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5G Innovations FEB 2018 VOL. 20 · NO. 1 · ISSUE 174 VIP Voices POST Luxembourg: Positioning Itself in the Digital Era SVP View Jointly Embracing a Better Connected Future with 5G Special Topic: 5G Innovations Claude Strasser, CEO of POST Luxembourg Scan for mobile reading 18 ZTE TECHNOLOGIES CONTENTS Advisory Committee Director: Chen Jane ZTE TECHNOLOGIES FEB 2018 Deputy Directors: Xu Ming, Zhang Jianguo, Zhu Jinyun Advisers: Bao Zhongjun, Chen Jian, 04 Cui Li, Fang Jianliang, Wang Xiang, Yang Jiaxiao VIP Voices Editorial Board Director: Wang Xiang Deputy Director: Huang Xinming Members: Bo Gang, Cui Liangjun, POST Luxembourg: Positioning Itself in the Han Gang, Heng Yunjun, Huang Xinming, 04 Digital Era The Convergence of 4G and 5G Drives Network Evolution Liu Shouwen, Sun Jiruo, Wang Xiang, 24 Ye Ce, Zhang Zhenchao, Zhou Yong Reporter: Liu Yang By Zhang Jiong 09 Smartfren: Going 4G LTE Only 09 26 Feasibility Analysis of 3.5 GHz NR SA Deployment Sponsor: ZTE Corporation Reporter: Xiong Limin By Wang Xiaoming Edited By Strategy Planning Department 1 Editor-in-Chief: Wang Xiang FEB 2018 Making Life More Comfortable For Citizens End-to-end 5G Network Slicing: Key to 12 29 Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Huang Xinming ZTE Digital Transformation Editorial Director: Liu Yang Reporter: Meng Jingjing By Huang Yan Executive Editor-in-Chief: Yue Lihua Circulatio n Manager: Wang Pingping 15 Thailand Gearing up for 5G 32 5G E2E Solutions Tailored to Your Needs Reporter: Sopitha Pisutthisakulchai By Duan Xiaowei 35 ZTE’s 3-Pronged IoT Strategy: Chipset, Address: NO. 55, Hi-tech Road South, SVP View Network and Cloud Shenzhen, P.R.China By Yang Longzhi Postcode: 518075 Tel: +86-755-26775211 Fax: +86-755-26775217 18 Jointly Embracing a Better Connected Future with 5G Success Stories Website: wwwen.zte.com.cn/en/about/ publications Reporter: Liu Xinyang Email: [email protected] 12 38 ZTE Pre5G Helps Japan’s SoftBank Build a Smart Gym Special Topic: 5G Innovations FEB 2018 VOL. 20 · NO. 1 · ISSUE 174 A technical By Xiong Manqing AUG 2016 VOL. 18 Ȕ NO. 4 Ȕ ISSUE 165 magazine that keeps up with the latest VIP Voices industry trends, Orange Jordan: Simplify the Lives of Customers communicates Tech Forum OEID: A New Tag Technology in Pre5G: Enabling the 5G Era ZTE Pre5G Breaks into High-End Markets Opcal Wireless Communicaons leading technologies 22 VIP Voices 40 POST Luxembourg: Positioning Itself in the Digital Era Special and solutions, and NG-PON Topic 15 SVP View JointlyA Embracing Discussion a Better Connected Future with of 5G NG-PON shares stories of our By Ding Guanghe By Qiu Peng SpecialEvolution Topic: 5G InnovationsTrends Claude Strasser, CEO of POST Luxembourg Olivier Wicquart, CTO of Orange Jordan customer success ZTE News ZTE and velcom Jointly ZTE Combo PON Solution & Smart Announce Belarus’ First ZTE and China Parking System Win Total Telecom Telecom Complete NB-IoT Commercial ZTE Releases IoT Cloud Platform Deployment Innovation Awards Pre5G FDD Massive Product ─ ZTE ThingxCloud MIMO Testing 14 December 2017, Shenzhen, 1 December 2017, Shenzhen, communications and GIS to enable China ― ZTE and velcom, a branch China ― ZTE won two innovation data collection, management, query, 12 December 2017, Shenzhen, adapts to various bearer networks, and of A1 Telekom Austria Group, awards for its Combo PON solution reservation and navigation of parking China ― ZTE released a new generation shields differences among different 8 January 2018, Shenzhen, jointly announced the deployment and smart parking system at the World spaces; thereby realizing efficient of ZTE’s ThingxCloud IoT platform bearer network technologies so as to China ― ZTE declared that its of the first commercial NB-IoT Communication Awards (WCA) 2017 allocation of parking resources. The products in Shanghai IOT summit. make the upper applications transparent CloudStudio (formerly vManager) network in Belarus. The network held by Total Telecom, a renowned system has been commercially trialed ZTE’s ThingxCloud, a basic on the underlying bearer network. VNFM product was ranked as was deployed in Minsk city first and telecom publication, in London, the U.K. in over 40 cities globally, including the IoT cloud platform with advanced The software development kit (SDK) Leader by GlobalData in its then in other regions as scheduled. The ZTE Combo PON solution Xiongan New Area, Tianjin, Shenzhen, technology architecture and a wealth /API makes the massive terminals access latest standalone VNFM survey So far, velcom has verified smart earned the “Highly Commended” award Brussels, and Madrid. of basic capabilities, can well connect to IoT simplified, data sharing secure, report titled “Standalone VNF metering and smart city solutions in in the “Innovation