[1st-mile-nm] IEEE: 5G is in Danger of Being Oversold

[Jeff]

One could argue Samsung, with new LTE technology (4x4 MIMO antenna, frequency aggregation, 256 QAM) introduced in their S8 phone, may have muddied the 5G waters.

Jeff

On 2/28/18, 1:43 PM, "1st-mile-nm on behalf of Richard Lowenberg" <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org on behalf of rl at 1st-mile.org> wrote:

    Following on recent postings.     RL
    
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    Commercial service is years away, but even then, 5G won’t fulfill all of 
    its promises
    
    https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/internet/5g-is-in-danger-of-being-oversold
    
    By Stacey Higginbotham
    
    Just like graphene or Elon Musk’s startups, 5G has become a technology 
    savior. Proponents tout the poorly defined wireless technology as the 
    path to virtual reality, telemedicine, and self-⁠driving cars.
    
    But 5G is not a technology—it’s a buzzword unleashed by marketing 
    departments. As early as 2012, Broadcom was using it to sell Wi-Fi. In 
    reality, 5G is a term that telecommunications investors and executives 
    sling around as the solution to high infrastructure costs, the need for 
    more bandwidth, and a desire to boost margins.
    
    The unifying component behind 5G is faster wireless broadband service. A 
    more stringent—and practical—definition is the use of high-frequency 
    millimeter waves (in addition to the microwaves that 4G LTE relies on 
    today) to deliver over-the-air broadband to phones or homes.
    
    If you’re talking about phones, 5G is still years away. And new services 
    aren’t really on the menu. Just listen to the heads of several 
    telecommunications companies, who have begun to tamp down investors’ 
    expectations around what 5G can deliver.
    
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