They Beat the 6G Range Record on Their Fastest Band

They Beat the 6G Range Record

5G is in full growth and deployment in Spain. By 2025, it is expected that 5G coverage will have the same presence that 4G has today, but that does not mean that the industry has already set its eyes on 6G , which will be even faster and operate in unthinkable bands up to now.

If everything continues as planned, it is expected that 6G will be standardized in 2025 , with the first commercial deployments beginning four years later in 2029 . This has been detailed by LG, which has carried out a new test with the 6G that represents a new milestone for the advancement in the development of this connectivity.

100 meter range with THz bands

The company has announced that it has successfully sent and received data via 6G connectivity using THz bands wirelessly at a distance of 100 meters. The test has been carried out in collaboration with the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft , the largest applied research laboratory in Europe.

The test took place on July 13 , and communications were sent between the buildings of the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) and the Berlin Institute of Technology , in the German capital.

The higher the frequency of a band, the smaller its range. For this reason, this type of terahertz bands present a great sensitivity to obstacles, being the stability of the signal one of the greatest challenges that it presents. For this, it is necessary to amplify the signal power to generate a stable signal through these frequencies.

Frequencies between 155 and 175 GHz

The amplifier used, created between LG and the institute, generates a stable signal of 15 dBm in a frequency range between 155 and 175 GH z. In the test they also tested the “adaptive beamforming”, which modifies the direction of the signal as the channel and the position of the receiver change, optimizing the signal to offer greater coverage and greater speed. They also tested “high antenna switching”, which consists of combining signals from multiple amplifiers and then transmitting them to specific antennas, achieving better performance.

The 6G is going to be a key connectivity for the Ambient Internet of Everything, which will seek to make home and work more adaptive, with more sensors, autonomous, secure and personalized.

In recent months, other tests have been carried out in the THz bands with 6G , reaching speeds of more than 6 Gbps, and exceeding what has been achieved with 5G. These tests, however, are in the experimental phases, and it will be difficult to replicate these excellent results in the real world. Despite this, improvements to this new technology will make it worth upgrading, such as even lower latency and higher speed.