Jio Platforms to use NXP multicore processors in 5G NR O-RAN small cell for new use cases
The 5G NR solutions, as per JPL, have been successfully tested at 100MHz channel bandwidth in the 3.5GHz spectrum with peak data rates of more than 1Gbps, translating into increased performance for a wide range of segments and innovative applications.
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Updated: June 29, 2021, 17:48 IST
Pic: A processor from the NXP Semiconductors' Layerscape family.
NEW DELHI: Jio Platforms Tuesday said it will implement Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors' Layerscape family of multicore processors in its 5G New Radio (NR) O-RAN small cell solution for powering new RAN networks, under a collaborative partnership to enable a wide range of 5G use cases for broadband access, as well as Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), said it has leveraged NXP’s Layerscape processors in its new 5G NR solutions.
The 5G NR solutions, as per JPL, have been successfully tested at 100MHz channel bandwidth in the 3.5GHz spectrum with peak data rates of more than 1Gbps, translating into increased performance for a wide range of segments and innovative applications.
It added that the 5G NR radio solutions are well-positioned for the next-generation RAN networks and will provide increased indoor and outdoor performance while enabling new 5G use cases.
“5G New Radio solutions require flexibility in terms of the platform features, efficiency and rich tooling, which NXP brings to the table. Along with NXP, Jio Platforms has developed state-of-the art radio products, which are compliant to the 3GPP as well as to the O-RAN standards. We have a history of close collaboration with NXP, and we look forward to strengthening it further.” said Aayush Bhatnagar, senior vice president of Jio Platforms.
“The collaboration with Jio to develop, test and deploy 5G solutions underscores the power of our Layerscape products and the growing ability of NXP’s antenna-to-processor portfolio to accelerate new 5G deployments.” said Tareq Bustami, senior vice president and general manager, Network Edge at NXP Semiconductors.
“Jio and NXP are both focused on technical and innovation leadership, and this combined systems integration demonstrates our shared vision to deliver efficient 5G NR solutions to the India market,” Bustami added.
At the recently held 44th Annual General Meeting of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), chairman Mukesh Ambani said Jio has tested its homegrown 5G solution together with its partners in India and achieved speeds of more than 1Gbps. He underlined that once Jio’s 5G solutions are proven at Indian-scale, it will consider exporting it to global markets.
"Jio's engineers have developed a 100% home-grown and comprehensive 5G solution which is fully cloud native, software defined, and digitally managed. Jio has taken tremendous strides in maturing this state-of-the-art Standalone 5G technology, which signifies a quantum leap to the next frontier of wireless broadband," Ambani had said.
Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani-led telco recently switched on its 5G field trial network using its own indigenously developed 5G equipment and technology in Navi Mumbai.
Jio had applied for trials in Delhi, Mumbai, Gujarat and Hyderabad.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had recently allocated 5G trial spectrum in the 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz bands to Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi) to develop India-relevant use cases on the next-gen fast wireless broadband technology.
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Also TSDSI had recently submitted a proposal for 6G to ITU. Don't want to play catch up the next time.
India's telecoms standards body TSDSI says submitted 6G vision to ITU-R
TSDSI said that it has adopted a two-pronged strategy for its “6G” journey-- to steer research in India to serve the goals and to continue engagement with global standard bodies for harmonization of efforts including ITU WP 5D.
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June 23, 2021, 17:05 IST
NEW DELHI: The Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) Wednesday said it submitted its 6G vision with the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) to drive the direction of 6G technologies as part of the vision for IMT-2030.
ITU-R has initiated work on developing a recommendation on a vision for IMT for 2030 and beyond and the draft document has been named “ITU-R M. [IMT.VISION 2030 and BEYOND]”.
TSDSI said that it has adopted a two-pronged strategy for its “6G” journey-- to steer research in India to serve the goals and to continue engagement with global standard bodies for harmonization of efforts including ITU WP 5D.
TSDSI said that it began deliberations in this area through an introductory workshop on “Telecom Technologies for the next Decade” on January 29, 2020. "A Study on use cases, requirements and technologies towards 6G is currently in progress in the Networks Study Group of TSDSI," it added.
TSDSI said that it observed that there will be a proliferation of network types such as public, private, enterprise/industrial wireless networks, application-specific specialized networks, IoT/sensor networks and they can be based on different radio access technologies.
“Interoperability of these technologies will be critical to enable a ubiquitous intelligent, connected/ compute environment - where diverse networks, processes, applications, use cases and organizations are connected,” it said in its submission for '6G Vision'.
Noting that accessible and affordable technologies can bridge the digital divide, it submitted future technologies must leverage composable networks and architectures to address issues of cost and affordability and added that spectrum sharing or simultaneous spectrum use technologies can lower the cost of initial spectrum purchase.
The telecom standards body further said that heterogeneous device types should attempt to lower the cost of ownership without compromising on the quality of high-end usage scenarios.
“Focus on energy efficiency to be able to work in power-starved scenarios / enhance lifespans of self-powered devices thus promoting affordability as well as sustainability,” TSDSI said.
Additionally, for distributed connectivity or compute environments, it underscored that there are opportunities to standardize and deploy “distributed, edge-native Artificial Intelligence (AI)” that can help in personalizing service without compromising privacy concerns.
As personal data protection is becoming a topic of concern and as nations, states, and enterprises are focusing on data protection and management, it is important that any future network or technology takes into account the intrinsic data hierarchies and management aspects, TSDSI submitted.
“Future communication / compute technologies will have to support such hierarchies. Provision for the data owners to access, modify, control data flows and dictate privacy norms and the nature of compute (algorithms) that can be run on such data will become important and technologies to support such demands will have to be accommodated,” it said in its submission.
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