Tuesday, May 16, 2023

5G Networks Are Performing Worse. What’s Going On?

Recommendable! The 5G rollout appears to be struggling. They say it is comparable to the previous 4G rollout. However, we are also pushing the technological limits more. Alternatives come into focus.

"By now, the cellular industry’s rollout of 5G networks is three or four years old. ...
Compared with 5G service from a year ago, however, the networks’ upload and download times have generally declined around the world, according to speed-test data from the network diagnostics company Ookla. Even the most robust 5G networks are barely cracking 1 gigabit per second, well short of the International Telecommunication Union’s stated ideal download speed of 20 Gb/s. ...
Millimeter-wave is seeing some limited use in areas that have massive congestion—think sports stadiums and airports. But failing to build out millimeter-wave as a broader backbone component of 5G networks, regardless of whether it’s too expensive or technically limited, hasn’t helped 5G through its periods of growing pains. ... given the lackluster debut of millimeter-wave, that the industry devotes less time in terahertz-wave research and instead considers how cellular and Wi-Fi technologies could be merged in areas requiring dense coverage. ..."

5G Networks Are Performing Worse. What’s Going On? - IEEE Spectrum Millimeter-wave fizzles and regulatory hurdles plague progress

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