4G will be atleast 1Gbps throughput

Last week NTT DoCoMo conducted field trials of their new 4G service at 100Mbps. This is around 260 times faster then the current 3G service, howevery with recent research and a joint effort with NEC and Fujitsu, they have come to realize that 4G must be 1Gbps.

The companies have aimed to achieve 1Gbps because the conventional throughput of 100Mbps is inadequate for base stations where there is a high concentration of communications traffic in small areas, including the hotspot environment. The three companies reported the results of their simulation at “Mobile Communications Workshop” held at Yokosuka Research Park.

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