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Nokia Networks Demonstrates 5G Mobile Speeds Running At 10Gbps Via 73GHz
Mark.JUK writes The Brooklyn 5G Summit appears to have provided a platform for Nokia Networks to demo a prototype of their future 5G (5th Generation) mobile network technology, which they claim can already deliver data speeds of 10 Gigabits per second using millimeter Wave (mmW) frequency bands of 73GHz. The demo also made use of 2×2 Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO) links via single carrier Null Cyclic Prefix modulation and frame size of 100 micro seconds, although crucially no information about the distance of this demo transmission has been released and at 73GHz you'd need quite a dense network in order to overcome the problems of high frequency signal coverage and penetration.
10 gigabits per second! Sweet! I can run through my entire Verizon monthly 2 gig allottment in under 2 seconds, and run up $10 a second per gig in overage!
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Don't worry in the news in Australia tomorrow there will be a story vindicating the push to halt the fibre to the premise roll out as we will be able to get more speed, without annoying cables, with upcoming 5g technology!
Faster speeds means the sooner you'll burn thru your cap.
Be seeing you...
Shouldn't this be named "1/25 of an inch Wave", or "OTFOAIW"?
this has any appreciable range, and instead of reserving the band for cellular towers, they put this stuff in consumer available gear, we can all interconnect wirelessly and tell comcast, verizon, et-al to go to hell.
faster cellular networks aren't all that interesting. It will take forever for them to be deployed, and
Now give me an 802.11ZZZ or something that can do just 20Mb/s or so at 10 miles NLOS with non-directional antennas, and you've got something useful.
they claim can already deliver data speeds of 10 Gigabits per second using millimeter Wave (mmW) frequency bands of 73GHz.
Over what distance? And with what power requirements? How many concurrent users at what bandwidth?
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I didn't read the linked article but I'm assuming they are doing this for inter-base station communication. There, you need a high throughput, you can use directional antennas since base stations are not moving, and you don't have objects obstructing the line of sight.
Also comments like "I'm gonna blow through my XGB data plan in Ys" are stupid. I mean if this technology ever gets to the end user, I hope you realize that 2GB won't be a standard data cap, it will likely be much more than that. It's like saying in 1999 that your GSM phone doesn't need LTE communication speeds because you blow through your 3MB data plan in 2 seconds...
You'd have to paint the network onto every surface near which someone might try to use 73GHz.
I'm going to take your "2×2 MIMO, single carrier Null Cyclic Prefix modulation" and trump it with my ingenious "3×3 MIMO, double carrier Pigeon"! Do your worst Nokia!
Yeah, that will become an issue as we get higher frequencies.
Overcoming those hurdles cheaply will make someone very rich.
When's neutrino networking already? Damn it science, hurry up.
at 73GHz you'd need quite a dense network in order to overcome the problems of high frequency signal coverage and penetration.
What's the odd cancer spike near the 73ghz installation?
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I would take even 4G bandwidth anytime, if it could match the speed of ADSL, and I mean latency. I'm stuck with ADSL, fiber is in 50 m away, but none is going to dig it here.
I hope someone could standardize realistic measure of speed, that takes account the latency. It's really important when browsing, as usual webpage these days contact to so many different sources.
The vast majority certainly can not get excellent speeds from wireless. Nomatter how to slice it it's a limited resource. Expensive point to point gear on licenced RF can be touchy.
Wireless is a great adjunct to a well planed fiber network but your never going to replace whats potentially terabits a second per home of a well laid out fiber network.
No sir I dont like it.
10Gps but i still have a 2.5 gig a month data cap. what am i supposed to do for the other 2,591,999.75 seconds in the month?
Hahaha, disregard that, I SUCk COCKS!!!
But what is 73 GHz going to do to your body?!?!
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1) How much of the available frequency does this chew up, and 2) if it is directional, how tight is the beam?
These are important considerations for things like mobile-service, which is typically not "narrow-beam."
If the weather issue can be worked out, I see this as being useful for "fixed-wireless" applications, such as broadcast-television (think "cable TV without the cable and without the dish") and point-to-point communications (think "wireless U-Verse").
Subject to downtime due to weather-related interference, a point-to-point/narrow-beam version of this could be used to bring very-high-bandwidth, reasonable-latency Internet- and "cable TV" to rural areas that are currently not wired and which it's not economical to put in traditional non-directional cell towers. It could also be used for wireless point-to-point backhaul connection for events that are in remote areas such as Burning Man (actually, that's a bad example as they already have their Internet connectivity solved, but if there were a "new" Burning-man-like festival out in the middle of nowhere...).
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I don't see much point to be honest.
For a start, telcos these days have very stringent bandwidth caps. For an example, here in Singapore, a 2 year mobile data plan with 12GB/month costs ~USD 200/month. Other than light usage (e.g. browsing, bit of skype and youtube), you can't do much.
And what about power consumption ? how fast can it drain your phone battery ?
Nothing. It's not ionizing radiation.
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The problem with radio transmissions in the EHF band is that they are incredibly line of sight (LOS) restricted. Any structures or vegetation between the client and access point will block the transmission. It is also highly susceptible to rain fade. And while 73 GHz is above the atmospheric oxygen attenuation death zone (57–64 GHz), it is still highly affected by atmospheric absorption. Range for a point-to-point (PtP) system is a kilometer or two at most with sane ERP levels.
There are already a couple of manufacturers who make PtP wireless network devices for the 60–80 GHz band, but they're mainly used for short distance backhaul networks. They're less expensive substitutes for running fiber between buildings or across a campus. The idea is that you have your PtP backhaul running at 10, 24 or 60–80 GHz and then you communicate with your clients using a PtMP network in the UHF band using WiFi, WiMax or LTE.
I remember my grandpa used to go on about them.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
And I have a lame 3G service that ask 1 USD per 1MB... Argentina phone companies sucks!
a well deployed and layed out wireless network.
Like "they" have done so far in the US? They've been deploying for 30+ years and STILL don't have a well deployed network! They were supposed to be 100% done by 1985, before the FCC sold it's soul and started accepting cash for extensions rather than selling the unfulfilled licenses to competitors!
And now you expect them to deploy a 4k radius network in any usable amount of time?
Riiiiiiight.
Nokia still exists?
Funny, but completely misses the point. The real news here is that mobile data speeds are going to start competing with traditional wired home ISPs in the near future. Verizon has already stated they are not laying any more [expensive] new fiber cables to focus on their mobile services. You can read between the lines. As for pricing, the market will figure that out for sure. Consider this very real possibility: what if a mobile provider had a 5G [or next-gen] cell tower in a suburban area and offered everyone within range to combine their home ISP and mobile phone data into one competively priced package? I think many people would jump on that.
Still think I'm full of it? Consider this... my parents live in a very rural area and do not have access to cable or DSL lines, but they get their home internet through a "Wi-Fi" tower ISP located on a hill couple miles from their house. It's not as fast as DSL or cable, but it's big improvement over dial-up they had used prior. That sort of technology is only going to improve.