[1st-mile-nm] IEEE: 5G is in Danger of Being Oversold
Jeff
jeff at mountainconnect.org
Fri Mar 2 14:54:31 PST 2018
One could argue Samsung, with new LTE technology (4x4 MIMO antenna, frequency aggregation, 256 QAM) introduced in their S8 phone, may have muddied the 5G waters.
Jeff
On 2/28/18, 1:43 PM, "1st-mile-nm on behalf of Richard Lowenberg" <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org on behalf of rl at 1st-mile.org> wrote:
Following on recent postings. RL
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Commercial service is years away, but even then, 5G won’t fulfill all of
its promises
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/internet/5g-is-in-danger-of-being-oversold
By Stacey Higginbotham
Just like graphene or Elon Musk’s startups, 5G has become a technology
savior. Proponents tout the poorly defined wireless technology as the
path to virtual reality, telemedicine, and self-driving cars.
But 5G is not a technology—it’s a buzzword unleashed by marketing
departments. As early as 2012, Broadcom was using it to sell Wi-Fi. In
reality, 5G is a term that telecommunications investors and executives
sling around as the solution to high infrastructure costs, the need for
more bandwidth, and a desire to boost margins.
The unifying component behind 5G is faster wireless broadband service. A
more stringent—and practical—definition is the use of high-frequency
millimeter waves (in addition to the microwaves that 4G LTE relies on
today) to deliver over-the-air broadband to phones or homes.
If you’re talking about phones, 5G is still years away. And new services
aren’t really on the menu. Just listen to the heads of several
telecommunications companies, who have begun to tamp down investors’
expectations around what 5G can deliver.
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rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org
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