Promote 5G integration and innovation and accelerate the digital transformation of the industry

On September 28, the "5G Gigabit Network Industry Forum" was held in Beijing. This forum, with the theme of " Building a strong country with gigabit networks, jointly promoting 5G integration and innovation, and accelerating the digital transformation of the industry ", widely invited experts from the government, operators, equipment manufacturers, research institutes, vertical industries and other industry chain experts to conduct in-depth discussions and showcase 5G network and application results, aiming to accelerate the healthy development of the 5G industry, improve the urban mobile network experience by firmly building a high-quality 5G network, accelerate the integration and innovation of 5G networks and industries, and promote the establishment of a digital economy and society.

Group photo at the initiative ceremony

Policy guidance for the large-scale development of 5G applications: Based on the network, various regions accelerate 5G applications

In recent years, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has continued to accelerate the construction of 5G networks and promote the integration and empowerment of 5G with various industries and fields. It has also issued the "Dual Gigabit Network Collaborative Development Action Plan (2021-2023)" and the "5G Application "Sailing" Action Plan (2021-2023)". Local governments have also actively responded to the heavyweight policies, driving the full integration of local leading enterprises and 5G technology, achieving key technological breakthroughs and industrial development, and setting a replicable benchmark for large-scale applications.

Xie Cun, Director of the Information and Communications Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, pointed out in his speech at the forum that "this year is the beginning of my country's 14th Five-Year Plan period, and it is also a key year for promoting the large-scale development of 5G. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will conscientiously implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, gather the forces of all parties in the industry, adhere to the combination of effective markets and effective governments, and jointly promote the integration and innovation of 5G applications to help promote high-quality economic and social development. Regarding the development of the 5G gigabit network industry, Xie Cun put forward four suggestions: First, consolidate the network foundation. Guided by industry data security and objective supply needs, promote the large-scale development of 5G industry virtual private networks, and explore new models of network construction and operation and maintenance. Second, strengthen industry support. Third, strengthen application implementation. Fourth, deepen international cooperation."

Dai Xiaohui, vice president of the China Communications Standards Association, said, "The association will deepen cooperation with vertical industries in the future, promote the scale development of 5G applications, and help build 'two strong countries'. We will make full use of my country's advantages of large market scale and multiple application scenarios, guide telecommunications companies, Internet companies and manufacturing companies to work closely together from the perspective of building a 5G industry ecosystem, strengthen the top-level design of the standard system, focus on cross-industry and cross-field standardization collaboration, and explore the establishment of new models and mechanisms for standardization cooperation with vertical industries such as automobiles, medical care, home furnishings, transportation, finance, and energy."

At the meeting, the Beijing Economic and Information Technology Bureau and the Hangzhou Economic and Information Technology Bureau respectively introduced the effects of the 5G industry policies implemented in the two 5G benchmark cities in the past three years, the development of typical 5G applications of leading enterprises, and made suggestions for the subsequent 5G layout.

Niu Jian, deputy director of the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, said, "Hangzhou has seized the major historical opportunity of 5G development, taken the initiative in 5G innovation, accelerated the construction of 5G gigabit networks, promoted the integrated application of 5G products, and built a high-end 5G industrial system. With the construction of gigabit cities as a carrier, we will promote the 'three-in-one' development of Hangzhou's 5G networks, applications and industries, and empower the high-quality development of Hangzhou's digital economy."

Mr. Zhang Jinrui, Deputy Director of the Electronics Department of Beijing Bureau of Economics and Information Technology, said, "In the future, with the accelerated construction of operators' 5G networks, the maturity of R16-related products and the freezing of R17 standards, the construction of the 5G upstream and downstream ecological chains will be further accelerated, and 5G vertical industry applications will be further stimulated. Our bureau will work with relevant units and departments in Beijing to organize and implement a number of major projects around the cultivation of leading enterprises, the construction of the 5G industrial chain and the creation of 5G applications, coordinate and improve industrial support policies, and promote the leading development of Beijing's 5G industry and applications."

Cross-border needs; application integration, system integration, and ecological integration

As the main driving force for a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, 5G new infrastructure has demonstrated its capabilities in the era of the epidemic, accelerating the digital transformation of traditional industries and making a "zero-distance" social structure possible. However, the development of my country's 5G network still has a long way to go. From a toB perspective, there is still a long way to go to meet the needs of effective and efficient support applications. From a toC perspective, a high-quality 5G network that meets the diversified needs of users has not yet been fully built. In the third year of cross-border dialogue, clearer requirements were put forward for the integration of the 5G industry and vertical industries.

