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To add some confusion, the “nth generation” features have been described by the International Telecommunication Union (e.g. IMT-2020 for the 5th gen), while the
by pgorczak 4y ago
To add some confusion, the “nth generation” features have been described by the International Telecommunication Union (e.g. IMT-2020 for the 5th gen), while the standards are developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project. Previously the standards had their own names (UMTS in 3G, LTE in 4G) but now the 3GPP is labeling their current releases of standards “5G” too, and yeah they include some concepts that go back even to 3G.
- teleforce 4y agoTo add further to the confusions, 3G network systems has been made obsolete by not being supported anymore by the 4G/5G operators around the world and somehow they would revert back to EDGE network systems (2.5G) if the wireless signals are bad [1]. [1]https://www.wired.com/story/3g-service-sunset-what-it-means https://www.wired.com/story/3g-service-sunset-what-it-means
- RC_ITR 4y agoLol, it's all about that sweet sweet spectrum