Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study

Re:Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study by signa11 on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @12:32PM (#24709884)

5g operates at 3.5ghz carrier freq with 100mhz channel b/w. due to higher frequencies channel quality suffers from degradation indoors, and higher attenuation as well. this in turn will require higher density of gnb deployment to prevent coverage holes...

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Re:Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study by Nokinside on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @12:42PM (#24710018)

for now.

5G NR frequency bands covers also the same frequency ranges as 4G/LTE not just the new high frequency channels.

Some carriers are already using low-band spectrum (600 MHz) and mid-bands.

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Re:Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study by gsich on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @01:18PM (#24710448)

Yeah but you don't get the gigabit numbers that way. That's all marketing wants.

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Re:Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study by bluGill on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @01:46PM (#24710745)

Marketing wants coverage as well. In remote areas customers want service at all, once there is service they want faster. Depending on location marketing wants different things from 5g

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Re:Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study by gsich on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @02:21PM (#24711084)

I haven't seen 5G marketing with coverage in mind. Mostly it's a hidden * (only in those cities).

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Re:Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study by bluGill on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @02:36PM (#24711215)

That is because marketing wants to sell faster. They want coverage, but they don't want to dilute their faster message with coverage.

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