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Related question: what exactly is the LT in LTE supposed to mean? What's considered "long-term" here? Been confused to see 5G coming out already when 4G was sup
by mehrdadn 7y ago
Related question: what exactly is the LT in LTE supposed to mean? What's considered "long-term" here? Been confused to see 5G coming out already when 4G was supposed to be long-term.
- wmf 7y agoThe 5G protocol is literally named "New Radio"; if they aren't going to put much thought in to the names I'm not going to put any thought into analyzing them.
- freehunter 7y agoIt's not "long term" in "this technology will exist for a long time" but rather "it will take a long time to get this technology fully rolled out". Carriers started releasing what they called "4G" networks, but those networks did not meet the standards required to call it 4G. So they came up with LTE because it's a long-term evolution of 3G service, evolving until it meets the standards for 4G.
- mehrdadn 7y agoWow, you just blew my mind, thanks. So what is "true" 4G here? Is it LTE-A? Or does it not even exist? All this time I used to think the "fake" 4G (3.9G?) was HSPA and the "real" one was LTE and that LTE-A went beyond that, but now I'm not sure what's what anymore!
- freehunter 7y ago4G requires data rates of 100mbps while moving and 1Gbps while stationary. LTE-A only hits 300Mbps, but the ITU eventually gave up fighting it and now calls LTE-A officially "4G" even though it doesn't meet the original standard. http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2010/48.aspx http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2010/48.as...
- wmf 7y agoIn retrospect this is evidence that sometimes setting ridiculously ambitious goals isn't enough to make them happen. IMO a new generation per decade is a good pace but 10x per decade is a lot more reasonable than 100x.