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Nokia Networks Demonstrates 5G Mobile Speeds Running At 10Gbps Via 73GHz

Posted by timothy on from the that-is-one-packed-headline dept.

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.

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  1. Didja ever have butter on a pop tart? by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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    1. Re:Didja ever have butter on a pop tart? by war4peace · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your calculations are off by a factor of 8. You'd get whole 16 seconds, not 2, you ungrateful customer you!

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  2. Seriously. by The+Cisco+Kid · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

  3. Re:huh by l0n3s0m3phr34k · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's not all that frequency does! Reading this, "Low Intensity Electromagnetic Irradiation with 70.6 and 73 GHz Frequencies Affects Escherichia coli Growth and Changes Water Properties". So there are probably many unknown side effects that will start showing once this is in offices all over the place.