Huawei Launching Commercial 5.5G Network Equipment in 2024

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Huawei announced they will launch a complete set of commercial 5.5G network equipment in 2024 at the 5G Advanced Forum during MWC Shanghai 2023. Huawei's Director and President of ICT Products & Solutions Yang Chaobin who made the announcement said the company intends for this launch to mark the beginning of the 5.5G era for the ICT industry.

5G deployment progressed rapidly over the past four years and is already yielding significant financial gains. Today, there are more than 260 commercial 5G networks worldwide, serving over 1.2 billion users, and there are already 115 million gigabit F5G users. With service models and content continuously evolving, breakthroughs in technologies like glasses-free 3D are creating unprecedented immersive experiences for users. However, these new services continue to require stronger 5G network capabilities. The industry has widely agreed that 5.5G will be a key milestone in 5G evolution, and that it is fast approaching.




Huawei proposed the concept of a "5.5G Era", based on an end-to-end solution that integrates comprehensive evolved technologies including 5.5G, F5.5G, and Net 5.5G. This solution would protect operators' previous investment in 5G, while also improving network performance by 10 times. This 5.5G Era would feature 10 gigabit peak downlink speeds and gigabit peak uplink speeds to meet increasingly diverse service requirements. It would also refresh the industry vision by using new technologies like passive IoT to unlock a market of 100 billion IoT connections.

Yang explained, "With a clearly defined standardization schedule, the 5.5G Era is already poised for technological and commercial verification. In 2024, Huawei will launch a complete set of commercial 5.5G network equipment to be prepared for the commercial deployment of 5.5G. We look forward to working with all industry players to embark on the new journey towards the 5.5G era."

As an advocate for end-to-end 5.5G solutions, Huawei has been working with multiple players across the industry on R&D and verification of key 5.5G technologies. Significant progress has been made in this verification process, specifically for extremely large antenna array (ELAA) which underpins 10 gigabit downlink, flexible spectrum access which helps realize gigabit uplink, and passive IoT which can enable 100 billion IoT connections. 50G PON is another key technology that can enable 10 gigabit speeds for F5.5G ultra-broadband networks, and is expected to be extensively used in homes, campuses, and productions in the future. Huawei has worked with over 30 operators around the world on technological verification and application pilots for these technologies.

In addition to the development of key technologies for 5.5G wireless and optical access networks, Yang announced that the company has been working on applying AI-native technologies to 5.5G core networks to continuously enhance network capabilities and availability. This would allow AI capabilities to be delivered to the very ends of networks, so that they can better serve numerous industries. Net 5.5G promises 10 gigabit access, ultra-broadband transport, and microsecond-level latency over AI networks, allowing it to serve as a next-generation network foundation for industrial digitalization by providing high-quality network access.

The industry is still in its earliest stages of developing a vision for 6G, and only just beginning related research into key technologies. This is why many have turned to 5.5G as their milestone for future development. The 10-fold improvement in network capabilities in the 5.5G Era is set to enable numerous industries to unleash the productivity of digital technology.

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[LabRat 891]

DaFuq is NCIe?

 

[TumbleGeorge]

I didn't realise why 5.5G? 5.0G has same max speeds.

 

[Prima.Vera]

Ah, Huawei. The company that all their product are dialing back home to the Party all user's personal information.
Ever wonder why Huawei 5G devices were banned in Europe and US?
Not to mention Google that is gone from all Huawei phones?

 

[R0H1T]

They'll have a harder time selling these outside their (major)sphere of influence, even non NATO allies are turning their back on a lot of these Chinese enterprises because of China's aggression across their borders!

 

[Icon Charlie]

Ah, Huawei. The company that all their product are dialing back home to the Party all user's personal information.
Ever wonder why Huawei 5G devices were banned in Europe and US?
Not to mention Google that is gone from all Huawei phones?

Yea. I agree with this.

 

[bonehead123]

DaFuq is NCIe?

like PCIe, except for networks.... makes sending all your personal info/surfing histories/CC info back to chinBase-1 easier, faster and less complicated

 

[onemanhitsquad]

With built in spyware straight to the CCP.

