Samsung plans to commercialise the technology by 2020
Samsung is breaking boundaries again. Imagine being able to download 10 medium-sized movies in one second. That's exactly what Samsung is aiming at.
The South Korean technology giant has announced that it has successfully developed the world's first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave Ka bands for cellular communications.
To put it in lay man's terms Samsung will be moving ahead from 4G mobile to the next generation 5G mobile communications system.
5G mobile communications technology is the next generation of the existing 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network technology and will provide data transmission up to many hundred times faster than current 4G networks. 5G is capable of achieving a download speed of 1Gb per second andSamsung is aiming at increasing it upto 10Gb per second.
According to Samsung the 5G will be capable of providing "a ubiquitous Gbps experience to subscribers anywhere and offers data transmission speeds of up to several tens of Gbps per base station," a detailed note on its blog said.
But wait before you think the technology will be available in the next Samsung phone. Samsung plans to commercialise the technology only by 2020.
That's because currently the implementation of a high-speed 5G cellular network requires infrastructure that still does not exist.
According to Samsung the implementation requires "a broad band of frequencies, much like an increased water flow requires a wider pipe."
Although experts were of the opinion that the millimeter-wave bands has had limitations in transmitting data over long distances due to its unfavorable propagation characteristics Samsung's new adaptive array transceiver technology has proved otherwise.
According to Samsung its successful solution transmits data in the millimeter-wave band at a frequency of 28 GHz at a speed of up to 1.056 Gbps to a distance of up to 2 kilometers.
Samsung believes its own innovation will now add to additional research on 5G cellular communication across the world. "the company believes it will trigger the creation of international alliances and the timely commercialization of related mobile broadband services," the note added.
© Emirates 24|7 2013
