MediaTek specialist to spearhead 5G standardisation
MediaTek has appointed Johan Johansson, the company's senior standards specialist as chairman of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)/RAN Working Group 2.
As the world’s most prominent mobile technology standards organisation, 3GPP was responsible for the development of some of the most popular mobile technologies in modern telecommunications, including GSM (2G), WCDMA (3G), LTE (4G) and NR (5G).
A long-term advocate for telecommunications technology standardisation, MediaTek is grafeful for the recognition and support the RAN2 Working Group has extended to the company. In his new role, Johansson will finalise Rel-16 and contribute to the standardisation work of future releases.
According to the 3GPP roadmap, the RAN2 Working Group will focus on developing L2/L3 protocols for Rel-17 next year, which is expected to enhance support for eMBB (Enhanced Mobile Broadband). It will also include additional functionality that supports mMTC (Mass Machine Communication) and URLLC (Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications), two other major use cases of 5G, and enable new market opportunities in mobile broadband and emerging IoT applications.
Since 2009, MediaTek has been actively working in close collaboration with 3GPP to promote standardisation. Between the launch of 4G networks and now, MediaTek has quadrupled its number of published technical papers, amassing great expertise in core 5G technologies.
MediaTek’s long-term and extensive contribution to the industry is highly recognised by its counterparts. The company has hosted various technical meetings for 3GPP since 2015.
Prior to his current role within the working group, Johansson was vice chairman of 3GPP RAN2 in 2017.
Moving forward, MediaTek will continue to work with global telecommunications partners to drive the evolution of 5G and post-5G technologies.
