United States 5G Mobile Wireless Access Case Study Verizon Wireless and the City of Minneapolis, MN

This report provides an analysis of the outdoor 5G mobile wireless access (MWA) network for Verizon Wireless and the City of Minneapolis, MN. The report focuses on the following issues:

• Survey the geo location of each 5G radio site
• Determine the total number of sites and 5G radios deployed
• Analyze the type of poles used
• Analyze the type of 5G radios used and how many per site
• Analyze the types of buildings targeted for service
• Better understand the issues of collocation with existing 4G LTE small cells

Features

• 5G Site Maps
• Deployment Analysis of 5G Sites
• Case Study 1: 5G Site in Downtown
• Case Study 2: 5G Site near U.S. Bank Stadium

The dataset product provides the following data points for the 5G network:

• 5G Radio Node Site Number
• 5G Radio Node Latitude Coordinate
• 5G Radio Node Longitude Coordinate
• 5G Radio Node Street Address/Nearest Cross Street
• 5G Radio Node US Zip Code

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Summary
• RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• Outdoor Small Cell Site Definitions:

CHAPTER 1: 5G IN THE UNITED STATES

• U.S. Mobile Operator 5G Strategies
• Small Cells Critical for microwave/mmWave 5G networks
• New Potential 5G NR Mid-Band Spectrum
• Fiber for Fronthaul C-RAN or for Backhaul

CHAPTER 2: VERIZON WIRELESS 5G MOBILE SERVICE

• 5G eMBB Services Launched
• 5G Mobile Service

CHAPTER 3: CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS 5G MOBILE NETWORK

• Example of Collocated 4G/5G Light Pole Small Cell Site
• Fiber Optic Requirements for ARS
• Downtown West (Central Community)
• Downtown East (Central Community)
• Elliot Park (Central Community)
• Loring Park (Central Community)

CHAPTER 4: 5G SITE CASE STUDY 1

CHAPTER 5: 5G SITE CASE STUDY 2

TABLES

• Table 1: Example 5G Site Dataset
• Table 2: U.S. Mobile Operator 5G Spectrum Holdings
• Table 3: Verizon 5G Mobile Network Vendors-Phase