Qualcomm showcases future technology roadmap to advance intelligent connected edge and lead the world towards 5G Advanced and beyond

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. announced its latest R&D milestones and innovations during MWC Barcelona, ​​demonstrating how the company is driving digital transformation by advancing 5G technology and delivering premium experiences for multiple industries and use cases.

John Smee, senior vice president of engineering at Qualcomm Technologies, said:

Qualcomm Technologies’ latest research demonstration shows that the company is actively deploying a “unified technology roadmap” and promoting the development and progress of ten key wireless innovation areas to help 5G Advanced evolve to 6G. The new prototype system includes:

• Advanced MIMO Evolution : Innovations in radio frequency (RF) and MIMO antenna design bring new capabilities, efficiency, and flexibility to 5G systems, further facilitating the evolution to 6G.

  
  

• Mobile mmWave Evolution : Machine learning, enhanced mobility, and spectrum sharing are improving 5G mmWave performance and optimizing its deployment in more demanding application scenarios such as mobile VR.

• 5G positioning : 5G can provide accurate positioning for mobile broadband and low-complexity IoT terminals in a range of indoor and outdoor deployment use cases.

  
  

• Industrial precise positioning : 5G precise positioning can cope with the challenging indoor industrial environment of non-line-of-sight transmission caused by occlusion, and is a key factor in enabling Industry 4.0.

  
  

• AI-based 5G air interface design : Machine learning can reduce communication overhead, thereby improving energy efficiency, increasing available capacity and extending terminal battery life.

  
  

• Building a green and energy-saving network : New signal quality enhancement technologies can make communications faster and more energy-efficient, thereby driving 5G development in a more sustainable direction.

  
  

• The key to the metaverse : 5G is empowering the metaverse and promoting the integration of the physical, digital and virtual worlds.

  
  

• 5G Industrial Network : Smart factory facilities combine AI for collaborative multi-point transmission with 5G direct communication, which can connect more terminals in future factories with ultra-high reliability. Qualcomm Technologies' innovation platform in Lannion, France will support the company to promote end-to-end research based on the 5G enterprise private network test platform and work with partners in new vertical industries.

  
  

• Wide-area IoT expansion : 5G RedCap terminals (also known as 5G NR-Light) combined with the enhanced features of mesh networks can expand network coverage and enhance connectivity for a large number of 5G IoT terminals.

  
  

• Advanced Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) : Connectivity between vehicles and infrastructure/cloud, improving safety, positioning capabilities and services across the transportation system.

For more information on the continued evolution of 5G technology and Qualcomm Technologies’ wireless research priorities, click “Read More” to visit the company blog, which includes details and videos of each of the above demonstrations.