It’s interesting to note that this brochure is relatively “old” → it’s from 2007 (5 years ago).
But also interesting to see that it brings us nice insights, and is a ‘must read’, no doubt.
It is a scheme to promote the development of Germany to become a lead market for 5G networks and applications.
And it worked! Implemented by major Germany Operators, 5G is no longer a promise or a hype, and 5G SA (standalone) is a reality.
German networks now meet all requirements for 5G, according to 3GPP and ITU-R:
- Peak Downlink rate: 20 GBit/s
- Peak Uplink rate: 10 GBit/s
- Minimum Downlink data rate for end users: 100 Mbit/s
- Minimum Uplink data rate for end users: 50 Mbit/s
- Space capacity for Enhanced Mobile Broadband in buildings: 10 Mbit/s/m2
- Latency for Enhanced Mobile Broadband: not more than 4 ms
- Latency for Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency
- Communication: not more than 1 ms
- Connection density: up to 1 million end user devices per km2
- Reducing energy consumption to 1/10 of that of today’s systems
- Increasing relative speeds of movement to 500 km/h
Source: Federal Government based on Ofcom 2017: update on 5G spectrum in the UK
https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/publications/5g-strategy-for-germany.html