The massive arrival of 5G , like many other things, has been paused in time due to the coronavirus health alert. It has had or paralyzed many projects that must be launched later than expected. The fifth generation of mobile telephony is one of them. However, that does not mean that work on technology has ceased, which still has a lot to offer. In fact, in one of the last special demos we have seen the full potential of 5G by offering an 8.5 Gbps speed between multiple devices at the same time.
The 5G promises are especially focused on offering lower latency, to allow real-time operations and actions, and greater capacity, to withstand the explosion of connected devices that will arrive in the coming years. However, it will also mean an improvement in browsing speed compared to 4G and previous generations . At the moment, the first tests of already deployed networks put the real speeds between 200 and 500 Mbps, although there is still a long way to go.
Looking for the maximum speed of 5G
The theoretical limits of 5G speak of 10 Gbps of speed, but the truth is that the reality is quite different. Several tests have been carried out in laboratories or special environments to achieve several gigabytes of speed, but the challenge of making that enormous speed available to users is now pending. As we have already highlighted, current deployments are far from successful.
The last demonstration brings that reality a little closer. To do this, Samsung has shown in a laboratory how the combined use of 800MHz mmWave spectrum with MU-MIMO (Multi-User, Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) technology can trigger the download speed achieved with this technology.
Specifically, they have achieved combined speeds of 8.5 Gbps using two devices, in addition to technologies such as MU-MIMO or carrier aggregation. With this experiment, the company wants to demonstrate the potential of the mmWave spectrum that allows it to offer very high speeds in the lowest bands, something that until now was not possible.
Some countries have already assigned these frequencies and even two countries have activated them commercially for all users. In the coming years, it is expected that we will have more than 15 countries offering this type of technology to improve 5G speeds. In Spain, the 700 MHz auction has been paralyzed, which will affect the massive launch date of this technology for all users.
Source> Samsung