5G Shows of the order of 1Tbps were achieved during duration tests at the University of Surrey, as reported in a V3 publication.
In particular, Professor Rahim Tafazoli, director of the 5G Innovation Center (5GIC) at the university, said on the British website that it was the first time in the world to achieve such speeds, much higher than similar tests in the past.
He explained that 5GIC is working on new technologies for the support 5G devices, which are essential to achieve these results (1 Tbps).
"We have developed other 10 innovative technologies and one of them means that we can overcome 1 Tbps wirelessly. It's the same performance as fiber optics, but we do it wirelessly, "he said.
Tafazol stressed that the tests were conducted in laboratory conditions, at a distance of 100 meters, through the use of transmitters and receivers built at the university.
The plan is for the technology to "get out" of the lab and start being used in campus of the university in 2016-2017, before being shown to the public in early 2018. "We want to be the first in the world to demonstrate such speeds," he noted.
In any case, beyond the impressive admitted performance, key elements in 5G are latency and reliability, given that the 5G standard should "serve" for at least 20 years.
"An important dimension 5G is how it will support applications in the future. We don't know what applications will be used in 2020, or 2030, or 2040, but we do know that they will be sensitive to latency," Tafazoli noted.
"We need to bring the end-to-end latency under one milestone to allow new technologies and applications that would simply not be possible with 4G."
However, as noted in the report, networks that will "run" at such speeds are not expected before 2020.
Source: naftemporiki.gr