Samsung Electronics announced that it had reached the highest speeds on the 5G network in a laboratory demonstration that combined the 800 MHz mmWave spectrum (millimeter waves) with MU-MIMO (Multi-User, Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) technology.
Using two mobile test devices, the demonstration reached a speed of approximately 4.3 Gbps on each, reaching a peak of 8.5 Gbps on both devices. To achieve this speed, Samsung explained that it had used two technologies: carrier aggregation and MU-MIMO.
The bandwidth of the mmWave spectrum allows mobile operators to deliver speeds of several gigabits per second that the lower bands cannot guarantee. At these speeds, according to the South Korean company, mobile operators will be able to provide new and richer services such as 8K video streaming, virtual reality teleconferencing, remote learning through augmented reality, and other new use cases not yet imagined.
To date, several countries have already assigned the 5G mmWave spectrum, and two of these have already launched commercial services that exploit this spectrum. More than 15 nations are expected to join this group in the coming years. ” Samsung will continue to be at the forefront of advances in 5G mmWave technology, ” said Hyunho Park, Senior Vice President of Samsung Electronics Networks Business.
” This demonstration illustrates mmWave’s potential in providing new types of business use cases and opens up opportunities for mobile operators. We are looking forward to building on this important technical progress to fuel our continued journey to a mmWave ecosystem innovative and vibrant “.