Data recently released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that as of the end of March, a total of 3.647 million 5G base stations have been built across the country, the 5G user penetration rate exceeds 60%, and there are 24.56 million ports with gigabit network service capabilities. "Infrastructure construction is moderately advanced and technological innovation accelerates breakthroughs. In the first quarter, the high-quality development of my country's information and communication industry achieved positive results." Zhao Zhiguo, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that in the first quarter, telecommunications business revenue reached 443.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.5%. %; the lightweight commercial verification of 5G with full coverage of high, medium and low frequency bands was completed; the world's first 400G all-optical inter-provincial backbone network link was officially commercialized.
In terms of industry applications, 5G applications have been integrated into 74 of the 97 major categories of the national economy, and have been promoted on a large scale in key areas such as industry, mining, electric power, and medical care. The number of "5G + Industrial Internet" projects has exceeded 10,000, and application empowerment Accelerate expansion to core control links.
Walking into the remote mining center of Jiayang Coal Mine in Sichuan, the staff were wearing blue work clothes and sitting at the computer desk. The real-time picture of underground coal mining was shown on the screen. They clicked the button with their left hand and controlled the remote sensing with their right hand. The coal mining was completed with simple operations. Coal production process.
"In the past, coal was mined by blasting it with cannons, and then workers carried hoes and picks to dig bit by bit, and carried the coal out on their shoulders. Now, with mechanized equipment and 5G networks, people on the ground can "You can operate underground coal mining, and underground workers are mainly responsible for inspecting the condition of the machinery." Liu Cheng, general manager of the China Coal Research Institute in Chongqing, believes that the biggest change brought by 5G technology to coal mines is to help coal mines work with few or no people. In this aspect, it realizes the intelligent operation of coal mine development, mining (stripping), transportation, ventilation, operation and management and other processes. Ultimately liberating people from heavy and dangerous places is of great significance to improving the safety production level of coal mines and ensuring a stable supply of coal.
With the joint efforts of ZTE and other partners, the Jiayang Coal Mine 5G well entry project was completed and put into operation in November 2023. This achieves a high degree of isolation between the production network and the public network, local circulation of business data, and data interconnection between multiple networks such as the above- and below-ground industrial ring network, video backhaul network, and dispatch network, effectively solving the problem of blocked underground data communication and wireless communication. Pain points such as network lag and unsmooth call network provide high-quality network support for remote control of intelligent mining.
"With the joint promotion of 5G network and intelligent mining equipment, mining work that originally required more than 20 people can now achieve the same coal output with only two people. 'Mechanized replacement of people and automatic reduction of people' is how we create smart The purpose of the mine. We free employees from unsafe positions and greatly reduce their labor intensity," said Fan Qinying, general manager of Jiayang Group.
"We will further consolidate and enhance the competitive advantage and leading position in the information and communication industry, accelerate the integration of 5G with big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other technologies, continue to promote the evolution and product research and development of technologies such as 5G-A and 5G lightweight, and strengthen technical reserves. Increase the research and development of 6G and 10G optical networks," Zhao Zhiguo said.
The "White Paper on China's 5G Development and Economic and Social Impact (2023)" released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology believes that 5G-A will play a connecting role in the evolution from 5G to 6G and will define the development of 5G in personal and industry applications. New goals, provision of new capabilities, and release of 5G's superimposed multiplier effect on economic and social development.
Not long ago, China Mobile Beijing Company completed 5G-A network coverage on the Yongchang section of Beijing's Yizhuang high-level autonomous driving demonstration zone. This is Beijing's first Internet of Vehicles test road that simultaneously deploys 5G-A network and vehicle network computing power collaboration technology. On a road with a total length of 5 kilometers, Beijing Mobile has built a 5G-A private car network with 19 base stations. The ultra-large bandwidth and stable low latency provide a strong boost for the rapid development and application of autonomous driving technology.
Man Lin, general manager of the Marketing Service Center of the Economic and Technological Development Zone of China Mobile Beijing Company, told reporters that the 5G-A network supports massive data transmission. Similar to the daily AI training data of unmanned vehicles, "free transmission" can be achieved. In the past, it could only be idle at night. The real-time upload can be transmitted back to the computing platform in real time, helping autonomous vehicles to achieve rapid iterative upgrades of driving maps, driving modes and behavioral models. In addition, through the combination of 5G-A base stations and edge computing power, it can process data in real time while pushing training reasoning capabilities to vehicles, which can save more than 30% of computing power consumption for vehicles and make autonomous vehicles run more smoothly. It is safe and more flexible to execute real-time commands such as remote escape.
"2023 is a critical year for the formulation of 5G-A international standards. We must use 5G-A's new capabilities to drive industrial innovation and development, release the value of 5G-A through cross-border integration, and build a 5G-A innovation ecosystem through open cooperation." China Wen Ku, chairman of the Communications Standards Association, suggested.
Zhao Zhiguo said that in the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will accelerate the research and development applications of big data, artificial intelligence, etc., carry out the "artificial intelligence +" action, and continue to accelerate the large-scale application of the industrial Internet. Accelerate the issuance of policies and opinions on innovative information and communications industry management and optimization of the business environment to better serve business entities. Strengthen the construction of technical support capabilities, improve the level of industry network and data security management, and promote the innovative development of the network and data security industry.