3GPP reveals launch date for 5G technologies as it unveils new logo
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has confirmed the name of next generation wireless communication technology to be ‘5G’ and revealed the date the technologies would be launching.
3GPP confirmed the name while unveiling the logo that will accompany the technology.
The 3GPP unites seven telecommunications standard development organizations: ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TSDSI, TTA, TTC), and provides their members with a stable environment to produce the reports and specifications that define 3GPP technologies.
The project covers cellular telecommunications network technologies, including radio access, the core transport network, and service capabilities — including work on codecs, security, quality of service — and thus provides complete system specifications. The specifications also provide hooks for non-radio access to the core network, and for interworking with Wi-Fi networks.
3GPP is responsible for technologies such as GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA, UMTS, HSPA, LTE and LTE-Advanced, which are applied for General System for Mobile (GSM) communication and mobile Internet connectivity.
“We have approved a new logo to be used on 3GPP 5G specifications from Release 15 onwards. The logo has a new wave pattern, but is a development of the existing LTE waves, using the green of the LTE-Advanced Pro version.
“The idea is to keep a familiar design aspect with the use of plain black text and textured waves, but to make the logo stronger and sharper — ready for use on the new radio and next generation core specifications for 5G,” a 3GPP release read.
“The use of the 5G logo on 3GPP specification cover sheets is intended to help the industry to identify at which point in time 5G features will appear.
“It will be used on the relevant 5G Phase 1 specifications in Release 15 (Complete by late 2018) and then the 5G Phase 2, Release 16 specifications — for completion in 2020.
“It will also be used for releases beyond, as it is probable that 5G will span a series of releases, as was the case with LTE, which started with Release 8 — continuing beyond Release 14,” the release added.