Award: Vendor” APPs and devices while generating and the upper IoT application and public Managers: Competitive Landscape the network. category. ZTE is the first vendor to data internally. Meanwhile, it features foundational capabilities controllable Assessment”. The cooperation of NB-IoT innovate a 3-in-1 Combo PON solution. great capabilities of enabling IoT and for all kinds of applications. Therefore, GlobalData, a world leading between velcom and ZTE has Integrating GPON and 10G GPON IoT ecology development, and opening varieties of IoT applications can be provider of data and analysis, started since the end of 2016. In into a single optical module through a co-construction, co-sharing and win- greatly optimized in the architecture, points out that VNFM product a built-in WDM1, and processing 27 the Tibo exhibition, the end-to- win situation in IoT arena. difficulty of its development and is an important part for VNFs 3 end gas metering service demo signals separately based on different Based on oneM2M’s technology construction be reduced, costs of interfacing with MANO FEBSEP 2018 2016 FEB 2018 was successfully demonstrated. MAC addresses, the solution is able to architecture and ICT PaaS/AI & Big construction and operation saved while to complete virtualization ZTE ZTE ZTE Following that, more lab tests and simultaneously deliver GPON and 10G Data, ZTE’s ThingxCloud includes IoT new intelligence being generated for capabilities. Operators need field tests were carried out. GPON services over one PON port. devices, connection management and upper-level applications with rich AI & a generic VNFM, whether velcom has highly appreciated The ZTE smart parking system won application enabling management. It Big Data capabilities. strictly ETSI-compliant or not, ZTE’s commitment in this market. the “Most Innovative IoT Solution” to deploy multiple VNFs to “We are very excited that, with award. The system is the industry’s first finish the first step to network ZTE, we have provided abundant NB-IoT based smart parking solution ZTE First Completes Ultra-High-Precision virtualization transformation. services to our customers. Within ever used in pilot deployments. It A generic VNFM which can be the project, we installed equipment innovatively integrates IoT, wireless Time Source Test in Cooperation with NTSC, sold standalone or integrated that will allow us to implement NB- Boosting IoE in 5G should possess powerful IoT technology. This is an incredible capabilities in decoupling or breakthrough in the field of telecom, ZTE Joins IEEE-SA Standard Board 7 December 2017, Shenzhen, China application for the first time, boosting integrating with third-party and we are happy to complete it ― ZTE announced its completion of the internet of everything (IoE) in 5G. APPs/VNFs and NFVO. together. We are sincerely glad to 27 December 2017, Shenzhen, working with IEEE for years on various test for the high-precision time source So far, ZTE has deployed have such a partnership and looking China ― ZTE announced that its 5G technologies and standardization device based on the principle of satellite more than 320 commercial/trial forward to further cooperation,” said standard director Mr. Jingyi Zhou including wireless LAN, WAN, common view in National Time Service virtualization projects around Christian Laque, CTO of velcom. joined IEEE-SA Standards Association Ethernet, Front-haul, Advanced Fog/ Center (NTSC), Chinese Academy of the world. ZTE develops deep “ZTE is very proud to work with Standards Board (SASB) for the term Edge computing, and Blockchain etc. Sciences (CAS). cooperation with mainstream velcom to release the first NB-IoT of 2018. ZTE experts are holding leadership The time source test based on operators, has joined many commercial deployment overseas. Meanwhile, Zhou also joins positions in P1934 and P802.11ax PHY common view technology is the first standards organizations and The achievement signifies ZTE’s SASB Industry Connections Ad-Hoc Working Groups (WG) as that achieves the time precision of open source communities such capabilities of providing operators Committee (ICCom) and returns well as SASB Board and Committees. +/–10 ns. The completion of this test as ETSI, 3GPP, ONAP, OPNFV, with the smooth evolution solution to SASB New Standard Committee ZTE is working together with IEEE marks that ZTE has introduced the OpenStack, OpenDayLight and towards 5G,” said Pu Yingchun, (NesCom) for 2018. to extend its influence and contribute satellite common view technology from CNCF, and aims to build an open Vice President of ZTE and General IEEE-SA is a leading standard to the industry with its advanced 5G scientific research on astronomical and win-win ecosystem together Manager of FDD Products. organization globally. 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