5G-internet

5G Internet has already appeared in Skolkovo, it is working in test mode in some public places in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but it is still far from its mass implementation throughout Our Country. ” Healthy Food Near Me” talks about the latest news of this technology.

Combining cutting-edge network technologies and the latest highly specialized devices, 5G should offer connections that are many times faster than previous mobile technologies.

What is 5G? The letter G means that this is the next generation of wireless technology. While most generations were technically defined by data rate, each one was also incompatible with the previous one.

1G supported analog cellular communication technology. 2G – CDMA, GSM and TDMA, that is, the first generations of digital cellular technologies. 3G technologies such as EVDO, HSPA and UMTS have taken speeds from 200 kbps to several megabits per second. And 4G technologies such as WiMAX and LTE have become the next leap forward, and now they scale to hundreds of megabits per second and even gigabit-level speeds.

5G brings three new dimensions to this scheme:

• higher speed (to transfer more data),
• lower latency (greater responsiveness),
• the ability to connect a much larger number of devices at the same time (for sensors and smart devices).

The time cycle of each generation is approximately 10 years. And it seems that the time of 4G is gradually starting to go away. In Sweden, thanks to the deployment of a 5G Internet test zone, a local data transfer speed record of 15 Gbps has already been set. This is 40 times faster than existing wireless networks. And the developers say that this is not the limit – the indicators can be overclocked to 20 Gb / s and higher.

5G technology offers extremely low latency between sending and receiving information. From 200 milliseconds (ms) for 4G, it drops to 1 ms with 5G. Note that the average human reaction time to a visual stimulus is 250 ms or 1/4 second. With proper training, humans are still limited to 190-200ms. Imagine that a device can respond 250 times faster than a human.

According to the Ukrainian division of Ericsson, by the end of 2021 the number of 5G users in the world will exceed 580 million by the end of 2021, and in 2026 the 5G network will be available to 60% of the world’s population.

Release date of 5G Internet in Our Country

In Our Country, 5G technologies are still in the testing phase and their mass implementation is still far away. In March 2018, the first testing of a new generation network began on the territory of the Skolkovo Innovation Center. Rostelecom, Nokia and the Skolkovo Foundation itself took part in the implementation of the project.

In November 2020, the Government Commission for Digital Development presented a plan for the development of 5G in Our Country. It says that the main activities related to the introduction of new equipment and the deployment of 5G in the country are planned in 2021-2024.

In addition to research centers and government agencies, mobile operators are also testing 5G. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, MTS analyzed its capabilities. In cooperation with Ericsson, new generation data transmission technologies were deployed in seven cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara. Measurements showed that the connection speed increased five times, and the data download speed doubled (the speed was 4,5 Gb / s). However, the specific terms of the mass introduction of 5G in companies were not indicated.

The first operator interested in the new generation technology is Megafon. In 2014, the company signed an agreement with Huawei to set up pilot 5G networks. For example, in Moscow, since 2019, the operator began testing the operation of telemedicine services in medical institutions using a new generation of cellular communications. MegaFon plans to deploy a commercial 2022G network for major cities by 5. By the way, the company was the first to deploy a 5G network in Our Country for the participants of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum in June 2016.

The success of Beeline and Tele2 in the implementation of new generation wireless standards is still modest. In May 2018, Huawei and Beeline signed an agreement to jointly develop and test 5G and NB-IoT technologies. Companies will work in several directions at once, launching pilot zones. However, no specific time frame for the implementation of the technology is specified.

Tele2 also announced the signing of an agreement with Nokia on the development of 5G networks and the creation of services in the field of the Internet of things.

In March 2020, MTS launched a pilot 5G network in Moscow. The network operates in 14 public places of the capital, the Internet speed is up to 1,5 Gbps. However, each MTS subscriber who wants to connect to the network will not be able to automatically connect, the operator himself chooses the participants in the pilot project. List of Moscow locations:

• Nikolsky passage, Vetoshny lane,
• Lubyanka Square and environs,
• Nikolskaya street, Bolshaya Dmitrovka street, Kuznetsky bridge, Teatralny proezd,
• Moskvoretskaya embankment, Bolshoi Moskvoretsky bridge, Zaryadye, Raushskaya embankment;
• Novopushkinsky Square, Tverskoy Boulevard,
• Park of Culture. Gorky, Muzeon park, Krymsky bridge, Frunzenskaya and Prechistenskaya embankments;
• Presnenskaya and Krasnopresnenskaya embankments, Shevchenko embankment, Bagration bridge,
• University Square (MGU),
• Observation deck on Vorobyovy Gory
• Khodynsky boulevard,
• Entertainment center “Dream Island” (Anropov Avenue, 1),
• Main alley and skating rink VDNH,
• Skolkovo Innovation Center.

