We're here in Barcelona, Spain. Why?
Because we are at MWC Mobile World Congress.
And we've been invited here by Huawei.
so we can have a look around at some of the Huawei things
and see what new products they've got.
Hi, thank you very much.
Their stand space is absolutely massive, isn't it
That's huge.
It's like, go big or go home.
It's massive. Man
most companies like this
people consider just to be like a consumer electronics company, don't they?
But there's so much behind the scenes
that is on display at these kinds of events.
I think most people do think Huawei are just a handset company
But as we've shown in some of our previous videos
they do so much more.
If you want to have a look at some of the previous videos
you'll check out the link up here.
But, you know, they've got just massive amounts of stuff, haven't they?
You know, they do like
power, in terms of Intelligent Enterprise
I think it must be interesting to be in one of the roles
where you're literally taking a specific industry
and just looking at it with fresh eyes, trying to think
how can we improve this industry
more efficient, make it safer.
You can take mining for example
this morning, we went to...
what would you call it? A round table.
A round table discussion
sort of talking about how they're going to improve
the efficiency and safety and etc of mining in Africa
and some of the solutions they come up with
I don't know if you can give an example
basically, they have...
crash-detection algorithms that run on trucks
so they don't have accidents.
They have automated AI drilling.
So previously it was one of the really dangerous jobs
drilling and cutting in a mine.
They have more where they're using automation for that.
As opposed to having men on the face in a dirty, hot environment
they can put people in the control room
so they're much more automated.
And it's 5G that allows that
because you got the low latency of 5G
and just overall
Huawei are literally doing that for not just mining
but so many industries all around the world
they're literally in tons of stuff that you might never have heard of.
So that's why we're trying to show you all those things in this video.
But unfortunately, the video would be like a film.
It would be like 2 hours long if we were to show you everything.
So that's why we're going to be focusing on some specific areas today
which are...what we're going to focus on
how Huawei are making their products more energy efficient.
and the next evolution in this data connectivity
which is 5.5 G.
the absolutely mind-blowing statistics that come along with that
So stay tuned to that part of the video.
So right, the first thing we're gonna tell you about is Huawei's ICT for green
Now, all around the world, people are concerned about power consumption
and making things more energy efficient
and Huawei have a lot of things going on in this area.
I'm gonna tell you specifically about two today.
So this would be a typical 5G mast for example
Now, if you look at a normal 5G mast
it would maybe have 64 channels
and if you have all those channels powered up at the same time
it will use a lot of energy.
what Huawei have done.
they use AI and machine learning to create a traffic profile
So for example, maybe at 09:00 in the morning
when everybody gets up and checking their phones
all the channels will be switched on
so the antenna is at full power
Then maybe after breakfast, say
maybe 10:30 in the morning
then there's not so much traffic going through that mast
so they can switch it into a lower channel
so they can maybe switch off half of the channels on that
conserving power
and then, maybe, say, after midnight,
when everybody's gone to bed between midnight
and say, I don't know, 04:00 a.m
there's very little traffic passing through the network.
So then they can switch it into an extremely low-power mode
where maybe there're only just a few channels on, not all channels operated
Do they come over to each mast and change a little knob on it?
Do they? No no
They have a software AI algorithm
which learns a traffic profile through the Mast
so it knows when there's going to be high demand and low demand
and it automatically switches it over to
switches the channels on and off to conserve power.
So the algorithm I talked about using the AI
this can also be used in networks to routers and switches
to put them into a lower power mode.
Because the AI learns the pattern of the traffic through the network
it could save energy without affecting the customer experience.
So like before, if the network had to wake up
it might take you a fraction of a second before you get a good connection again
But with this algorithm, there's literally no downtime
because it predicts the traffic flows through the network
and only sleeps it when it knows there's going to be no traffic.
So the next thing I want to tell you about and show you
is the next step in 5G, which is the 5.5 G.
And literally, this is like 5G on steroids
So some of the things where 5.5 G exceeds 5G is in the download speed
It's now up to 10 gigabits/second
the uplink is up to 1gb/s
And you can handle up to 100 billion connections.
as we go forward we have more and more IOT devices
which are sort of everyday device is connected to that network.
So the next generation has to be capable of handling huge amounts of connections
and 5.5G is ready for that.
So other features are 5.5G, the latency.
has latency as low as four milliseconds.
So we'll be able to do more with industry digitization
but currently 5G maybe not be quite quick enough for certain applications
but 5.5G will certainly be fast enough.
What does that mean?
It basically means the time it takes for the signal to respond from one end
where somebody moves their control to the machine doing
The latency that the delays will be as low as four milliseconds
which typically in 5G is somewhat higher than that at this point
also due to the insanely fast download speeds of up to 10 gb/s
applications like VR and AR
which have been up to now a little bit clunky
will become much richer experiences
because these kinds of products and applications need a huge amount of data
and currently, networks just can't support that.
It's really interesting because when I was a kid
my first modem on my computer.
The download speed was a maximum of 64 kilobytes,
and now we're talking download speed up to 10gb/s
It's just like, unbelievable. You know,
I would link with my modem
and it would build up a screen with images line by line
until it got to the bottom of the screen.
and then you had to press the key
and it would load the next screen like that.
It's just incredible how things faster moving
And obviously, after 5.5G,
another few years' time, we're going to have 6G.
Will that be up to what?
100gb/s? Who knows?
You know, where will it end? How fast will it go?
So another application of 5.5G using passive IOT will be in logistics
Now, traditionally, logistics have used an RFID tag
whereas a passive IOT tag has a range of over 200 meters
and what this means is that?
traditionally, if you have a warehouse environment
you'll have to have a guy walking around with a scan gun very similar to this
to scan, scan, scan
whereas with passive IOT, literally, you'll be able to press one button
at the whole of your inventory, your warehouse counted within a second or two.
And also, because the location accuracy of passive IOT
is approximately down to as little as 30 cm
you will very quickly be able to identify and find lost items in your warehouse.
This is a major, major benefit for logistics companies.
That's just yet another example of how 5.5G
will be utilized within an industrial or logistics environment.
Most people think 5G is all about
faster download speeds for their phone or tablet
But it's much more than that
and certainly a massive area in industrial application and manufacturing.
That's where Huawei are really strong.
They have many, many solutions for many different industry sectors.
So we hope that's given you some idea of
some of the new technologies on the way to the market.
and how Huawei are making more energy-efficient products.
If you did like the video, give it a thumbs up.
if you do like the channel in general consider hitting that subscribe button
but as always for now, from Barcelona, take care