Mitsubishi Electric, NTT DOCOMO To Conduct 5G Trials Aimed At 5G Launch By 2020

(RTTNews) - Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (MIELF.PK, MIELY.PK) announced Monday that it will collaborate with NTT Docomo Inc. (DCM), Japan's largest mobile communication network operator, on joint experimental field trials of fifth-generation or 5G mobile communication systems and technologies. These are based on an agreement they reached in December 2014. The trials ultimately pave the way for commercial 5G services from 2020.

With these trials, the companies target to achieve ultra-high-speed mobile communication greater than 10Gbps using spatially multiplexed signals and to increase spatial utilization efficiency by using multielement antenna arrays. Mitsubishi Electric and DOCOMO will conduct outdoor trials using multiple antenna arrays operating at 44GHz.

The companies will present an overview of the trials at the DOCOMO booth during Mobile World Congress 2015, a major telecommunications exhibition in Barcelona, Spain from March 2 to 5.

In addition, the companies will make a joint presentation on April 16 to the Technical Committee on Radio Communication Systems of The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers in Japan.