During its 41st meeting held on 9 November 2016, the Radio Spectrum Policy Group adopted an Opinion on spectrum related aspects for next-generation wireless systems (5G).
This opinion is part of RSPG’s efforts to contribute to the development of the strategic roadmap towards 5G for Europe, including the spectrum policy aspects. This early opinion wishes to give guidance and input to the industry on the development of the European Commission 5G Action Plan.
The RSPG strategic roadmap towards 5G for Europe aims to facilitate the launch of 5G on a large scale by 2020, thereby ensuring that the benefits of 5G-based services are available to all European citizens. The vision being that 5G will drive industrial and societal transformation and economic growth in Europe from 2020 and beyond. It is expected that the first major commercial deployment will be based on lower frequencies. One of the reasons is the possibility to reach rapidly a sufficient coverage for addressing enhanced broadband communications and, above all, machine type communications market, which may require ubiquitous coverage, low latency and low complexity.
This opinion will be followed by a subsequent detailed opinion elaborating on technical details.
You can find the opinion here.