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5G Standardization Update Report 2017 - Research and MarketsThe "Signals Ahead: RAN #77 5G Standardization Update" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. AT&T (News - Alert) has announced a VoLTE roaming agreement with NTT DoCoMo and KDDI has announced a similar agreement with VerizonWireless. Armed with test equipment from Sprint (News - Alert) Communications and Accuver Americas, not to mention 5 Galaxy S8 smartphones, plus a couple of test phones back in the US, we put these agreements to the test. Needless to say, some things worked, some things didn't work, and some things worked in unexpected ways... Come heck or highwater, 3GPP intends to complete the NSA option of Release 15by December. This decision means further delays to critical study items, which will likely impact Release 16 functionality. Further, some nice-to-have functionality for Release 15 is deprioritized for the time being, although it could still be completed by June 2018. We discuss the deprioritized functionality, which will definitely impact the December Release and discuss other critical 3GPP decisions which impact 5G and LTE (News - Alert) standardization activities. Key Topics Covered: 1. Introduction
2. Final Thoughts For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/zlxd9h/signals_ahead
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