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DOCOMO and NEC Complete Test of 5G SA With O-RAN Compliant Spec in

Multi-Vendor Setup

Japanese mobile operator NTT DOCOMO for DOCOMO’s SA services in order to fur- ther expand fifth-generation services.
and NEC Corp have announced the suc-
cessful conclusion of interoperability test-
ing for 5G Standalone (SA) technology us-
ing a 5G base station conforming to O-RAN
open interface specifications and radio
units (RUs) of different vendors. In a press
release, NEC noted that the multi-vendor
test used a software upgrade to introduce
SA capability to NEC’s 5G Non-Standalone
(NSA) operating on the cellco’s commer-
cial network. As a result, the system was
transformed from a 5G NSA system into a
5G SA system using the same 5G CU/DU
hardware. Since the 5G CU/DU can also
accommodate existing NSA, the unit can
be used to flexibly and quickly upgrade a
5G network. Going forward, the pair report-
edly aim to introduce the 5G base station

Huawei, Haier, and China Mobile Announced 5G Implementation Break-

throughs for Smart Manufacturing

With support from Huawei and China early days for manufacturers aspiring to large number of people, machines, and
Mobile, Haier, China’s largest consumer take advantage of 5G’s full capabilities. materials involved on a complex production
electronics and home appliance The solutions enable the implementation line as a whole. The solutions achieve
producer, successfully applied innovative of high-performance machine vision in this through high-definition cameras,
manufacturing solutions combining 5G a manufacturing environment through 5G gateways, and smart industrial
and mobile edge computing in its smart low-latency connections between high- terminals that work in unison with the
factories. Developed at the joint-innovation definition cameras, the AI modules at help of artificial intelligence. In future,
base established in February, the solutions the factory site, and the training servers the solutions will be further improved
integrate 5G edge computing with artificial located off-site. Deployed on a 5G-enabled to provide “digital twins” visualization.
intelligence and particularly machine production line, machine vision saves Digital twin is the reproduction of a real
vision in manufacturing environments. manufacturers costs by rapidly performing and dynamic production floor into a
They are applicable to various QC checks with over 99% accuracy, at virtual digital world, a meta-universe.
manufacturing scenarios where they can least 10% more accurate than without the Digital twin makes just-in-time preventive
perform a variety of functions. Haier has function. Compared with visual inspection maintenance a reality and enables the
launched the technologies at seven smart performed by humans, machine vision simulation of changes to the production
factories in China, and plans to expand the delivers much fewer false positive and process before they are implemented.
implementation at 20 factories by the end false negative results. Unlike traditional The three are also experimenting how
of 2022. Huawei is expected to help Haier video surveillance systems that only have 5G environment can support automated
deploy the 5G solutions and transform a recording function, AI-surveillance can guided vehicles to transfer items in
about 100 of its manufacturing facilities automatically create alarms in real time warehouses or manufacturing lines more
globally within five years. 5G provides when it detects anomalies on the factory accurately and efficiently. Haier, China
manufacturers with a lot of bandwidth — floor. The technology can identify non- Mobile, and Huawei look forward to
up to 20GBps— and latencies as low as 1 authorized individuals, process safety continue their collaboration on developing
millisecond. Mobile edge computing, one violations, and workers who aren’t where 5G manufacturing applications for the
of 5G’s main features, delivers extremely they should be. In addition, the new benefit of partners and customers in China
low-latency cloud computing. But it’s still solutions help to efficiently coordinate the and abroad.

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