5G C-Band driving large scale growth outside China
The latest report from Mobile Experts, Macro and Massive-MIMO Base Stations and Transceivers 2022, covers three major themes that will shape the future of 5G. These are C-Band network rollouts in the US, China’s continued focus on the Macro networks for a second year in a row, and expectations for Europe and India. The impact of the US Trade Ban on Huawei is forcing the China market to pivot away from mMIMO and stay with Macro network upgrades in 2022 and possibly 2023.
According to the report, the completion of the spectrum auctions for mid-band frequencies in the US (3.45 to 3.98 GHz) will drive a substantial investment in networks by all operators. While China has stepped back from mMIMO, the US networks will embrace 64T64R and 32T32R mMIMO systems.
首席分析师丹·麦克纳马拉（Dan McNamara）评论说：“随着中频频谱的可用性，美国运营商最终将能够实现5G的绩效的承诺。”“从普通智能手机用户的角度来看，迄今为止，5G令人失望。但是，随着2022年网络上线的到来，这将会改变。”
The forecast includes 2G through 5G high power base stations below 6 GHz. Mobile Experts includes “macro” (typically 4T4R or 8T8R) and “massive MIMO” (16T16R and higher) above 100 W composite power in this report. Small cells and mm-wave infrastructure are covered in separate reports, because the dynamics for these products are very different than the macro market.
Having passed the initial phases of 5G deployments, we are now beginning to see variations and common trends emerging. With China embarking on a 5G strategy focused on massive capacity, we saw the mMIMO deployments and the shift from 64T64R to 32T32R. For operators that take this approach, the transition to fewer mMIMO antenna elements will be a standard approach. However, there are other regions that will look to provide country-wide coverage first, with capacity deployed in a second wave.
移动专家的丹·麦克纳马拉（Dan McNamara）继续说：“尽管中国仍然是最大的单一市场，但其他地区的部署开始平衡全球需求。”“尽管中国的MMIMO停了下来，但世界其他地区仍在积极部署5G，从而使MMIMO和5G基站的总体增长。”
5 g ecosystem is showing good growth and now it is becoming more balanced with larger scale deployments happening outside China. For 2022, the focus will be on the C-Band deployments in the US and after that the next big market could be India, which Mobile Experts believes will begin wide-spread deployments in 2023.
该报告是在这里可用.
