Ericsson, Telia tech trial lowers 5G latency, boosts battery life

Ericsson and Telia have successfully trialled a new feature that can improve smartphone battery life and lower latency in 5G standalone networks.
The pair worked with Qualcomm to test Radio Resource Control (RRC Inactive), a feature that essentially creates a new inactive state for smartphones, reducing the amount of signalling required as the device transitions from one state to another – states being ‘idle’ or ‘standby’ or ‘ready,’ for example –