In May 2021, the same company deployed a pilot 5G network in St. Petersburg. Communication in the new format is available at the following points in the city:

• “Expoforum”
• Palace Square,
• The area near the stadium “Gazprom Arena”
• yacht bridge,
• Technopark “Lenpoligraphmash”
• Botanical Garden,
• italian street,
• Arts Square,
• MTS office on Malaya Monetnaya street,
• Square near the Museum of the History of Kronstadt (Kronstadt),
• Summer Garden (Kronstadt),
• Uprising Street (Kronstadt),
• Posadskaya street (Kronstadt),
• Lenin Street (Kronstadt),
• Kronstadt bakery (Kronstadt).

In cities with a million population, the authorities plan to launch a new standard for cellular communications by 2022. The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications plans to cover eight cities of Our Country with 5G, and in 2025 already 16 settlements with a population of over a million people. Representatives of the largest mobile operators confirmed that they have already begun preparations for a new communication format, although this technology has not yet been standardized.

Data transfer speed

5G standards have not yet been finalized, and the most advanced services are still in the pre-sale stage. In fact, users won’t see any commercial 5G services until 2022-2023, so it’s impossible to say definitively what speeds will be available.

But most test results show that the average speed of the new generation technology will be about 20 Gbps. US cell phone carrier Verizon is showing that the technology can reach download speeds 30 to 50 times faster than 4G. This will allow users to download a full movie in about 15 seconds versus 6 minutes on 4G.

And the 5G innovation center in the United States has achieved even higher speeds – in test trials, they overclocked the technology to one terabit per second. This is about 65 thousand times faster than conventional 4G speeds. However, the indicator is unlikely to be replicated on existing public networks.

According to the February 2020 issue of Fortune magazine, 5G speed averages completed in the third/fourth quarter of 2019 range from:

220 megabytes per second (Mbps) in Las Vegas, 350 in New York, 380 in Los Angeles, 450 in Dallas, up to 550 in Chicago, and over 950 in Minneapolis and Providence. This is 10 to 50 times more than 4G LTE.

In Our Country, the 5G speed record still belongs to Megafon. In June, the operator managed to achieve data transfer in the network at a speed of 35 gigabits per second. The tests were carried out in laboratory conditions on Huawei equipment. The base station operated in TDD mode on the 7 GHz band with a 2 GHz bandwidth.

Which countries already have 5G Internet

At the time of publication, we can talk about four countries where 5G has been launched on a commercial basis: USA, South Korea, UK and Germany.

On April 3, 2019, the world’s first 5G phone was released through the efforts of South Korean companies SK Telecom, KT and LG. And two days later, the country launched fifth-generation commercial services for the first time in history. The standard first appeared in the largest cities, in particular, in Seoul, and by the end of 2019 it will be expanded to 85% of cities.

Providers AT&T and Verizon are considered leaders in 5G launches in the US. In December 2018, AT&T became the first carrier in the US, which launched a standards-based 5G mobile network serving dozens of cities, albeit without 5G capable devices. In March 2019, Verizon enabled a standards-based 5G network in Minneapolis and Chicago, also before the advent of 5G mobile devices.

In addition, on May 16, 2019, Verizon began selling the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G smartphone. The provider claims it will have 2019G in 5 cities by the end of 30. As of August 2019, AT&T has rolled out 5G in 21 US cities, hoping to expand the list to 30 states by the end of the year.

The UK is also on the list of countries with 5G access.. During 2019, providers EE, Vodafone UK, Three UK and O2 UK began commercial rollouts of the next generation network in the UK. These operators use equipment from Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei. Three UK has announced an unlimited data service with no speed limit and no additional cost. To speed up the deployment of active 5G equipment, Vodafone UK has entered into an agreement with O2 UK to share equipment that can be seen via radio antennas at shared network sites.

Germany closes the list of countries with commercially available 5G. In 2019, Vodafone Germany and Deutsche Telekom Germany launched 5G services in several cities. Vodafone Germany started in 20 cities and municipalities (including Cologne and Düsseldorf), while Deutsche Telekom Germany started in only six (but including Berlin and Munich).

Close to the emergence of commercial 5G Internet in Switzerland. Local operator Swisscom’s goal is to make Switzerland a 5G country with a nationwide independent 5G New Radio (NR) network in place by the end of 2019. The service will operate in the 3,5 GHz band. The operator is preparing the launch of its network along with the sale of 5G-compatible smartphones and subscriptions.