Wu Hequan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, delivered a keynote speech on developing a new pattern of 5GtoB-based enterprise networks, pointing out that "enterprise application scenarios have many particularities compared to public networks, and a new 5GtoB architecture needs to be opened up in a targeted manner to support flattening of enterprise networks and applications with large bandwidth, low latency, high reliability, and high security. At the same time, enterprise networks have special requirements for performance, including gigabit transmission and large uplinks, which need to be supported by 5G air interface and terminal technology innovations. The new 5G enterprise network architecture + new industrial network management will build an industrial Internet pattern, increase my country's self-reliance and self-improvement capabilities in the development of the industrial Internet, effectively promote the digital transformation of the industry, and enable high-quality industrial development."

Wang Jiangzhou, a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering of the United Kingdom, pointed out from the perspective of 5G empowering the digital economy: "The integration of 5G and industrial systems has gone from shallow to deep, and has begun to empower the digital transformation of industry. In order to realize the goal of one network carrying OT and IT and achieve the goal of seamless integration of the entire system, the entire process, the entire industrial chain, and the entire life cycle, it is necessary to enhance the 5G capability system, and secondly, to deeply integrate and bidirectionally adapt the 5G capability system with the industrial communication and application protocols for the control execution layer and the field equipment layer."

Wang Tao, a senior scientist at iQIYI, introduced the multi-camera interactive video production and broadcasting system. The various real-time activities it generates have put forward extremely high experience requirements for 5G, and pointed out that "the popularization of 5G gigabit networks has broken the network bottleneck for improving video experience. Combined with AI, ultra-high definition, HDR and other technologies, it has produced a superposition effect of 1+1>2, driving the popularization of 4K/8K ultra-clear videos, immersive VR/AR/MR, interactive videos, etc., bringing quality and diversity to video experience."

Cui Hairong, Vice President of Supply Chain at Schneider Electric China, shared Schneider Electric's exploration and practice in 5G convergence innovation. In introducing several typical applications, Cui Hairong said: "Whether it is for the optimization of network infrastructure of its own supply chain system and the collaborative management of upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain, or as a provider of industrial automation solutions, Gigabit 5G has many values ​​and advantages, which can meet the demands of various enterprises such as flexible manufacturing, full-process and full-network, industrial control, and precise positioning."

Ubiquitous Gigabit is the current direction of network construction: from Gigabit with few users and less time to Gigabit with many users and more time

Major cities in China have basically completed the coverage of gigabit experience in the main urban area, and the goal of gigabit in 100 cities has been basically achieved. With the continuous increase in the number of 5G users, consumers' demand for 5G has changed from personal gigabit to ubiquitous and easy-to-use, and vertical industries' demand for 5G networks has changed from single-point availability to scalable replication. In this forum, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom and Huawei proposed a consistent direction for the construction of 5G gigabit networks in the next three years.

"The new digital economic infrastructure represented by dual-gigabit networks and computing power networks is the key engine for the digital transformation of industries, high-quality economic and social development, and a better life for the people." Huang Yuhong, deputy director of China Mobile Research Institute, put forward his thoughts on the subsequent promotion of 5G from the introduction of the metaverse at the meeting and pointed out, "As a builder of a network power and a service provider of a smart society, China Mobile is willing to work with a large number of industry partners to achieve cross-border integration, collaborative innovation, and create a better future together."

Chen Yunqing, deputy director of China Telecom Research Institute, introduced China Telecom's innovative practice of empowering thousands of industries with gigabit 5G experience, and said, "From 'super uplink' to 'super frequency fusion', China Telecom continues to innovate and build a customized network with dual gigabit 5G experience for uplink and downlink, empowering the transformation of thousands of industries. At the same time, relying on the AI ​​empowerment platform cc platform, we will create a differentiated AI capability system for operators' special scenarios, focus on intelligent application exploration in areas such as base station energy saving and equipment room energy saving, practice green cloud network, implement China Telecom's '1236' green and low-carbon development model, and help gigabit network."

Wei Jinwu, deputy director of China Unicom Research Institute, shared China Unicom's practical thinking on building a new intelligent vision and enjoying intelligent uplink, and said, "Dual gigabit is the strategic direction of digital new infrastructure. China Unicom relies on building a high-quality 5G network with uplink and downlink, indoor and outdoor gigabit speeds, and promotes the construction of smart cities through digital management, in order to reduce social costs, improve government efficiency, and improve service quality."

Gan Bin, vice president of Huawei's wireless network product line, said at the meeting, "5G ubiquitous gigabit means the development from downlink gigabit to uplink gigabit, and from one person's gigabit to everyone's gigabit, while achieving indiscriminate coverage between cities and between cities and villages, building the cornerstone of digital development, promoting industrial economy, and achieving common prosperity."

"In order to empower the digital economy and society to the greatest extent possible, 5G network construction must still adhere to the principle of moderate advancement. We need to continue to increase research on 5G technology and industry integration technology, promote the construction of 5G networks in cities, counties, and key townships, promote the formation of integrated technology standards as soon as possible, provide extensive and high-quality 5G network coverage, and create new products, new business forms, and new models for 5G integrated applications." Yang Hua, Secretary-General of the TD Alliance, concluded.