MediaTek and Rohde & Schwarz company jointly demonstrated the potential of 5G NTN (also known as non-terrestrial network NTN, Non-Terrestrial Networks) technology, and announced completing the world’s first 5G NTN satellite mobile phone laboratory connection test. This test can directly allow smartphones to achieve Internet access through satellite signals.
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The test was done at MediaTek Labs using Rohde & Schwarz test equipment, simulating a real LEO satellite constellation at an altitude of 600 km, where each satellite is moving fast in orbit at nearly 27,000 km/h. The test chip uses MediaTek’s mobile communication chip equipped with 5G NR NTN satellite network functions. The design of this chip complies with the 3GPP (International Standards Organization) version 17 spectrum definition function.
HC Hwang, General Manager of MediaTek’s Wireless Communication Systems and Cooperation Department, said: “Through this test, MediaTek has successfully demonstrated the ability to connect 5G smartphones to satellite networks, opening the door to the development of 5G satellite networks that will enable ubiquitous connectivity takes place around the world.”
After the technology is mature, it will enable future 5G mobile phones to be used as satellite mobile phones, and achieve an uninterrupted network connection experience through satellite signals, such as in some places where communication base stations cannot be built. Get a fast and reliable 5G connection. The technology may also help eliminate the need for traditional cell phone antennas for 5G NTN smartphones.
At present, MediaTek has not introduced more details about this mobile communication chip equipped with a 5G NR NTN satellite network function, but it is expected that this test will be the basis for a new chip design in the future.
