Samsung claims 5G breakthrough
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Samsung has made what it believes is a significant breakthrough in the development of 5G mobile communications.
The South Korean electronics giant has developed an adaptive array transceiver capable of transmitting data at a rate of 1.056Gbit/s, at a range of up to 2km in the millimetre waveband.
The millimetre band, which ranges from 30 to 300GHz, has long been recognised as offering the potential bandwidth to revolutionise telecommunications.
At 28GHz, Samsung says its 5G mobile communications technology will be capable of ultra high speed data transmission up to several hundred times faster than the 4G LTE-Advanced technology due for launch later this year.
In addition, the company believes its 64 antennae transceiver could be a viable solution for overcoming the radio propagation loss at millimetre wave bands, and says it would allow the transmission of 3d films and games, ultra hd video and remote medical services.
The technology is expected to be available to customers by 2020.
