Verizon Wireless today said that together with partner Nokia it has completed a mobile 5G call with the receiving device moving from one cell to another.
This is an important step in the development of 5G, as it will eventually allow people to use 5G devices freely when moving around outside. Verizon says it completed the test at Nokia’s Murray Hill, NJ, location using the 3GPP New Radio (NR) 5G standard. It used two radios on Nokia’s building to broadcast 28 GHz (mmWave) to a receiver in a moving vehicle.
Verizon says the vehicle traveled between the two radio coverage zones and made a successful handoff from one to the other.
Verizon is preparing to deploy fixed 5G service as an in-home broadband replacement later this year. It won’t launch mobile 5G service, which this test covered, until 2019.