 

[Aleksandar_038]

Ah, Huawei. The company that all their product are dialing back home to the Party all user's personal information.
Ever wonder why Huawei 5G devices were banned in Europe and US?
Not to mention Google that is gone from all Huawei phones?

It is called politics, I believe.

Talking about personal information in this day and age, where big IT corps are collecting everything they can (MS, Google, Amazon, all social networks with Meta leading the pack...), and of course all those info are 100% available to US government.

I understand the patriotism, but please elaborate the difference between my personal info being available to US or to China. I like neither, just to clarify - but do I really have a choice? Except to disconnect from internet altogether...

They'll have a harder time selling these outside their (major)sphere of influence, even non NATO allies are turning their back on a lot of these Chinese enterprises because of China's aggression across their borders!

Iraq, Syria, Libya, Avganistan, Yugoslavia... Terrible those Chinese, they never know what is enough.

 

[R0H1T]

India, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Japan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, South Korea(?) all terrible terrible nations having extended border or maritime disputes with China right

 

[Prima.Vera]

I understand the patriotism, but please elaborate the difference between my personal info being available to US or to China. I like neither, just to clarify - but do I really have a choice? Except to disconnect from internet altogether...

I'm not American, so it's definitely not about patriotism.
But since we all know that ALL, not some, ALL of those giant Chinese companies such as Huawei, Xiaomi, China Telecom, Baidu, etc, etc, are sponsored by the Party and Chinese Government (China is still a Comunist country, not Capitalist) both financially and logistically, in exchange for gathered outside data ; forgive me for totally and completelly understanding why more and more governments are dumping those from critical IT and infrastructural state projects.

 

[big_glasses]

It is called politics, I believe.

Talking about personal information in this day and age, where big IT corps are collecting everything they can (MS, Google, Amazon, all social networks with Meta leading the pack...), and of course all those info are 100% available to US government.

I understand the patriotism, but please elaborate the difference between my personal info being available to US or to China. I like neither, just to clarify - but do I really have a choice? Except to disconnect from internet altogether...


Iraq, Syria, Libya, Avganistan, Yugoslavia... Terrible those Chinese, they never know what is enough.

Telecom is considered critical infrastructure in multiple countries.
Some it requires security clearance to work on/know the infrastructure. It's not only used for end-users to call each others, or use internet.
A hell of a lot of M2M communication is used on it. Police, different medical and other branches can (and are) users of it.

social networks is not considered critical infrastructure

What is supposed to be new here?
All of that is already part of 5G, and it's currently split into different releases anyways.

is it meant that they have 5G advanced(rel 18) ready?

 

[Aleksandar_038]

India, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Japan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, South Korea(?) all terrible terrible nations having extended border or maritime disputes with China right

You literally just listed all countries they have any border with. Half of those countries are Chinese allies, for Christ sake!

It is not different than this list:

Spoiler: Partial list of USA interventions and wars since WW2

1947–1949: Intervening in the Greek civil war

1947–1970: Meddling in Italy's elections and supporting anti-communism activities

1945-1949: Intervening in China’s civil war and establishing Taiwan

1948: Supporting anti-government forces in Costa Rica's civil war

1949–1953: Supporting anti-communism activities in Albania

1949: Staging a coup in Syria (it was CIA’s first coup)

1950–1953: Korean War

1952: Intervening in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952

1953: Orchestrated a coup in Iran and overthrew the democratically elected leader

1954: Invaded Guatemala and installed a puppet

1956–1957: Plotting a coup in Syria

1957–1959: Supporting a coup in Indonesia

1958: Creating a crisis in Lebanon

1960–1961: Supporting a coup in the Congo

1960: Meddling in Laos’ reforms

1961: Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba

1961–1975: Supporting civil war and OPIUM TRADE in Laos (look up “Air America”)

1961–1964: Supporting anti-government activities in Brazil

1963: Supporting civil strife in Iraq

1963: Supporting riots in Ecuador

1963–1975: Vietnam War

1964: Intervening in Congo’s rebellion (and bombing)

