How Qualcomm’s inventions help optimize 5G for the real world

For decades, Qualcomm has helped drive the standards that define 5G technologies around the world. But beyond foundational inventions that go into the official 5G standards, Qualcomm has also tirelessly pushed the boundaries of what’s possible to make 5G work even better in the real world. Building on our expertise as the world’s leading mobile technology innovator, we found ways to bolster 5G’s multi-gigabit broadband speeds and ultra-reliable connections by pioneering new capabilities across both millimeter wave and lower bands. And to ensure these frequencies work in harmony, we invented a range of coexistence and band management techniques to minimize interference.

With the increased speeds and reliability of 5G, we’ve also worked tirelessly on ways to maintain peak performance while saving as much device battery life as possible – something that is vitally important to the end-user experience, but not officially defined in the 5G standard. Power optimization technologies and power management capabilities offer huge energy savings for thinner and lighter devices - this translates to space saved on batteries, making more room for power and features on always-connected smartphones and laptops. Advanced thermal mitigation solutions also keep everything cool under the hood so faster 5G connections have a much smaller impact on device energy usage.

5G needs to work seamlessly in the real world for users to take full advantage of the amazing benefits of lightning-fast, reliable connectivity. That’s why we’re powering new innovations in power management for every 5G device, to ensure everyone has the best 5G experiences possible. We’re creating networks and ecosystems that help people connect, compute, and communicate quickly and efficiently from anywhere, and we’re making sure device power consumption allows for the best user experiences.