[pakgrid] Samsung announces 5g breakthrough

Samsung announces 5G breakthrough
New technology paves the way for on the move movie downloads in less
than a second, Samsung claims.

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics said Monday it had successfully tested
super-fast fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology that would
eventually allow users to download an entire movie in one second on
their mobile devices.

Despite the fact that major countries including the UK and China have
yet to complete their 4G mobile phone network roll-out, South Korean
Samsung claims its new technology could offer "ubiquitous" access to
ultra high-speed networks operating at 100 times current speeds and
offering regular gigabit access.
5G networks could allow "a wide range of services such as 3D movies and
games, real-time streaming of ultra high-definition content, and remote
medical services," Samsung claimed in a blog post earlier today.

The 'mmmWave Mobile Technology' is the first system that claims to be
fully fledged, although research into 5G has been going on in
laboratories around the world for some time.

Up to now, however, scientists have believed that high-frequency
wavebands were generally not suitable for long-range communications
required by mobile networks.

Samsung's researchers have claimed a 5G innovation
"The implementation of a high-speed 5G cellular network requires a broad
band of frequencies, much like an increased water flow requires a wider
pipe," said Samsung. "While it was a recognized option, it has been long
believed that the millimeter-wave bands had limitations in transmitting
data over long distances due to its unfavorable propagation
characteristics."
While current 4G networks in the UK use bands as low as 800MHz,
Samsung's new research has concentrated at much higher frequencies and
the company claims it has worked over distances up to 2km.
"Samsung's new adaptive array transceiver technology has proved itself
as a successful solution," the company claims. "It transmits data in the
millimeter-wave band at a frequency of 28 GHz at a speed of up to 1.056
Gbps to a distance of up to 2 kilometers. The adaptive array transceiver
technology, using 64 antenna elements, can be a viable solution for
overcoming the radio propagation loss at millimeter-wave bands, much
higher than the conventional frequency bands ranging from several
hundred MHz to several GHz."

Samsung said it had found a way to harness millimeter-wave bands which
have proved to be a sticking point for the mobile industry to date.

The test used 64 antenna elements, which the tech titan said overcame
the issue of "unfavourable propagation characteristics" that have
prevented data travelling across long distances using the bands.

One of the most wired countries on earth, South Korea already has around
20 million 4G users.


A commercially available 5G network is not anticipated until after 2020,
although Samsung claims it is aiming to have commercialised 5G by then.
Its focus on mobile infrastructure technologies could mark a new plan to
challenge the dominance of companies such as Huawei in this area.
"Samsung's latest innovation is expected to invigorate research into 5G
cellular communications across the world," Samsung claimed. "The company
believes it will trigger the creation of international alliances and the
timely commercialization of related mobile broadband services."



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