1965–1966: Intervening in Dominica's civil war

1965–1967: Installing, arming and aiding fascist Indonesian military government’s massacre of communists (2-3 million killed)

1966: Engineering an insurgency in Ghana

1966–1969: Creating conflicts in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which is a region on the Korean peninsula that demarcates North Korea from South Korea

1966–1967: Supporting an insurgency in Bolivia

1967: Intervening in the change of the Greek government

1967–1975: Intervening in Cambodia's civil war

1970: Meddling in Oman's domestic affairs

1970–1973: Aided a military coup in Chile (overthrew democratically elected and popular progressive leader, Salvador Allende)

1970–1973: Orchestrating a coup in Cambodia

1971: Supporting a coup in Bolivia

1972–1975: Assisting anti-government forces in Iraq

1976: Supporting a coup in Argentina

1976–1992: Intervening in Angola's domestic affairs

1977–1988: Supporting a coup in Pakistan

1979–1993: Supporting anti-government forces in Cambodia

1979–1989: Arming, funding, training the Mujahedin in Afghanistan. This led to Al Qaeda and the largest network of Islamic terrorist groups in the world.

1979–1989: Used Saddam Hussein to wage a proxy war against Iraq. Funded and armed Saddam for ten years.

1980–1989: Financed anti-government Solidarity trade union in Poland

1980–1992: Meddling in El Salvador's civil war

1981: Attacking Libya in Gulf of Sidra

1981–1982: Engineering regime change in Chad

1982–1984: Participating in a multilateral intervention in Lebanon

1982–1989: Supporting anti-government forces in Nicaragua (the U.S. armed fascists, death squads, drug lords etc.)

1983: Invading Grenada

1986: Invading Gulf of Sidra, Libya

1986: Bombing Libya

1988: Shooting down an Iranian airliner

1988: Sending troops to Honduras

1989: Attacking Libya in Tobruk

1989: Intervening in the Philippines' domestic affairs

1989–1990: Invading Panama

1990–1991: Persian Gulf War, Part 1

1991: Intervening in Haiti's elections

1991–2003: Leading the enforcement action to establish a no-fly zone in Iraq

1992–1995: Intervening in Somalia's civil war for the first time

1992–1995: Intervening in the Bosnian War

1994–1995: Sending troops to Haiti

1996: Supporting a coup in Iraq

1997: Sending troops to Albania

1997: Sending troops to Sierra Leone

1998–1999: Waging the Kosovo War

1998: Launching cruise missile attacks on Sudan and Afghanistan

1998–1999: Sending troops to Kenya and Tanzania

2001–present: War on Afghanistan

2002: Sending troops to Côte d'Ivoire

2003: Orchestrating color revolution in Georgia and installing a pro-US government

2003–present: Iraq War, Part 2

2004–now: Inciting wars between Pakistan and Afghanistan in their contiguous areas

2004: Orchestrating color revolution in Ukraine and installing a pro-US government

2006–2007: Supporting Fatah, a Palestinian political and military organization, in overthrowing the elected government of Hamas

2007–present: Intervening in Somalia's civil war for the second time

2009: Supporting a coup in Honduras

2011: Supporting anti-government forces in Libya

2011–present: Arming, funding, training jihadists, Al Qaeda, and “moderate rebels” in Syria. Occasionally bombing Syria. And occupying the oil-rich parts of Syria.

2011–2017: Carrying out military operations in Uganda

2014: Orchestrating a color revolution in Ukraine and overthrowing a democratically elected leader.

2014–present: Leading the intervention actions in Iraq

2015–now: Arming, directing Saudi Arabia's participation in Yemen's civil war

2017-2019: Attempting regime change in Venezuela

2012-2020: Funding, orchestrating riots in Hong Kong.

2019: Supporting a military coup in Bolivia

1990s-now: Funding Uyghur separatists and trying to break the Xinjiang province off China.

