Samsung Electronics said that it achieved record-setting average downlink speeds of 1.75 Gbps and uplink speeds of 61.5 Mbps over 6 miles using 5G millimeter wave spectrum in a recent field trial conducted in Australia with NBN Co. It is the longest 28 GHz 5G mmWave Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) connection recorded by Samsung.
“The potential to support large amounts of bandwidth is a key advantage of the mmWave spectrum and Samsung’s beamforming technology enables the aggregation of such large amounts of bandwidth at long distance,” said Ray Owen, Chief Technology Officer at NBN Co.
The trial by Samsung and NBN used eight component carriers (8CC), which is an aggregation of 800 MHz of mmWave spectrum. The company also reached a peak downlink speed of 2.7 Gbps over a six mile distance from the radio.
With help from the government, NBN has made a $488 million investment in the NBN Fixed Wireless network, which includes software enhancements and in particular 5G mmWave technology, to extend the reach of the existing fixed wireless footprint by up to 50 percent.
The 5G record proves the potential of mmWave technology to address the last mile challenges in rural areas, according Junehee Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of R&D, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics.
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