I hadn't heard about this. Here's a quote from the article... "Unfortunately, the [5 G] C-Band sits near the band of frequencies used by aircraft radar altimeters, an instrument that tells pilots how high their plane is off the ground and is crucial for landing airplanes in low visibility conditions." https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/tech/airlines-5g-flights-canceled-explainer/index.html
Faster Smartphone service. Medical helicopters are used rarely in special cases to serve only a small percentage of the total patient number. Whereas most patients are transported in ambulances and treated in hospitals where faster smartphone service might prove life saving. Not to mention faster services impact people of all walks of life. What do need more, holidays to europe traveling to a relative's wedding in another state or faster smartphone service?
I don't think xxJackxx meant his question to be taken literally, but I expect he'll get back to you. FWIW it's simply not acceptable to knowingly introduce instability into aircraft safety systems. They are exercising caution
Om a serious note 5G is gonna be used for what? More live streaming on Facebook and such? I doubt it is a bottleneck in any other case. Maybe the next time you're in a helicopter/airplane and prefer to have 5G you can live-stream the crash from inside.
Of course, live-streaming everything is part of life nowadays and having a fast 5g to do so even during dangers like a plane crash brings a sense of achievement and community that is very important to ordinary people.
LOL. Sounds like you get what I meant now. That said I miss the days before cell phones. They're great for emergencies but otherwise I'm not a fan.
This is so dumb, seriously. Nobody needs this dumb 5G stuff that is possibly a health risk to humans because of higher radiation levels. And now it's even risky for aviation safety.
Many use cases. 4G tried to be all size for all solution. 5G is much more flexible. There are different band types: low band, MID band, high band. There are network slices. Network can be optimized for throughput or latency or capacity or energy efficiency. IoT, remote surgeries, and yeah, more throughput for video streaming.
I wasn't disputing that, but in the situations where it presents a danger it should not be allowed to.
It is most likely not causing danger. I am sure if they are using equipment that emits radio waves that equipement is certified. Some satellites also emit C-band spectrum radio waves. Military radars use Nato G-band which overlaps with c-band spectrum. Military radars generate it using much more power than civilian telco equipement.
This was a news in early June 2022. T-Mobile launched VoNR (Voice over NR) for customers in selected limited areas of two cities provided they have particular phone model. It means less delay when calling somebody and no interruption for Internet traffic while receiving phone call. Mobile is now doing voice over 5G, ahead of most network operators https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/3/23153275/t-mobile-5g-voice-vonr-dish-wireless Official T-Mobile announcement, my underline: https://www.t-mobile.com/news/press...ities-with-commercial-launch-of-voice-over-5g T‑Mobile Advances Standalone 5G Capabilities with Commercial Launch of Voice Over 5G
Interestingly what is not talked about is coverage. Now that we have 4G the performance problem is largely solved, but coverage issues persist. I don't need faster performance, I need more consistent coverage. As is there are still quite a few areas by me where coverage is weak bordering on dead zones and I live in a major city.
Shouldn't airlines be compelled to pay some fine for those delays? Mobile carriers and telco equipement vendors are in complience with regulatory standards from day 0. Spectrum purchase was for tens of billions while corrections to faulty aircrafts costs only millions, and they delaying it over and over again.
I'd like to see more technical details on this. I thought 3 miles was the maximum range for 5g but this would put them in the path of small aircraft.