And majority of those are thousand kilometers from American soil. So, it is not the same at all. For me, USA intervention in ex-Yugoslavia, Libya, Iraq, and Syria are prime example of barbaric behavior that is far worse than any of China behavior, so what? It is simply a different point of view, one that has no space on IT forum. Yet, every time when some news about Huawei or Chinese companies pops up, crusade is started in comments.... For Christ sake...

I'm not American, so it's definitely not about patriotism.
But since we all know that ALL, not some, ALL of those giant Chinese companies such as Huawei, Xiaomi, China Telecom, Baidu, etc, etc, are sponsored by the Party and Chinese Government (China is still a Comunist country, not Capitalist) both financially and logistically, in exchange for gathered outside data ; forgive me for totally and completelly understanding why more and more governments are dumping those from critical IT and infrastructural state projects.

So, do you claim that Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft data is not available to US government fully and completely? Because there was one guy who proved otherwise, then got persecuted like he is new leader of Al Kaida

So, difference between US and Chinese government is exactly ZERO from my point of view...

Telecom is considered critical infrastructure in multiple countries.
Some it requires security clearance to work on/know the infrastructure. It's not only used for end-users to call each others, or use internet.
A hell of a lot of M2M communication is used on it. Police, different medical and other branches can (and are) users of it.

social networks is not considered critical infrastructure

What is supposed to be new here?
All of that is already part of 5G, and it's currently split into different releases anyways.

is it meant that they have 5G advanced(rel 18) ready?

I didn't claim otherwise. Of course, telecom infrastructure is critical and must be under close monitoring by the state.

I disputed claim "nobody using Huawei because it is phoning to Beijing" Because American producers are phoning to Washington with same diligency.

It is matter of politics, or to be more precise "geopolitics". And in that game, even social networks come into play (TikTok case, anyone?). Of course, that US allies will have doubts or downright refusal to use Huawei equipment in their Telecom, and vice-versa: Chinese allies or at least countries that are not part of US-NATO bloc will have nothing against it and will have the same suspicion to US-made equipment.

As for 5G advanced, I think that is not the case. I think it is just creative branding by Huawei, but did not gave much attention to it anyway - we will see... If they did indeed have 5G Advanced ready, I think they would bragged left and right about it, not invent 5.5G and similar "names".

 

[R0H1T]

They don't have land border with Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Australia, South Korea! Want to continue with how China's still trying to grab land/disputed waters across other parts of Asia

 

[Aleksandar_038]

Actually, it turns out that this is indeed 5G Advanced, just Huawei insists on their own nomenclature for some reason...

They don't have land border with Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Australia, South Korea! Want to continue with how China's still trying to grab land/disputed waters across other parts of Asia

No, this is an IT forum, not a political one. So, if you can focus on technology, instead of bashing big bad Chinese, please try to do so. Otherwise, return to my previous post and click on that spoiler list, and take a good, hard look. If you think that is OK, you can continue bashing Chinese as much as you want, but a little bit of introspection is really necessary in life.

 

[R0H1T]

You started with that BS post wrt bringing US actions into this, so do what you're preaching first!

introspection is really necessary in life.

What introspection? You sure you're not projecting here

 

[Aleksandar_038]

You started with that BS post wrt bringing US actions into this, so do what you're preaching first!

What introspection? You sure you're not projecting here

I told you first time, but you do not want to read:

Country with such huge list of "interventions" wants to talk about some other country aggression? Hilarious.

And as for me mentioning it - no, I just pointed out that each and every news about Huawei or Chinese companies is followed by shitstorm in comments where everybody explains how Chinese spying. Which is correct, but hypocrisy at level MAX, given the amount of surveillance conducted by USA...

Never mind, I polluted the tread enough by now. Sorry.

 

[trsttte]

I told you first time, but you do not want to read:

The only thing you're telling is a giant list of what about what the US did since the past up till now, it says nothing about what China is or isn't doing.

Naturally there's political ramifications to trusting China vs trusting the US but only one of those has a somewhat functioning democracy instead of a president for life so there's that...

