Category: Use case and drivers
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Episode 6, looking into the future of mmWave
What about the future? What are the new applications? And can we really use this to communicate with exoplanets?
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Episode 1, Stefan and Bengt discuss why 5G is needed
Wouldn’t 4G be enough for me? Is 5G just a hype to get me to upgrade and spend more?
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Did you know that a 2021 survey found Americans checked their phones 262 times a day?
The smartphone is in your pocket or on the table. Suddenly you hear a buzzing sound, you pick up the phone and check the chat message you received on your device. A 2021 Reviews.org survey of 1,000 American adults reported an average of 262 phone checks per day, as reported by PhoneArena. Checking a phone…
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In how many ways can you hold a smartphone?
A 2021 Reviews.org survey of 1,000 American adults, reported by PhoneArena, found an average of 262 phone checks per day. Among respondents, 80% checked their phone within ten minutes of waking up, 70% used it while on the toilet, and 40% used or looked at it while driving. Frequent everyday use means smartphones must maintain…
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mmWave and 5G – THE innovation platform for the decade to come!
Innovation is the strangest mix of slow and lightning fast. The slow part is all the tedious research done in labs and at universities, the hard (and slow) work of specifications, and the macro trends building persistently. These are all necessary enablers, but are most of the time not recognized as groundbreaking inventions, even if…
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The main driver for mmWave is Capacity!
Many believe the main reason for introducing communication in the mmWave frequency range (24 GHz and above) in 5G-NR is to allow for use cases requiring Gb/s such as VR or AR use cases. It is true that such use cases require a lot of bandwidth not existing in current sub 6 GHz frequency bands,…
