UK specialists have
attained to record-breaking transfer speed of 1Tbps amidst tests of 5G network
connectivity. Experts at the University
of Surrey's 5G Innovation Center (5GIC) oversaw achievement of network speed of
1 Tbps - a thousand times quicker than current network connections.
At 1Tbps, it would be
hypothetically conceivable to download a data that is 100 times the span of a full
movie in around three seconds. The speed is larger than 65,000 times than
normal 4G download speeds, 'BBC News' accounted for.
Before this, SamsungElectronics had set 5G record speed at 7.5Gbps, which is below 1% of the Surrey
group's record speed. Samsung had achieved this speed last year and there was
quite a hype about this. The tech giant is looking forward to implement this
tech in its product at the earliest. However there is no solid news as to when
it will achieve this.
The team has made
significant advancements in many ways and have developed at least 10 different
technologies that can achieve the 1 Tbps speed. This is indeed a breakthrough
consider that this speed is achieved in a wireless transfer. This speed is
similar to that of fibre optics transmission but Surrey’s team has achieved
this speed wirelessly.
The tests were done in lab
conditions over a transmission distance of 100m, as per news site V3. The application
in real world scenarios is yet to be seen and there are doubts if the same
speed can be maintained. However the technology is probably going to be ready
for demonstration by 2018.
Considering the ever growing
traffic on internet and the large amount of usage, this technology is a
welcoming news for all! All that remains to be seen is when this tech will
actually be implemented for the general public.