Which consumers will be the first to experience high-speed networks in the 5G era?

Today, 5G has become an irresistible trend, but many people are not sure how 5G will enter people's daily lives. Recently, Qualcomm announced the launch of a 60GHz Wi-Fi chipset series that can support network transmission speeds exceeding 10Gbps. At the same time, it has the same level of delay as wired transmission, and also supports longer terminal battery life and a variety of rich mobile application features. This is also the first Wi-Fi solution on the market to support 802.11ay-based optimization, which will help the first 5G users to experience ultra-high-speed, low-latency network services.



Earlier this month, US mobile operator Verizon officially launched 5G home broadband services, covering four cities in Annapolis, Houston, Los Angeles, and Sacramento, Indonesia, and consumers can apply directly on the website. At present, the speed of the 5G network is only about 300Mbps, and it does not reach the Gbps-level user experience rate that 5G should have, and it is limited to some selected houses in the above cities. Coincidentally, from December 1st, Korean operators will be able to use the spectrum resources allocated for 5G services, but equally unable to deploy 5G networks throughout the country to provide services to consumers, but need to use routers, consumers can use routers as Wi -Fi device access to 5G network.
This is because the 5G network construction and expansion is a long-term process. The initial service coverage is limited, and the home or enterprise will become the first user to experience 5G services, so the Wi-Fi solution is particularly important. The Qualcomm's 60GHz Wi-Fi solution includes two chipset families, the QCA64x8 chipset family for network and fixed wireless access, and the QCA64x1 chipset family for mobile applications. The 60GHz Wi-Fi chipset family is an 802.11ay-based optimized solution with greater coverage and can reach 100 meters, helping to build high-speed wireless networks.
Compared to other Wi-Fi solutions, Qualcomm's 60GHz Wi-Fi chipset family adds a unique, always-on Wi-Fi radio detection capability that enables end devices to recognize people, objects, motion and precise location. Proximity and presence detection, gesture recognition, indoor map construction to support precise positioning, optimized facial feature detection and other RF detection applications. These unique applications will undoubtedly give VR or AR devices a stronger location tracking capability. In the future, when people play VR games at home, they may no longer have to drag long cables on their bodies. Moreover, the Qualcomm 60GHz Wi-Fi chipset family also has a latency level equivalent to wired transmission, which will help users get an immersive VR experience.



The latest news shows that ASUS has integrated Qualcomm's 60GHz Wi-Fi solution in its ROG mobile terminal to meet consumer demand for high-performance mobile games. At the same time, Facebook has partnered with Qualcomm to develop a 60GHz solution based on Facebook's Terragraph technology and Qualcomm's chipset to help service providers deliver high-quality Internet connectivity in dense cities and suburbs. It is believed that in the future, as more terminal manufacturers and network equipment providers use Qualcomm's 60GHz Wi-Fi chipset and its solutions, consumers will be the first to experience the high-speed, low-latency 5G application experience.