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Posted on 05/13/2013 3:25:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Samsung on Sunday announced that it had developed a core component of its 5G network by solving a problem that has stymied the wireless industry, Yonhap News reported. Using the 28GHz waveband, Samsung says it has achieved download and upload speeds of tens of gigabits per second (Gbps). Current 4G LTE networks top out at around 75 megabits (Mbps).
In practice, that speed would allow wireless users to download a full HD movie in seconds. Samsung executives see the technology enabling a wide range of rich applications.
Samsung used 64 antenna elements in order to accomplish the high-speed data transfer, and said the company expects that it can commercialize the technology by 2020.
That deadline conforms well to a European Commission goal to have 5G wireless technology in place by the same year. China, too, has been pouring funding into next-generation wireless technology, with hopes to roll out such technology around the same time.....
(Excerpt) Read more at appleinsider.com ...
Maybe my inner curmudgeon is showing, but that kind of inane jargoneering deserves a wave my sceptre and banishment of guilty tech writers to Somalia.
Technically they never achieved 4G. The definition was changed instead.
Those who can, code. Those who can't, spout buzzwords. Welcome to IT.
But seriesly, that kinda crap is fingernails|chalkboard .. or that hideous styrofoam screech in the meat department .. grrrrr !
the company expects that it can commercialize the technology by 2020.
Yet I expect that by 2020 it will be outdated.
How much more your phone will cost per year while you still can't make a stinking phone call...
My says :
Great, because I can’t wait to watch How the West Was Won in full Cinerama on my phone.
3G 4G 5G
Each is a “generation” in the technology. Or more precisely, they are unique specifications of technology which, in theory, is better by a significant advancement in technology.
5G — great. What’s a G?
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A generation. 5G is fifth Generation.
This sounds more like point to point to me. But maybe a steerable very high gain antenna. Who knows. Don’t expect to see it in the iPhone 6.
Another challenge is latency. It still takes about a third of a second to send a data packet from one coast to the other over the internet. In dynamic and information-dense situations like online gaming, latency will remain an issue. Time for quantum bit entanglement technology? ;^)
5th Generation WiFi would be great but it won’t be worth a damn without an American Internet system based on Fiber Optic cable.
When all of that comes along then 5G will be worth something.
Technically they never achieved 4G. The definition was changed instead.
Haa, haa... companies are already charging outrageous overage amounts for capped bandwidth. With the new technology everyone will run out of their allotted bandwidth in 4 seconds.
5 G’s is 5 times the force of gravity it takes to break the display when dropped!
If you watch movies on your phone, data plans are going to be very expensive.
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