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FEATURED REPORT – 5G force: Preparing to operate on an increasingly crowded spectrum

by Tom Withington

Fifth-generation or ‘5G’ has become a catch-all term for an emerging series of wireless communications protocols that proponents say will give enhanced data speeds, potentially of up to 2 Gb/s, and the capacity of cellular networks to host a greater number of users compared with existing fourth generation (4G) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless protocols.

5G, which is being rolled out across the world by various telecommunications companies, inhabits several low-band, mid-band, and millimetre-wave (MMW) segments of the radio spectrum.

The US Army’s march towards multidomain operations could increase reliance on 5G protocols to handle an exponential increase in bandwidth heralded by MDO. (TCI)
Raytheon’s AN/SPY-6 naval surveillance radar is equipping the latest examples of the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. These radars transmit in S-band and X-band, and there are concerns that such systems could be adversely affected by 5G communications protocols. (US Navy)

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