On the way to 2020: first 5G throughput tests in real conditions

As Free folds
in 4 to try to catch up in the deployment of 4G,
the arrival of 5G is becoming clearer with the first tests carried out
outside the laboratoryand flow rates achievedexceeding
largely those of 4G. South Korea is also banking on a
availability of the
technology for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games taking place in
Pyeongchang, while according to the ITU (for Union International des
Telecommunications), the year 2020 would be the target date for deployment
commercial 5G. Details :

The 4G connection allowstheoretical maximum downward flow of
123 Mbit/s. For 5G, this would reach speeds of around
Gbps. The ITU has also measuredpeaks at 20 Gbit/s.
Remember that in wired connection in France for the general public, we
are at a maximum flow rate of1 Gbit/s with fiber
optical.

In practice, 5G could reach lower speeds
at 10 Gbit/s. Indeed, laboratory tests have recently measured flow rates
descendantsbetween 7 and 10 Gbit/s. Except that in these cases
experimental, the waves used are not possible for a
large-scale deployment, since their use for 5G
would imply theneed to implement new
infrastructures.

On the other hand, tests were carried out by Huawei and NTT Docomo
(the number 1 mobile operator in Japan) inreal conditions
and no longer in the laboratory, on wave bands below 6 GHz, which
are already more usable for commercial deployment. In these cases,
the flow rates achieved are rather around 3.6
Gbit/s.

Everything will be played outwithin 4 to 5 years. Indeed, Huawei, the
Chinese manufacturer, recently committed to participating strongly in the
development of 5G technologyby 2018, and in 2014
Samsung invested more
of a billionfor the deployment of a 5G network. In Europe, the
Metis project, which brings together around thirty actors from
telecommunications,works for aavailability of the
technology for 2020 in Europe.

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