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Why 5G and Why Not 10G?

1 pointsby Arthanarialmost 8 years ago
Why mobile networks are developed in phases like 1G after 2 years 2G and then like wise every 2 years next G? What is stopping us from deploying 10G right now?

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JPLeRouzicalmost 8 years ago
First the &quot;G&quot; thing does not exist at the technical and organizational level in telecoms. The &quot;G&quot; thing is a marketing invention.<p>You should look at the standard body 3GPP, a consortium of standard bodies, it has releases, not generations and releases come every year or so:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.3gpp.org&#x2F;specifications&#x2F;releases" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.3gpp.org&#x2F;specifications&#x2F;releases</a><p>Releases are proposals that are realistic, not only technologically but also economically and that make sense in the telecom ecosystem. For example as you say, one can dream of a 300GHz, 256 antennas phone transmitting data at 3,200 GBits&#x2F;sec, but actually no phone CPU or hardware would be fast enough to keep up with such a wild beast (they already have difficulties to cope with the current gigabit&#x2F;sec rates).<p>In addition the higher frequency you go to escape the spectrum regulation, the greater attenuation there is in the medium, so at 300GHz you can may expect a path of only a few meters.
K900almost 8 years ago
&quot;G&quot; stands for &quot;generation&quot;.
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