MWC2018│火药味浓，高通暗讽华为5G芯片不是业内首款
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英特尔宣布为两年后的东京奥运会部署5G技术，华为推出世界首款3GPP 5G商用芯片，高通展示在旧金山和法兰克福的5G模拟测试结果……作为全球通信届规模最大的展会，MWC2018毫无意外地被5G刷屏了。
2018年被称之为5G元年。以往的MWC展会最抢风头的往往是厂商推出的新品智能手机。但今年不一样，产品方面仅三星S9系列最吸引眼球。中国手机排名分列前二前三的OPPO、vivo甚至没来参展，首次参展的小米，最大的动作也就是在巴塞罗那开了第一家小米之家，并无新品发布。
可以说，缺乏创新终端产品的这届MWC展会，5G展现出了排山倒海之势，碾压其他技术。标准组织、政府、运营商、设备商在内的产业链各方，都摩拳擦掌严阵以待，试图在2019年5G商用前快人一步。
作为全球领先的ICT服务商，华为在展会首日发布了MateBook X Pro系列新品笔记本电脑以及M5系列新品平板电脑，同时还宣布2018年推出端到端5G商用产品，2019年推出麒麟芯片和智能手机。
另一家全球领先综合通信解决方案商——中兴通讯也在本届展会上，以“5G商用”“5G连接”“云化使能5G”等主题，全面展示了中兴在5G领域的领先实力。中兴通讯每年投入30亿元在5G领域，联合高通、中国移动共同完成了全球首个基于3GPP R15标准的端到端系统测试。
华为Balong 5G01
英特尔也在MWC开展之前就展示了5G全新商业应用：全球最大规模的5G技术在2018年平昌冬奥会上成功演示。英特尔还宣布将为2020年东京奥运会部署5G技术，并与日本通信服务提供商NTT DOCOMO展开合作，为即将到来的2020年奥运会的网络基础设施、连接和全新体验合作提供5G技术支持。
另一家芯片商高通也不甘示弱，“最近业界对5G的关注度可谓是越来越高，我们也关注到有一些友商希望能够‘重新书写历史’。”高通市场营销高级总监Peter Carson在一场5G话题的媒体沟通会的开场直接针对友商，现场仿佛弥漫着一股浓浓地火药味。
这里的“友商”指的就是华为。在这场沟通会的前一天下午，华为在当地开了一场新品发布会，会上的“One More Thing”是一款5G芯片——Balong 5G01。华为在官方新闻稿中称，这是“第一款商用的，基于3GPP标准的5G芯片”。
Peter Carson称，高通在去年的MWC上就已经发布了全球首款5G调制解调器——骁龙X50 5G调制解调器；去年10月份在香港宣布了基于骁龙X50 5G调制解调器芯片组，实现了全球首个5G数据连接（data call）；去年11月，高通联合中兴通讯和中国移动，完成了全球首个基于3GPP标准的端到端5G新空口系统互通（IoDT）。
“一些厂商会说他们取得了很多的‘业界首次’或‘第一’，但其实相信大家听了刚才我重新给大家分享的这些宣布的时间点，就会非常清楚地了解，高通在5G领域已经取得了非常坚实的进展。”Peter Carson。
似乎还有些意犹未尽，Peter Carson接着又补充到：“我们也看到了友商推出了他们的5G芯片组，体积还是比较大的，并不适合于移动终端的需求。我们的目标一直是5G芯片组一定要满足移动终端对尺寸、性能和连接速率的需求。”据他介绍，高通X50芯片的体积和50分欧元硬币差不多大。
类似的调侃，高通技术执行副总裁兼QCT总裁克里斯蒂安诺·阿蒙也提到过。在当地时间2月27日中午一场针对海内外媒体的发布会上，他也不具名地说友商的5G芯片太大了，不适合做到手机终端里。
事实上，在本届MWC之前，高通已经宣布与全球20家OEM厂商达成合作，这些厂商将使用高通骁龙X50 5G新空口调制解调器系列，以此来打造最早一批的5G智能终端，预期在2019年进行发布。
另一个宣布就是全球18家主流移动运营商，其中也包括全球最大的中国移动这样的运营商，他们表示将采用高通解决方案，在5G上展开试验和测试，并共同实现在2019年支持5G商用终端的目标。
高通在MWC展台上演示的5G新空口模拟实验
随着5G的渐行渐近，很多原本在实验室中进行的测试也逐步走向现实场景中。高通在本届MWC期间最大的亮点在于展示了5G真实网络模拟实验的多项成果。
高通选取了两个城市进行大规模的网络模拟实验，以反映5G的用户体验增益。一个是位于德国的法兰克福开展在3.5GHz这一6GHz以下频段的5G模拟，另外一个则是美国加州的旧金山开展在28GHz毫米波频段的5G网络模拟实验。
Peter Carson表示：“最终成果表明，两项5G模拟实验均实现了5倍的网络容量增益。除了网络容量外，两项实验还分别实现了7倍和23倍的响应速度提升，大幅改善应用体验。”其中，旧金山的5G模拟实验结果显示，5G用户的浏览下载速度均值达到了1.4Gbps，是同等环境下4G网络的20倍。
有业内人士表示，5G商用来临之前，最体现实力的有真实数据的测试。按照我国工信部的规划，将在今年6月份会完成5G第三阶段的系统测试。本阶段的测试过后，也就意味着2018年底5G产业链主要环节将基本达到预商用水平。
在这段关键性的窗口期，人人都在进行最后的百米冲刺。尤其是在4G时代落后的运营商、设备厂商等，都暗自憋着一股气，将翻身的希望寄托于5G。对他们来说，5G is now， is future！
Qualcomm implied that Huawei's 5G chip
is not the first in the industry.
