How is 6G different from 5G?
4G internet is now available almost all over the world. And the next generation of the internet, 5G, is also introduced to the world. But unfortunately, it is only available in 5 countries, China, the USA, the UK, Australia, and Canada. Yet, the engineers are making efforts to the development of the next generation of networks, 6G, in the coming years. According to a rough estimate, 6G will be introduced in first-world countries at the start of 2030.
The world’s biggest android smartphone brand, Samsung, also started research on 6G technology in June 2019. The tech giants, Apple and Google, are also interested in developing this technology to secure their and other North American brands’ future. South Korea Telecom signed an agreement with Samsung, Nokia, and Ericsson for research.
6G will be a significant step in developing futuristic technology and unlimited data transfer. The network will be more precise and will also help in location awareness. It will play a vital role in the development of AI and the IT sector. The processing power will also reach new heights.
6G technology can be applied for government and industrial purposes, such as threat detection, health monitoring, face recognition, decision making, gas and toxicity censoring, and many more. The 6G technology will also play a vital role in creating a network web around the globe. The advanced network willbe accesseds in every corner of the world with efficient and extensive coverage.
So in this article, we are going to find out how 6G is different from 5G. Here is a side-to-side comparison of the main features of 5G and 6G technology that will blow your mind away.
5G technology:
- The highest data rate of 5G is over 20 gigabytes per second
- The average data rate is around one gigabit per second
- The frequency of waves of 5G transmission is 300 gigahertz
- It can connect to almost one million devices in a small area of 1 square kilometer
- The delay in connection is around ten milliseconds
- It is five times better than 4G in spectrum efficiency
- It is a thousand times energy efficient compared to 4G
- The positioning precision of 5G is on the meter level
6G technology:
- The highest data rate of 6G is around a terabyte per second
- The average data rate is around 10 gigabytes per second
- The frequency of waves of 6G transmission is 1000 gigahertz
- It can connect to almost 10 million devices in a small area of 1 square kilometer
- The delay in connection is less than a millisecond
- It is three times better than 5G in spectrum efficiency
- It is ten times energy efficient compared to 5G
- The positioning precision of 6G is on the centimeter level
The 6G technology is not developed yet and is still in the research and development phase. But its features for making us curious to access the network. Many well-known companies are also trying their best to introduce this technology as soon as possible, but it does not look like anyone will develop it before the 2030s. This technology is going to redefine the network speed and reliability and open new ways of data transmission and processing.