Part 6: Standalone and Non-Standalone 5G - 5G for Absolute Beginners

[@zeyadomar200]

Thanks for the effort, I believe that 5g SA is the future version of NSA. My understanding is that, we need to migrate to 5g networks with 5g infrastructure to have high speeds, but setting up new infrastructure is slow, so we use the 4g infrastructure with high speeds by this we have 5g NSA untill we fully set our infrastructure up to be SA and avoid the bottleneck of the 4G infrastructure. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[@talkinghat88]

Love the side car analogy. Shenzhen is the 1st network with 5GSA in Sept 2020, however.

[@3G4G5G]

STC in Kuwait had a 5G SA network since Feb 2020 - www.operatorwatch.com/2020/08/the-many-firsts-of-stc-kuwait.html and of course T-Mobile in USA has nationwide SA network as well now

[@supernice_auto]

nice video! what would you say is the biggest advantage of SA 5G over NSA 5G? I'm mostly interested in reducing latency (for mobile gamging when tethering my phone to pc- and so trying to understand if non standalone 5g is worth it). I believe here in the USA tmobile supports SA 5G?

[@3G4G5G]

Latency a lot more complex topic. One of the big factors is where is the edge core or the edge data centre. Also, 5G SA will allow creation of slices that might allow newer services.

[@hakimdiwan5101]

My phone has 5G NR unlike other phones it's description didn't showed NSA/SA but NR and I was confused but after seeing your video the conclusion I got is NR works for both NSA and SA right?

[@3G4G5G]

Yes, NR stands for New Radio, the 5G access part. SA/NSA is more of the way the access network is connected to the core

[@christianmbabazi9722]

So If you have 5g nsa it's not really 5G it's just 4G but has access to 5G speeds but it's not the true 5g

[@3G4G5G]

Depends on whom you ask but your statement is correct as you do not have 5G core or URLLC/mMTC/Slicing, etc.

[@christianmbabazi9722]

@@3G4G5G you'd have to pay like a postpay account to gain access to the "true 5G"