Intel announced the deployment of 5G technology for the Olympic Games in Tokyo two years later. Huawei launched the world's first 3GPP 5G commercial chip, and qualcomm demonstrated the results of 5G simulation tests in San Francisco and Frankfurt... As the largest exhibition of global communications, MWC2018 has been unsurprised by 5G refresh.
2018 is called the year of 5G. In the past, the MWC show has been the most popular among manufacturers of new smartphones. But this year, the samsung S9 series is the most eye-catching. China mobile ranked top in the first three of the OPPO, vivo even didn't come to the exhibition, the exhibition for the first time of millet, the biggest action is also opened the first home of millet in Barcelona, there is no release.
It can be said that there is a lack of innovative terminal products in this MWC exhibition, 5G shows the potential of mountain and sea, crushing other technologies. The industry chains, including standard organizations, governments, operators and equipment makers, are gearing up for a step forward by 2019.
Huawei Balong 5g01
As a leading global ICT service provider, huawei launched MateBook X Pro line on the first day of the exhibition new laptops and M5 series tablet, also announced in 2018 launched the end-to-end 5 g commercial products, launched in 2019, kirin chips and smart phones.
A world leader in the integrated communication solutions, another - ZTE in this exhibition, to "commercial 5g" "5g connection" "cloud can make 5g" such as the theme, fully shows the leading strength in the field of zte in 5 g. Zte has invested 3 billion yuan in 5G every year, and combined qualcomm and China mobile to complete the first end-to-end system test based on the 3GPP R15 standard.
Intel has also demonstrated 5G's new commercial applications before the MWC: the world's largest 5G technology was successfully demonstrated at the 2018 winter Olympics in pyeongchang.Intel has also announced the deployment for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 5 g technology, and cooperation with Japan's NTT DOCOMO communications service providers, for the upcoming 2020 Olympic Games in the network infrastructure, connection and cooperation in a new experience to provide 5 g technical support.
Qualcomm another chipmaker, is not too weak. "the industry has been getting a lot of attention recently for 5G, and we're looking at some of our friends who want to be able to 'rewrite history'," he said. Peter Carson, senior director of marketing at qualcomm, opened a media communication session on 5G topics directly to friends, and the scene seemed to be filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.
This is Huawei. The afternoon before the meeting, huawei opened a new product launch event in the local area, where "One More Thing" was a 5G chip -- Balong 5G01. Huawei said in an official press release that it was "the first commercially available, 3GPP based 5G chip".
According to Peter Carson, qualcomm released the world's first 5G modem, the snapdragon X50 5G modem, last year on the MWC. Last October, in Hong Kong, it announced the world's first 5G data connection based on the snapdragon X50 5G modem chipset. In November, qualcomm teamed up with zte and China mobile to complete the world's first 3GPP standard end-to-end 5G new airport system interoperability (IoDT).
"Some vendors will say they have made a lot of 'industry' or 'first' for the first time, but I believe you heard just now I back to share these announced that point in time, will be very clear understanding, qualcomm has been made in the field of 5 g is very solid progress." Peter Carson.
Peter Carson seems to be some wanting more, and then added: "we have also seen bad launched their 5 g chipsets, or larger size, not suitable for the demand of the mobile terminal. Our goal has always been that 5G chipsets must meet the needs of mobile terminals for size, performance and connection speed. ”According to him, qualcomm's X50 chip is about the size of a 50-cent euro coin.
Similar jokes, qualcomm technology executive vice President and QCT President christiano amon also mentioned. At noon local time, on February 27, at a press conference at home and abroad, he also said that friends' 5G chips were too big to be used in mobile phones.
In fact, before the current MWC, qualcomm has announced with global 20 OEM cooperation, these companies will use qualcomm Xiao dragon X50 5g new hollow modem series, in order to make the first 5g intelligent terminal, expected for release in 2019.
The 5G new airway simulation
experiment demonstrated
by qualcomm at the MWC booth.
Another announcement is 18 major mobile operators around the world, including the world's largest mobile operators such as China, they said it would use qualcomm solution, experimenting and testing in 5g, and mutual support in 2019 5g commercial terminal target.
As 5G approaches, many of the tests that were already in the lab are moving toward reality. The highlight of qualcomm's current MWC is the demonstration of the results of 5G real network simulation experiments.
Qualcomm selected two cities to conduct large-scale network simulation experiments to reflect 5G's user experience gain. One is a 5G simulation in Frankfurt, Germany, at 3.5ghz, and another in San Francisco, California, for 5G network simulation of the 28GHz millimeter wave.
Peter Carson said: "the results show that two 5G simulation experiments have achieved five times the network capacity gain. In addition to the network capacity, the two experiments also achieved 7 times and 23 times faster response times, significantly improving the application experience.” According to the results of 5G simulation experiment in San Francisco, the average download speed of 5G users reached 1.4Gbps, which is 20 times that of 4G network in the same environment.
Industry insiders say that before the advent of 5G, the most powerful test of real data. According to the plan of China's ministry of industry and information technology, the system test will be completed in the third phase of 5G in June this year. After the test of this stage, it also means that the main link of 5G industry chain will reach the pre-commercial level by the end of 2018.
At this critical window, everyone is on the final 100-meter dash. Especially in the 4G era, the backward operators, equipment manufacturers and so on, all secretly hold a breath, will turn over the hope of 5G.For them, 5G is now, is future!
