There seems to be only a minimal slowdown in the deployment of super-fast 6G technology in China even with the setbacks occasioned by the clampdown on Huawei and other Chinese firms who were on the cusp of 6G breakthrough in some form. There are clear indications that China has made progress on the next generation connectivity architecture for wireless communications according to reports from the South China Morning Post.
The report indicates that the Chinese research team led by Professor Zhang Chao was able to stream 1 terabyte of data over 1km in one second. Professor Zhang Chao is from the School of Aerospace Engineering of Tsinghua University and his research team achieved the feat using very high-frequency radio waves, called vortex millimeter waves. The implications for these outstanding streaming speeds are indeed far-reaching, as there are loads of applications that are waiting for the 6G technology to change the face of the world. They could be deployed to weapons and defense systems, with the possibility of deploying hypersonic weapons. The communications component and applications in the entire IoT ecosystem are also exciting.
China says it is at the head of research on 6G research with massive investments in support of the new technology and some great results to show for the efforts. An experimental wireless system was deployed in the Beijing Winter Olympics to simultaneously stream more than 10,000 hi-def live feeds seamlessly. Team leader, Professor Zhang insists that the vortex millimeter waves are unlike any of the radio waves deployed since radio waves were introduced over 100 years ago.
The new technology has added a new dimension to current wireless transmission, which means that the vortex millimeter waves have three dimensions similar to the motion of a whirling tornado. The researcher has also developed an innovative transmitter that allows the waves to spin in three different modes for efficient data transmission. The architecture also includes a special receiver to decode a large amount of data at super-fast sub-second speeds. Even with the decline of Huawei was massively pioneering research and development of the 6G technology, China still holds some stake in 6G patents up to 40% of the global overall. The 6G technology could deliver speeds more than 100 times faster than current 5G speeds and several countries are pursuing research in that direction.
The ultimate deployment of the 6G technology is still however years away, with some projections putting this at 2030. The global focus now is for much of the world to have the needed deployment of 5G connectivity, with its accompanying concerns for health and airline safety being pointed out. The 6G technology will also come with its potential flipsides, which will become visible as the technology continues to evolve.
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