Huawei Establishes Industry's First Open Lab for Low Latency Technology Development
[Shanghai, China, June 26, 2018] Before the World Mobile Congress Shanghai 2018, Huawei announced the establishment of the industry's first open lab for low latency technology development at its Shanghai Research Center. This marks a new era of innovations and collaborations in the field of LTE low latency. The opening ceremony of the open lab was attended by many distinguished guests. Such notable representatives include the Vice President of CAICT and the Executive Director of China TTL He Guili, the Director of Huawei Wireless R&D Mgmt Dept Li Zhoujian, as well as other esteemed participants from nine industry partners such as Tencent, NetEase, Alibaba, Intel, Spreadtrum, and vivo.
Picture of the Establishment of Huawei Low Latency Open Lab
Following data rate and coverage, latency has become a new indicator for user experience measurement and opened up plenty of market opportunities. For example, there are over 2.1 billion mobile gamers worldwide. Mobile gaming is now a $US 46 billion industry and enjoys a 12.5% annual growth. Gamers are willing to purchase value-added low-latency services from game providers, and game providers expect operators to offer differentiated solutions. This makes the monetization of low-latency network capabilities possible. With the acceleration of global digital transformation and the imminent arrival of 5G, LTE technologies have been significantly enhanced in terms of data rate, coverage, and latency since 3GPP Release 15. The introduction of Short TTI and other low latency technologies greatly reduces network latency, meeting the basic requirements of the 5G era. Based on existing LTE networks, 5G applications and business models can be incubated to help pave the way for future evolution.
The maturity of the industry chain is crucial. Huawei's open lab for low latency technology development aims to provide an E2E platform for interworking tests, application development, and experience exchange. Huawei, together with industry partners, strives to stimulate the development of the entire low latency industry chain involving network, terminal, chip, and vertical industries. Five industry partners have worked with Huawei's open lab for low-latency technology verification and interworking. The initial research covers applications such as mobile games, mobile payment, and remote driving, which will continue to expand well into the future.
At the opening ceremony of the open lab, Li Zhoujian, Director of Huawei Wireless R&D Mgmt Dept, said: "Industry partners are very welcome to take part in this opening ceremony. Latency is one of the most important factors that influence user experience. Huawei is committed to developing innovative solutions to effectively reduce network latency and improve user experience. We will actively promote the monetization of low-latency network capabilities. With this open lab, we hope to provide an open platform and work closely with industry partners to explore low-latency applications, incubate new business models, and create a better connected world."
