Big step for 6G telecommunications networks – Chinese engineers achieved extreme speeds 

The world may still be in the early stages of 5G adoption, but remarkable progress has already been made in the development of 6G . More specifically, recently, the 25th Institute of the Secondary Academy of Aerospace Science and Industry of China achieved an important milestone for this wireless technology, recording wireless data transfer speeds of 100 Gbps in its laboratory tests!

6G technology, which is expected to debut by 2030 , will likely rely on terahertz (THz) to achieve greater bandwidth and improved wireless transmission performance. Specifically, for 6G, the frequency ranges considered include the 7 to 20 GHz frequency band, the W band (over 75 to 110 GHz), the D band (110 to 175 GHz), the bands between 275 to 300 GHz and the THz range (0.3 to 10 THz). These lab tests achieved wireless data transfer at 100 Gbps with 10 GHz transmission and using wireless backhaul technology . The most impressive; In theory, latency will be even lower than fiber optic networks.

In a way, the use of the THz spectrum for 6G could even give wireless networks a competitive advantage over wired networks. As incredible as it sounds, as technology evolves, wired networks may even become obsolete at some point in the future. Of course, considerable time and sufficient funding are required for the further development of this technology.

At this point it is worth mentioning that while 6G is still being developed, with various labs around the world experimenting, existing mobile frequency bands are being updated to make use of higher frequency bands.