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What is 5G? The next generation of wireless, explained

  • Written by Jan Rabaey, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Every decade or so, the wireless industry rolls out a new cellular communications standard that can transmit more data more quickly. Already under development is the next round, called “5G” because it’s the fifth major generation of these standards for encoding and...

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