First 5G millimeter wave commercial products authorized by the FCC

Samsung developed the world’s first complete commercial 5G fixed wireless access solutions, which includes: commercial form-factor 5G home routers (CPEs) for both indoor and outdoor environments, 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) comprised of a radio access unit and virtualized RAN, a next-generation core, as well as AI-powered 3D radio frequency planning tools and services.

In February 2018, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted authorization of Samsung’s 5G access units. These are the first 5G millimeter-wave products in the world to secure government regulatory approval—a milestone achieved through close collaboration with the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology.

Verizon 5G Home network launched in the U.S. in October 2018 providing 5G broadband internet service with Samsung’s 5G Commercial Solutions.

5G innovations continue around the world

Samsung successfully completed a trial with KDDI (Okinawa, Japan) at a 30,000-capacity baseball stadium showcasing a live feed of 4K video content downloaded and streamed simultaneously on 50 5G tablets.

With KT and Verizon, we conducted a 5G international video call between Minneapolis, MN and Seoul, Korea during the Big Game.

Working with Cisco and Orange (UK) on the first multi-vendor 5G fixed wireless trial in Europe, we demonstrated successful inter-network operations that will enable 5G’s evolution.

Massive MIMO technology

Samsung’s commercial massive MIMO solution is a 64 transmit and 64 receive (64T/64R) configured radio with active antennas in a compact and lightweight form factor. The Samsung Massive MIMO solution will provide gigabit level speeds as well as inter-band FDD carrier aggregation with downlink support for 256QAM. Operators gain the ability to increase network capacity without the high costs of buying more spectrum or adding new base station sites.

The first U.S. 5G networks have begun to roll out in 2018

Samsung's Next-Generation Core solution is built on the principles of virtualization, hardware independence and open platforms. By shifting to a completely software-driven environment, operators gain the ability to optimize utilization of server hardware resources, and the ability to pool resources from multiple data centers.

Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) are split into individual pieces of software in a process called ‘decomposition,’ allowing for on-demand assignment of hardware resources. You can deploy individual functions only as needed by a given service, and with ‘Network Slicing,’ multiple virtual sub-networks can be established that isolate different types of traffic and handle each in an optimal manner based on its own requirements.