Samsung tests streaming 4k video to multiple tablets via 5g

Samsung, together with Japanese carrier KDDI, successfully conducted a test in Japan where a 4K video stream was sent to multiple 5G tablets using the 28GHz frequency band.

For the test, Samsung placed a 5G base station on a light tower at the baseball stadium in Okinawa, Japan. The station provided 5g coverage in a triangle of home plate and first and third base via beamforming. As a result, several tablets in the coverage area were able to receive a live stream of 4k video simultaneously.

For the test, Samsung used a small 5g access point and technology for virtualizing a 5g-ran, or radio access network, among other things. The technology company uses the mmWave technology for 5g, which used the 28GHz frequency band in the test. This high frequency provides higher throughput rates than current mobile network technologies, which use frequencies between 0.8 and 2.6GHz.

KDDI has been testing 5g techniques for years, with the aim of having a network ready for its customers by 2020.