If you are a person who is eagerly waiting for the 5g networks, then you will be happy to know about the latest field trials of 5G technology conducted in Japan.
The latest news shows that the new trials conducted by Huawei and the Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo is the first to use terms that correspond to the real world: in other words, many users connecting to both a compatible phone with the spectrum of today.
The good news is that the engineers have managed a peak data transfer rate of 3.6Gbps - not bad when you consider that 4G maxes out at about 20Mbps. That kind of speeds could our smart cars, our smart cities and almost every other aspect of changing 21st century life.
"As the first in the world to succeed with such a large multi-user environment test, this is an important milestone," said NTT DoCoMo's Takehiro Nakamura. "This is very encouraging as the industry works to commercialize 5G in 2020 ... I look forward to even more impressive results if we go to the next phase of [the] field trial in Japan."
Further tests are expected to take place at the World Cup in Russia in 2018, while the British government has promised Londoners to enjoy 5G rates within the next five years.
There is still much work to do, but the signs are promising. 5G has a theoretical top speed of 20Gbps, but away from laboratories and specialized equipment the actual speed will be lower on your flagship smartphone, when you will be getting your chance to test it in 2020 in the real world environment.
The latest news shows that the new trials conducted by Huawei and the Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo is the first to use terms that correspond to the real world: in other words, many users connecting to both a compatible phone with the spectrum of today.
The good news is that the engineers have managed a peak data transfer rate of 3.6Gbps - not bad when you consider that 4G maxes out at about 20Mbps. That kind of speeds could our smart cars, our smart cities and almost every other aspect of changing 21st century life.
"As the first in the world to succeed with such a large multi-user environment test, this is an important milestone," said NTT DoCoMo's Takehiro Nakamura. "This is very encouraging as the industry works to commercialize 5G in 2020 ... I look forward to even more impressive results if we go to the next phase of [the] field trial in Japan."
Further tests are expected to take place at the World Cup in Russia in 2018, while the British government has promised Londoners to enjoy 5G rates within the next five years.
There is still much work to do, but the signs are promising. 5G has a theoretical top speed of 20Gbps, but away from laboratories and specialized equipment the actual speed will be lower on your flagship smartphone, when you will be getting your chance to test it in 2020 in the real world environment.
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