Samsung claims “5G” first

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Samsung has developed technology to
supposedly support ”5G” mobile networks
which it said can deliver speeds “up to several
hundred times faster than even 4G LTE-
Advanced technology”.
Mobileworldlive.com reports that Samsung
plans to commercialise the 5G technology by
2020.
The company claims to have built the world’s
first adaptive array transceiver for the
millimetre-wave Ka band, which could
eventually become central to 5G. However, no
official standard has yet been set to define
exactly what makes up 5G technology and
clarification is unlikely to arrive before the
next World Radiocommunication Conference in
2015. Until then, talk of ’5G’ technology
progress is arguably being driven more by
marketing desire than R&D.
Samsung says its adaptive array transceiver
technology uses 64 antenna elements, making
it a viable solution for the radio propagation
loss in millimetre-wave bands. The technology
can transmit data at a frequency of 28GHz at
up to 1.056Gb/s over a distance of 2km.
Chang Yeong Kim said the development of the
transceiver has brought Samsung “one step
closer to the commercialisation of 5G mobile
communications”. The company hopes it will
lead to international alliances and
commercialisation of related mobile broadband
services.
The industry has already begun jumping on the
5G bandwagon; last October Huawei and
Samsung were amongst companies that gave
their backing to development of a 5G R&D
centre in the UK.