The Scandinavian countries are not far behind. In 2018 Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden started the journey to become 5G countries by signing a joint agreement. Its goal is to create a unified approach to 5G deployment in every country and provide a converged network across the region. To do this, they agreed to encourage new testing facilities, coordinate 5G frequency bands across countries, remove barriers to infrastructure deployment, and track developments in areas such as transportation and advanced automation.

Is 5G really bad for health?

There are more and more posts on social networks about the growing dangers of 5G networks. In them, anti-5G activists argue that the new generation of mobile networks causes cancer, infertility and autism. Despite the affirmative nature of the reports, there is no direct evidence of this threat.

Seven years after the advent of 4G, 5G networks are starting to operate in test mode in Our Country. One of the first sites was Skolkovo, and quite recently a small zone appeared in Kronstadt. The new generation of networks promise much faster data connections, but conspiratorial online activists say it will bring something much more sinister than fast loading sites.

On social media, forums, and online blogs, activists have attributed a range of ailments from 5G use, including cancer, infertility, autism, and Alzheimer’s. In November 2018, a viral Facebook post blamed a 5G mast for the mysterious deaths of 300 birds in the Netherlands. But how did the gradual upgrade of mobile networks turn into a new internet conspiracy theory?

Perhaps the most prominent driving force behind the anti-5G movement is John Cooles, the ufologist who founded the Stop5G Facebook group. Now it has more than 23 thousand people. This is essentially the epicenter of the bird death myth and other conspiracy theories, including those suggesting that the California wildfires of November 2018 were punishment by the “power elite” due to the state’s failure to roll out “massive 5G.”

The Kules movement inspired residents of many European countries (Great Britain, France, Italy) to create their own anti-5G groups. In Glastonbury, Britain, residents have already petitioned the local council to stop plans to launch 5G at the music festival of the same name. On Twitter, anti-5G members exchange messages using the #Stop5G hashtag.

Despite this, there is no conclusive evidence that 5G — or any mobile phone network — can have harmful effects on human health. The update is based on technology similar to previous mobile networks and so far no study has found a link between mobile phones and cancer, although research in this area is ongoing.

It is worth noting that concerns about radio waves used in the mobile industry are nothing new. “The actual conspiracy theories have been paraphrased by 4G and everything else before,” said David Grimes, a physicist, cancer researcher and science writer. High-voltage power lines and mobile phones were already “causing” health problems in the late 80s and 90s, when they were linked to brain tumors and other cancers, he said. These claims were soon scrutinized and debunked by scientists over the past few years.

For example, in the UK, mobile phone users increased by 500 percent between the 1990s and 2016, while brain tumor diagnoses only increased by 34 percent, due to improved detection and reporting. “What we’re seeing now is a bit of a repackaging of theories, but that’s not surprising because we’re seeing it with vaccines too,” Grimes says. Every time a new vaccine comes out, he explains, old myths about different vaccines are repackaged and pushed out. And like many new technologies, 5G is a concern, even though the underlying technology is largely identical to 4G.

Joseph Usinski, professor at the University of Miami and editor of Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them, says these activist beliefs resonate with people who already tend to believe in conspiracy theories. “For people who already believe in a lot of conspiracy theories, every new thing just fits into their paradigm.”

In addition, as 5G towers are deployed, another conspiracy theory is starting to surface that these towers are the source of human cancer. But according to the American Cancer Society, there is not yet sufficient scientific evidence that radio frequency waves emitted by cell phone towers are harmful.

Because 5G uses higher frequency waves and therefore stronger than those used by 4G or LTE, it’s obvious where these conspiracy theories come from. But keep in mind that in most cases, 5G will not exceed 100 gigahertz in frequency, which is very far from harmful radiation, which is measured in exahertz (a unit of frequency equal to 1018 hertz).

Although in practice conspiracies tend to spread more slowly than scientific news, scientists on the Internet see a different picture. A study in the journal Science found that people share false news 70 percent more often than true stories. “It’s much easier for people to find this kind of information, and most importantly, to find a community around it that makes them feel like they belong to a group of people who figured out the truth,” says John Kelly, CEO of Graphika agency. His New York-based social media analytics firm analyzed online discussions around 5G and found that they mostly focused on the technology’s impact on health. They’re spread by social media accounts that also promote stories about anti-vaccination, the flat earth, or chemtrails, Kelly said.

According to scientists, the solution to the problem is the teaching of critical thinking courses. “We can learn from the scientific method. Our default position should always be skepticism,” says Grimes. But this will require a fundamental change in the way young people and adults think about the world in which they live.