Samsung engineers have set a speed record in fifth generation networks. This was announced in a press release on the company’s website.
The Korean company clarified that the record data transfer rate – 5.23 gigabits per second – was achieved in laboratory conditions. Representatives of the corporation emphasized that they achieved this result with the help of a “commercial device with 5G” – Galaxy S20 +. Also in the tests we used radio modules with support for communication of the fourth and fifth generations.
The specialists specified that the data transmission was based on the E-UTRAN New Radio Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) technology. It allows mobile operators to increase the speed of 5G with 4G. In the laboratory, engineers have combined a 4G connection at 40 megahertz and a 5G mmWave connection at 800 megahertz.
“Operators need to make the most of limited spectrum resources to add value to 5G,” said Ed Gubbins, chief analyst at GlobalData. The company said in a statement that the previous 5G speed record on Samsung smartphones, set in 2019, was 4.3 gigabits per second. In 2018, when the corporation’s engineers began testing the standard, a record of 1.7 gigabits per second was reached.
In November, Nokia announced it was hitting a record 5G speed. The company’s specialists managed to achieve a speed of more than eight gigabits per second when transferring data from two devices. During testing, the devices were connected to the 5G mmWave network.