5G
Samsung Demonstrates the Full Potential of 5G mmWave with Speeds of 8.5Gbps Across Multiple Devices
4/14/2020
New lab demonstration uses MU-MIMO technology to showcase 5G’s vast capacity
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced it has achieved the industry’s fastest 5G speeds in a lab demonstration that combined 800MHz of mmWave spectrum with MU-MIMO (Multi-User, Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) technology, running on the world leading Samsung 5G mmWave Access Unit. (video)
Using two test mobile devices, the demonstration achieved approximately 4.3 Gbps speeds on each, reaching an industry peak speed of 8.5Gbps across both devices. In order to achieve the speed, two key technologies were used: carrier aggregation and MU-MIMO(video).
This demonstration highlights the key difference of 5G — its use of mmWave spectrum. The wide bandwidth from mmWave spectrum enables mobile operators to provide multi-gigabit speeds that lower band spectrums are unable to match. With multi-gigabit speeds, users can experience transformational 5G mobile services. Mobile operators will be able to deliver new and rich services such as 8K video streaming, AR remote learning and holistic VR teleconferencing as well as new use cases that are yet to be imagined.