Russia has reached super-speed 5G
Employees of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have created and tested a new domestic antenna for receiving and transmitting data between the base station and users' mobile phones. The development is of a sector type, meaning it must serve several thousand subscribers in a specific area. The antenna operates in the 5G communication standard and consists entirely of Russian parts.
During a trial application at the site of the Department of Information Technology at VDNH in Moscow, the antenna made it possible to achieve an information transfer rate of 1 Gbit/s. This is at least 10 times faster than a standard home internet connection.
"Our antenna is 100% domestic, down to the screws and connectors used. The use of only Russian components and materials imposes a number of restrictions and complicates the process of developing and manufacturing the device. The test results demonstrate the fundamental possibility of fifth—generation mobile communication networks based on domestic technical solutions with speeds of about 1 Gbit/s, which in turn means technological readiness to deploy commercial services," said Grigory Seregin, head of the Department of Applied Research and Development of advanced cellular solutions at MIPT.
Theoretically, 5G networks are capable of operating at speeds up to 20 Gbps. But so far, in practice, their capabilities are much lower. According to specialized websites, the leaders in this indicator in the world today are the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait, where users can access traffic with median speeds of 539, 529 and 350 Mbps, respectively. Good results have been achieved in South Korea: the average 5G speed there can reach 456 Mbit/s, and the maximum is 925 Mbit/s. That is, the capabilities of the Russian antenna are approaching the level of the leaders.
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Russian fast: Russia has reached super-speed 5G
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