Qualcomm, Samsung show gigabit broadband on 5G
Samsung has demonstrated gigabit wireless broadband on 5G using a forthcoming chipset from Qualcomm.
The Snapdragon X75 chipset achieved the world’s first simultaneous 5G 2x uplink and 4x downlink carrier aggregation (CA) for FDD spectrum. This enabled a 1.3 Gbit/s downlink peak speed with 75 MHz of 5G spectrum in the FDD bands n71, n70 and n66 for wireless gigabit broadband connectivity. The chipset is ready for the 5G Advanced specification and achieved 200 Mbit/s uplink peak speeds with 35 MHz in the n71 and n70.
The test was completed using a mobile phone form-factor test device powered by the X75 5G Modem-RF System and Samsung’s 5G dual-band and tri-band radios.
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The demand for increased uplink capacity has grown due to more consumers using increasingly higher uplink-heavy applications such as video uploads, video conferencing, social media sharing and cloud applications. This achievement increases flexibility for operators with fragmented FDD spectrum assets, bringing faster upload speeds to more consumers across a multitude of markets and networks. Previously, uplink CA for broadband has been accomplished with combining FDD+TDD or TDD+TDD configurations.
“Our sixth generation modem-to-antenna solution was designed to future-ready 5G launches globally and bring numerous world’s first connectivity features to support the wide range of consumer and enterprise use cases,” said Sunil Patil, vice president, product management, Qualcomm Technologies. “We are pleased to further solidify our collaboration with Samsung to continue to set the pace for innovation and enable new experiences for users.”
“This achievement represents Samsung and Qualcomm Technologies’ ongoing efforts in pushing the boundaries of what is possible with mobile technology,” said Ji-Yun Seol, Vice President, Head of Product Strategy, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics. “Samsung has been leading the way in unleashing the full power of 5G technology to meet increasing customer demands. We will continue to advance network capabilities at the highest level.”
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Snapdragon X75 is currently sampling to customers, with commercial devices expected to launch in the second half of 2023
www.qualcomm.com; www.samsung.com
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