High-speed internet connectivity is the most used commodity in today’s world. Internet connections have changed our lives in more than one way. Ever since the web was incorporated into our lives we have had endless opportunities on our hands. With the world wide web and high-speed internet, you can access anything, anywhere in mere seconds. Smartphones right now use 4G internet connectivity and it is incredibly fast. Now, however, internet service providers all over the world are trying to focus on developing and launching 5G internet in the market.
The race for “5G internet connection” is still afoot and almost all the major providers in the USA have some kind of 5G wireless service. In recent years, 5G has become highly confusing. As per information, three types of 5G internet have been rolled out: Low Band, Mid-Band, and High-Band. All these internet types are incompatible with smartphones right now and all three work in different ways. According to users who have tested the initial launch of 5G claim that it doesn’t perform that much better than 4G internet.
How does 5G Internet Work?
Same as any other cellular network, “5G networks” use a type of encoding called OFDM, which is quite a similar encoding that is used by 4G LTE users. The air interface is designed especially for lower latency and better flexibility than LTE.
With the same airwaves as 4G, the 5G radio system can get bout 30 percent better speeds than 4G. All this is possible with more efficient coding and infrastructure. All the hype about getting incredible speed with 5G is because 5G is designed to use much larger channels than 4G does. Most of the 4G channels are 20MHz merged into up to 160MHz at a time. 5G channels on the other hand use up to 100 MHz and Verizon is using as much as 800MHz.
5G networks are supposed to be much smarter than 4G as they are juggling smaller cells that can change size and shape. Even with smaller existing cells, Qualcomm says 5G will be able to boost network capacity by four times by using wider bandwidth advanced antenna technologies.
The goal of 5G internet is to deliver faster speeds available with much lower latency on the same connection. The bodies included in the process of developing 5G connectivity are aiming to deliver 20GBPS at 1ms Latency. If these benchmarks can be achieved then it will be a game-changing achievement in the internet industry.
Where is 5G available?
AT&T currently has a low band 5G system in 16 cities and a separate high band system in 21 cities. The Low-Band system can be used by anyone but the High-Band one is restricted to business customers only. The Low-Band system works with Samsung Galaxy Note 10+.
Sprint now covers 16 million people in 9 metro areas with its mid-band network. The carrier is now selling the HTC Hub hotspot, the LG V50, OnePlus 7 Pro 5G, and Samsung 5G-supported phones. The same goes for T-Mobile