![]() Likely as a result, US operators in recent years have shifted their interest toward midband spectrum, including 2.5GHz and C-band. ![]() Indeed, Ookla's findings in 2021 showed that the average mobile user in the US connected to a mmWave 5G network less than 1% of the time. Transmissions in traditional, lowband cellular spectrum bands, such as 800MHz or 1900MHz, can often travel miles and reach deep inside buildings. Transmissions in mmWave spectrum can't travel more than a few thousand feet, and often cannot penetrate glass or trees. But 5G technology promised to support high-speed mobile operations in the mmWave spectrum bands. mmWave spectrum bands generally sit above 20GHz – far above the spectrum bands traditionally used for cellular operations – and were considered mostly unusable for decades. The findings are noteworthy considering US operators, particularly Verizon, pursued the mmWave flavor of 5G in the early days of the technology. Click here for a larger version of this image. According to Ookla, mmWave 5G is very fast.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |