Ericsson and Qualcomm have achieved a new 5G milestone during tests carried out in Ericsson’s laboratory in Sweden.
The trials used commercial Ericsson Radio System base stations, Ericsson’s standalone New Radio (NR) software and Ericsson’s 5G Cloud Core solution, together with a mobile smartphone form-factor test device powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System.
Conducted in accordance with the international 3GPP 5G NR specifications, the testing demonstrates both companies’ commitment to advancing the second phase of 5G commercialisation. Standalone deployments that use a new 5G core network enable enhanced 5G capabilities such as guaranteed quality of service and network slicing, which support emerging business models in Industrial IoT and enterprise cloud services.
Earlier coverage reported on Ericsson’s first 5G standalone data session with T‑Mobile in the United States. In that session, T‑Mobile deployed products from Ericsson’s Radio System portfolio, including the AIR 6488 radio and Baseband 6630, hardware that can be upgraded to standalone operation through a software update.
Ericsson says Standalone New Radio (SA NR) combined with a cloud‑native 5G core will play a key role in enabling new applications such as mobile virtual reality, cloud gaming and connected vehicles by delivering the low latency, high reliability and flexible network management those services require.
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