Getting back to topic, if you want to talk about the equipment it self, no, it's not the same thing. The level and pervasiveness of how Chinese equipment phone home and the often absolute lack of common sense basic security features doesn't really compare to what the 5 eyes do - i.e. we all know the 5 eyes have about every network cable tapped but you can't really access that data unless you're on the inside (which is also a big but different problem), how many Chinese surveillance networks were already discovered to be completely open?

 

[Aleksandar_038]

The only thing you're telling is a giant list of what about what the US did since the past up till now, it says nothing about what China is or isn't doing.

Oh, so you count only stuff you want to count... OK, two can play that game.

Naturally there's political ramifications to trusting China vs trusting the US but only one of those has a somewhat functioning democracy instead of a president for life so there's that...

Functioning democracy? Somewhat is serious overstatement, orange boy was more of reality guy type, and current one seriously have no clue where he is, since he is in late-stage dementia. If that is democracy and choices, screw that.

And yes, even Americans says the same about their late presidents. And far worse things, by the way, but let's not go too far.

Getting back to topic, if you want to talk about the equipment it self, no, it's not the same thing. The level and pervasiveness of how Chinese equipment phone home and the often absolute lack of common sense basic security features doesn't really compare to what the 5 eyes do - i.e. we all know the 5 eyes have about every network cable tapped but you can't really access that data unless you're on the inside (which is also a big but different problem), how many Chinese surveillance networks were already discovered to be completely open?

Sharing is caring - commies like to share, that's why they left their surveillance network opened for anyone to use freely

Now, in more serious tone: you are complaining that data collected by the US is freely accessible only from inside the system, and data collected by China is accessible outside?

Not about the fact that all data is collected??

I just pointed out that from end user perspective it is the same: his (mine, yours) data is collected in any case, now just our geopolitical position (for most people given, not chosen - yes, even for guys in "somewhat functioning democracy") determine by whom.

Also, how do you can possibly know how much data Chinese collect and how many actually leaked? Read on media? Assange didn't show you the value of information in media for last couple of years?

Or you work for Huawei? How much data US collected leaked? None (not true, but for discussion purposes)? So, they are just more efficient and have a better and tighter grip on everyone? How is that good for ordinary Joe?

 

[big_glasses]

nobody using Huawei because it is phoning to Beijing

But that's kinda the reason the for your own mentioned "geo-political" reasons are there, or at least partially. Because national government do not trust the Chinese equipment (in telecom).
And it was the same 10 years or so ago, though the security-part didn't get their will through that time. (and for undisclosed reasons. It is. I know)

Actually, it turns out that this is indeed 5G Advanced, just Huawei insists on their own nomenclature for some reason...

huh, thanks. That's weird though. I don't think 5.5G is a 3GPP nomenclature, seems very weird to not use the standard. Is it possibly some cop out, half 5Ga?

 

[Aleksandar_038]

But that's kinda the reason the for your own mentioned "geo-political" reasons are there, or at least partially. Because national government do not trust the Chinese equipment (in telecom).
And it was the same 10 years or so ago, though the security-part didn't get their will through that time. (and for undisclosed reasons. It is. I know)

Pretty much, yes. Telecom equipment is chosen not based on quality, price, service, but solely based on geopolitical positions and alliances. And since it is indeed a critical infrastructure for each country, that makes sense - I would never choose differently. Issues comes up when you want to switch your geopolitical alliance

huh, thanks. That's weird though. I don't think 5.5G is a 3GPP nomenclature, seems very weird to not use the standard. Is it possibly some cop out, half 5Ga?

Very weird - but we will hardly ever receive any more info about it Given everything around Huawei, everything is possible...

 

[Chomiq]

Mods?

 

[Prima.Vera]

Significant progress has been made in this verification process, specifically for extremely large antenna array (ELAA) which underpins 10 gigabit downlink, flexible spectrum access which helps realize gigabit uplink, and passive IoT which can enable 100 billion IoT connections. 50G PON is another key technology that can enable 10 gigabit speeds for F5.5G ultra-broadband networks, and is expected to be extensively used in homes, campuses, and productions in the future.

Just wondering, what is the EM footprint in order to generate so much power? I mean for people that need to be around it 24/7...