Pre5G will become available much earlier than 5G, according to ZTE at a high-level international meeting of experts and industry officials to discuss global development of 5G technology.
In an address to the International Workshop on 5G-ICT Technologies conference in Beijing, Xiang Jiying, Chief Technology Officer of Wireless Products of ZTE, said pre5G will deliver user experience comparable to 5G, offering high throughput and low latency. Pre5G will utilise some key 5G technologies, while being provisioned on existing 4G UE (user equipment).
“Even though the industry is still working on 5G standardisation, we already have a lot of clarity on 5G user experience and the 5G candidate technologies. Therefore, pre5G can be defined and implemented even before 5G becomes standardised,” he said.
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