5G to herald next wave of satellite communications: Report
New Delhi, April 25: Augmenting 5G mobile networks with next-generation satellite capabilities may help satellite operators become a major player in the emerging 5G ecosystem, leading data and analytics company GlobalData said on Wednesday.
"The next generations of satellites -- high throughput satellites (HTS) -- are being built on open architectures. They are much more flexible and easier to integrate into 5G networks," Glen Hunt, Principal Analyst Telecom Technology and Software Analyst at GlobalData, said in a statement.
"With HTS, satellite operators can expand beyond rural broadband and become an integral part of the 5G ecosystem," Hunt added.
According to the company, sluggish speeds, high latency and lower reliability compared to traditional fibre and digital subscriber line (DSL) options have restricted satellite's role to being a provider last resort, relegated to serve ultra-rural areas beyond the reach of other technologies.
However, with the advent of upgraded satellite technology, the capacity and performance requirements are expected to be addressed in the 5G era.
"HTS deployments are going to be dramatically less expensive than prior generations of satellite due to a combination of factors including new advances in launch vehicles, miniaturization of components and correspondingly lower power consumption," Hunt said.
The standards governing true 5G services, likely to be ready to deploy by Q3 2018, are much more 'satellite-friendly' than previous Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and 3G networks.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
