As pre-standard 5G technology testing and field trials continue ahead of expected early commercialization in the 2020 timeframe, Intel is seeing continued adoption of its 5G Mobile Trial Platform product by major network infrastructure vendors including Ericsson and Nokia.
Intel’s trial platform can support multi-gigabit over the air speeds and addresses key aspects of 5G including multi-carrier, multi-device operations, advanced scheduling, 4×4 and 8×8 arrays, and broad RF support up in high-capacity millimeter wave frequencies. There’s also an iteration of the trial platform geared toward automotive use cases including very fast transmission of in-vehicle LIDAR, camera and other sensor information directly to the data center, as well as machine learning functionality and V2X connectivity.
