Researchers conducting experiments on the fast sixth-generation 6G cellular standard have achieved an astonishing feat, reaching speeds of 938 gigabits per second, while the current fifth-generation 5G network standard is classified with theoretical download speeds of up to twenty gigabits per second only.
According to “Phone Arena,” the research team at the University College London used a wider range of frequencies to achieve these exceptional speeds in the frequency range from five to one hundred and fifty gigahertz. This means that a user can download a set of twenty high-definition movies in just one second.
These achievements demonstrate the enormous capabilities that sixth-generation networks will possess in the future, although the data collected in the lab is often different from the actual performance that telecommunication companies will face, as they deal with multiple constraints related to spectrum and distribution.
Although the sixth-generation standard is still in the drafting stages, the first commercial networks are not expected to be deployed until before 2030, when the final technology set is adopted.
Telecommunication companies and mobile phone equipment manufacturers are expected to be fully prepared once they receive the green light from the 3GPP wireless and wired communication standards unification body.
With the increasing research achievements, such as those of the researcher Zhixin Liu at University College London, it is increasingly likely that the final results of the sixth-generation standards will be much better than currently expected, especially when compared to the speeds of the fifth generation and the available network features.
