ZTE set to bring brilliant 5G-A highlights to MWC 2024, unfolding the intelligent future

Unveiling ZTE 5G-A Highlights at MWC 2024.

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ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), which positions itself as a global leading provider of ICT solutions, is proud to unveil the highlights of 5G-A during the Mobile World Congress 2024. This initiative aims to unlock the full potential of 5G technology and create infinite value.

• Industry’s first constant PA efficiency radio platform for optimal performance

  The latest radio platform achieves near-constant PA efficiency, ensuring optimal performance at all times. This enables 25-30 percentage points higher PA efficiency and 35% lower RRU power consumption than the industry average.

• 0 bit 0 watt with industry-first hibernation

  The industry’s first hibernation technology has been deployed at scale across over 300 000 AAUs to reduce the power consumption of AAU to as low as five watts when there is no traffic. This technology has also been applied to RRU, helping achieve power consumption as low as three watts when there is no traffic. For small cells, hibernation enables zero watts for pRRUs when there is no traffic, and the cell can be awakened in seconds when there are any attempts of service access.

• Uni-Radio enables site simplification with 10 times fewer radios

  The Uni-Radio (A+P) achieves extremely simplified integration of seven bands into one, with dual-band AAU, the industry's unique five-band UBR and FDD full-band antenna, achieving a reduction of radio units from 10 to one.

• Industry-unique 12TR RRU goes extremely green, enabling superior energy efficiency

  The industry-unique dual-band 12TR RRU evolves based on a new platform, achieving near-constant PA efficiency. This enables a 35% lower RRU power consumption than the industry average. With the industry's first RF pooling, the 12TR RRU enables inter-sector output power sharing. For any given sector, 4*120W can be used as 4x160W, achieving higher power efficiency.

• Industry's highest integration FDD Massive MIMO pushes the 4G capacity envelope even further

  The tri-band FDD Massive MIMO supports all RATs from 2G to 5G and NB-IOT with an impressive 640W output power in only 115L, achieving up to six times throughput improvement. Additionally, AI beamforming enhances FDD Massive MIMO performance by 30%, while the industry-unique beam-level DSS optimises spectrum utilisation, achieving an additional 10% data rate gain.

• Industry's largest bandwidth mmWave AAU empowers 5G-A 10Gbps+ experience

  The industry's largest 1.6GHz bandwidth mmWave AAU enables single cell to achieve 28Gbps+ capacity, empowering 10Gbps+ experiences. It serves for diverse scenarios, including fixed wireless access (FWA), large-bandwidth mobile backhaul and UHD live broadcasting, among others.

• UniEngine: All-in-one-box private 5G solution for core productions

  UniEngine realises all-in-one integration of 5G core, 5G RAN and simplified O&M, while providing powerful computing to enable effortless deployment of third-party applications. Enhanced deterministic capabilities of RAN offer much improved service guarantees. The simplified O&M significantly assists even less experienced enterprises in rolling out their private 5G networks and enables end-to-end service performance monitoring.

• Indoor 5G-A CampSite creates new possibilities for TV broadcasting and VR entertainment

  The suitcase-sized CampSite is easy to deploy by one person. It integrates communication and computing, enabling 5G-A network set-up within one hour. Additionally, with the inclusion of MiCell, the industry's first mmWave distributed micro-cell and IF pooling solution, it achieves 2 500m coverage, providing up to 6Gbps downlink or 4Gbps uplink, with ultra-low latency of 4ms@99.99% and high reliability. CampSite facilitates new use cases such as 5G-powered TV broadcasting, wireless large-scale and backpack-free VR entertainment, among others.

• Ultra-reliable 5G-A network and edge-cloud integration realise cost-efficient V2X for smart transportation

  ZTE deployed the first 5G-A based vehicle-road-cloud integrated V2X network, empowering autonomous driving and enhancing traffic efficiency. The ultra-reliable network and the edge-cloud at base-station achieve 20ms@99.99% latency, enabling L4 autonomous driving for L2 vehicles at speeds of up to 60km/h.

• 5G-A NTN realises universal connectivity through space-ground integration

  ZTE has developed the industry's first NTN ground base station and completed the world's first 5G IOT-NTN direct-to-cell trial over the S-band as well as the industry's first maritime trial and NR-NTN lab and field trials. These efforts aim to provide capabilities for emergency communication, wide-area IOT and internet services.

• 5G-A BBU, the integration of communication and computation for rich AI applications

  5G-A BBU achieves seamless integration of communication and computation capabilities. Leveraging its computation capability, base-station native AI enhances RAN intelligence, enabling highly efficient service guarantees to boost traffic, implement more precise power-saving strategies and facilitate L4 autonomous network O&M. By opening the computation resource open to third parties, cost-efficient app deployment at the base station becomes possible, enriching the range of new applications.

• AIGC empowered uSmartNet commercial used during Asian Games

  Based on AIGC and digital twin technology, ZTE's uSmartNet achieved the industry's first smart games assurance during the Hangzhou Asian Games. This accomplishment resulted in zero major issue and zero major customer complaints, improving operational efficiency by 15% and reducing workload by 30%.