Ericsson and Verizon Complete World's First Outdoor 6G Call Test

IT Home, October 16: U.S. telecom operator Verizon and Ericsson announced that the two parties completed the world's first 6G pre-standard technology live call test using the 7GHz band at a Verizon commercial network site in Concord, California. According to a press release issued by Ericsson local time on the 15th, Ericsson's 6G proof-of-concept equipment completed on-site deployment and passed validation, taking 6G technology out of the laboratory and into a real environment for testing. The two parties can not only evaluate outdoor network performance but also study how wireless signals behave after passing through buildings into indoor environments. The test used a 6G protocol stack that has not yet been formally standardized, with a carrier bandwidth of 400MHz. The user terminal was placed in a mobile cabin about 3.7 meters long and 2.4 meters wide, equipped with an independent power supply and backup battery, and using different wall and window materials to compare indoor coverage effects. The test covered network coverage, throughput, latency, stability, and various functional performance, while considering line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight propagation, vegetation and obstacle blockage, and other real-world conditions. Both parties emphasized that the results remain a proof of concept before the formal 6G standard is released and do not mean 6G has begun commercial service. They will continue to analyze the field test data for subsequent technical research, testing, and network deployment planning. The above information comes from the original source and was organized by AI.