LG announced this week that it has developed the first 5G communication module for future mobility.
On the basis of a Qualcomm chips The LG Innotek building was the first communications module for 5Gthat also for the Autonomous driving is important.
LG Innotek 5G module. Source: Business Korea
It is a module that sends and receives data between a vehicle and a base station. Such stations are part of transport infrastructure, These include, for example, so-called RSU (Road Side Units). Not only data can be transmitted via this, it also serves the purpose location, In addition, the cars can communicate with each other in this way.
This allows the vehicles to get so much data to control themselves. It has a latency of 0.001 seconds. That’s ten times faster than current 4G LTE modules. With 4G, the car can only respond after 1.4 meters at 100 kilometers per hour, if an obstacle was detected. With 5G, the latency reaches 2.8 centimeters at 100 kilometers per hour.
The marketing of the product is expected to start in the summer of 2020, according to the source,
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