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Welcome to the Power Set to be Key Battleground for 5G

World of Standards Continued (from page 1)

Next generation networks will be The emergence of the Internet of
expected to support dramatically higher Things (IoT), in particular, will have
user experienced data rates – up to major implications, with many IoT
1 Gbps in some specific areas, such deployments having their own distinct
as indoor hotspots, and 50 Mbps for set of requirements. Remote sensor
everywhere under 5G coverage – and a nodes, responsible for monitoring a
far larger number of connected devices. certain parameter in smart cities for
Some estimates expect up to 50 billion example, or industrial M2M terminals,
in total, though most agree it will may need the massive connectivity that
take several years before this level is 5G affords, but a high data rate will not
reached. The volume of traffic will grow be of great value in this context. One
as a wider array of applications emerge of the most significant factors here will
that are reliant on elevated data be keeping the power consumption to
rates and the content that users want an absolute minimum. These sensor
to transfer over the network keeps nodes will only be operational for a
expanding. Increased use of video very small proportion of the time
streaming, plus new services such as and the data they need to transmit
those based on augmented reality, will be very modest. 5G must be
will contribute heavily to this. Further able to accommodate the minimal
down the line, industrial, automotive throughput and irregular connectivity
and medical applications are certain to that characterises this type of use
Welcome to the February 2017 edition ramp up the data overheads still higher. case, while operating within the power
of The Standard. 5G dominates the constraints of sensor nodes whose
technology headlines and will remain Data growth and energy use batteries must last up to 15 years.
an important topic for ETSI and 3GPP in
the coming years. You can read about Among the fundamental objectives that
our upcoming ETSI Summit on 5G have been defined for the 5G standard
network infrastructure. We also look at is for the network’s data capacity to
energy efficiency for 5G systems, and go up 1,000 fold during the course of
3GPP have issued a new 5G logo. the next decade. The intention is to
simultaneously achieve a 50% reduction
In this issue we cover some of ETSI’s in the global network’s total energy
more advanced standardization usage, including that of existing legacy
subjects. We take a closer look at our technologies. For this to happen, clearly
work on Quantum Key Distribution the overall energy efficiency of the
and Quantum Safe Cryptography. ETSI network has to improve substantially.
is leading the world in standardization
on these subjects. You will see that Reducing the ongoing operational
there is a real and immediate need for expenses of the network and
our work. We look at two new Industry environmental footprint, such as CO2
Specification Groups, on Context emissions, will be among the main
Information Management and on motivations spurring operators to move
Experiential Network Intelligence. We to 5G, and power consumption is a
hear about progress from our Open key area where cost savings need to Mauro Boldi is vice-chairman of the EEPS (Eco
Source MANO group and we get an be witnessed. As well as the benefits Environmental Product Standards) group in the
Environmental Engineering Technical Committee
insight into the industrial importance experienced by the operator, there is a
of our oneM2M partnership project. need to improve the user experience
We also have an interesting article too. The goal here will be to allow
from a representative of an SME smartphones to connect to the network
active in ETSI standardization. I invite while managing to run for much longer
other SMEs to take advantage of this periods between recharges - thereby
platform to tell us of their experience offering greater convenience for mobile
in ETSI, and as a result make subscribers.
themselves more widely known.
Multiple use cases
Once again, I hope you enjoy this
edition. One element that makes 5G quite
different from previous mobile
Luis Jorge Romero, generations is that its operational
Director General, ETSI characteristics will need to satisfy
a plethora of different, often quite
unrelated, demands. This time it is not
simply about raising the data capacity
(though that will be important of Xiabao Chen is the rapporteur of 3GPP SA
course) but also about supporting new
communication use cases. Continued on page 3 >

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