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Samsung has tested wireless internet that could download a movie in one second

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  • 13-05-2013 6:06pm
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    bealtine
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    http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/5g-internet-samsung-906467-May2013

    SAMSUNG HAS SAID it had successfully tested super-fast fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology that would eventually allow users to download an entire movie in one second.
    The South Korean giant said the test had witnessed data transmission of more than one gigabit per second over a distance of two kilometres.
    The new technology, which will not be ready for the commercial market before 2020 at the earliest, would offer transmitting speeds “up to several hundred times faster” than existing 4G networks, it said in a statement.
    That will permit users to “transmit massive data files including high quality digital movies practically without limitation”, it said.
    “As a result, subscribers will be able to enjoy a wide range of services such as 3D movies and games, real-time streaming of ultra high-definition (UHD) content, and remote medical services,” it added.
    Samsung said it had found a way to harness millimeter-wave bands which have proved to be a sticking point for the mobile industry to date.
    The test used 64 antenna elements, which the tech titan said overcame the issue of “unfavourable propagation characteristics” that have prevented data travelling across long distances using the bands.
    One of the most wired countries on earth, South Korea already has around 20 million 4G users.


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    watty
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    NO THEY DON'T

    It's an experiment. It's 28GHz which can only be used Line Of Sight!

    The researchers even say that "real" Mobile won't get any faster.

    Absolutely RUBBISH out of context reporting!

    Digiweb Metro delivers Broadband at 10.6GHz wireless. But only on small roof top panels, containing two arrays I think of 32 aerials. A 64 element Array even at 28GHz can only go on a building. It would be twice the size of the largest Mobile, or nearly the size of a tablet and will not work indoors to a mast out of doors. Ever.


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    bealtine
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    watty wrote: »

    Absolutely RUBBISH out of context reporting!

    .

    I posted for that very reason as an example of people misunderstanding what they heard...a bit like the 4G will eat your hamster speeds reporting in the press:) but I forgot a sarcastic smiley...


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    bealtine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    El Reg on this topic
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/13/samsung_fast_5g_interface/


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    bealtine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/14/samsung_5g/

    :)


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