implications of a Transformational Technology, a 5G Americas’ white paper produced by Rysavy Research and 5G Americas technical experts that explores the intensifying role of wireless communications, the

Advanced Antenna Systems for 5G
This 5G Americas white paper explores current trends in technology and spectrum enhancements for advanced antenna systems (AASs) that will improve 5G capabilities in data speeds, coverage, and improved user

The Evolution of Security in 5G
The Evolution of Security in 5G examines how 5G provides new transformational security safeguards to protect both networks and customers. The paper looks at how 5G security builds on, and

5G: The Future of IoT
5G: The Future of IoT takes a look at the market drivers, trends and cellular technology solutions that will create our connected future. Market drivers provide added value through connectivity of

The Status of Open Source for 5G
This 5G Americas white paper provides an overview of 5G architecture, with a focus on its application of open source principles, based on 3GPP Release 15-defined 5G system architecture. This

5G Spectrum Vision
5G Spectrum Vision outlines the spectrum inventory opportunities for 5G in the Americas and other parts of the world. The white paper brings forward a pertinent industry analysis of the characteristics

New Services & Applications with 5G Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications
New services and applications requiring lower latency, better reliability, massive connection density and improved energy efficiency are emerging in an unprecedented fashion. A variety of advanced features make 5G uniquely

5G Communications for Automation in Vertical Domains
The rationale for the development of the 5th generation of mobile communications (5G) was not only to expand the broadband capabilities of mobile networks, but also to provide advanced wireless

The Evolution of Security in 5G
5G is not just about faster, bigger or better. It’s about enabling a diverse new set of services and use cases affecting nearly every aspect of our lives. But to

Wireless Technology Evolution: Transition from 4G to 5G
5G Americas, the industry trade association and voice of 5G and LTE for the Americas, today announced the publication of Wireless Technology Evolution: Transition from 4G to 5G which details the extensive

ANALYSIS OF ITU SPECTRUM RECOMMENDATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) estimates that by 2017 there will be 7.7 billion mobile subscriptions globally, of which 4.2 billion are considered mobile broadband lines. According to this calculation,
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