Huawei shows the advantages of 5G

HUAWEI has officially begun building a 5G network at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station. This railway station is the first in the world to receive an internal fifth-generation data network.

Full 5G coverage is expected to be possible inside the station by the end of 2019, when passengers will be able to use the various network services possible on the 5G network. Also in February, HUAWEI and cellular operator China Mobile Shanghai demonstrated 5G DIS (digital indoor system) equipment, which provides a peak Internet connection speed of 1.2 Gbps. This means that passengers can download a 2GB high-definition movie in less than 20 seconds.

Peter Zhou, Director of Marketing for HUAWEI’s Wireless Network Product Line: “Thanks to the low latency of the 5G network signal, it is possible to control the passenger flow more accurately, and provide faster access to cloud services. In addition, passengers can accurately navigate indoors and search for stores.

HUAWEI’s 5G DIS elements are small in size and installed under the ceiling indoors. The coverage area of each 5G DIS cell is about 25-30 meters (radius), so about 1,000 DIS devices are needed to cover the entire station. In the catering area of the station, HUAWEI installed several transmitters creating a WiFi network to demonstrate the capabilities of the 5G network. It can be used in a variety of scenarios: 4K video calls, high-definition multi-channel video conferencing for greater passenger convenience, etc.

“Passengers will surely appreciate the new services and benefits that can be achieved through the high data transfer speeds provided by the 5G network,” Zhang Jianming, vice chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Economic and Information Technology Commission.

The Hongqiao railway station is one of the most important transport hubs in Asia and a calling card for rail transport in China. It has an annual capacity of more than 60 million people. More than 330,000 people pass through it every day.
Another socially significant example of the introduction of HUAWEI equipment is its use for the implementation of remote surgery in medicine.

On the morning of March 16, 2019 Beijing time, an implantation surgery was successfully performed on a Parkinson’s disease patient at PLA General Hospital in China. This is China’s first remote surgery using 5G data networks.

Lin Zhipei, an expert in neurosurgery, successfully performed a complex three-hour brain surgery on a patient, applying surgical instruments remotely via live HD video streaming.

Thus, the introduction and use of 5G networks can significantly reduce medical costs and is highly relevant to the intelligent distribution of highly skilled medical resources.

With its high speed, wide bandwidth and low latency, the fifth-generation network can guarantee the stability, reliability and safety of remote surgery, allowing experts to monitor the surgical process and patient situation at any time and place.

During surgery, experts across the country discussed the surgical plan using HUAWEI’s 4K HD video conferencing system and exchanged real-time patient data and diagnostic information, thanks to the wide bandwidth and low latency of the 5G network.

And surgical equipment was monitored remotely using specialized software, which enabled successful completion of surgery, increased diagnostic accuracy, and improved the effectiveness of the remote medical consultation system.

According to post-deployment tests, the network speed meets all requirements for real-time 4K HD video, uncompressed radiology images and lossless pathological incision images, making remote ultrasound and surgical interventions possible. This solution is ideal for patients in areas where there are no doctors.