{"id":12546,"date":"2017-11-28T02:44:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T09:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=12546"},"modified":"2018-03-20T02:47:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T09:47:04","slug":"5g-test-site-erected-at-ottawa-city-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=12546","title":{"rendered":"5G test site erected at Ottawa City Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">By\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/author\/rose-behar\">Rose Behar<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>NOV 24, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Communications Research Centre (CRC) and the City of Ottawa have teamed up to launch a 5G test site at Ottawa City Hall. Navdeep Bains, minister of innovation, science and economic development, and Jim Watson, mayor of Ottawa, both celebrated the test site\u2019s launch on November 24th, 2017 through a joint press release. \u201cThis is the future! 5G will impact every aspect of society,\u201d stated Bains. \u201cIt will allow billions of devices to connect better and faster. This will lead to new, innovative applications of wireless technologies.\u201d The 5G tests at the site are running on 28GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum. MmWave is a high-frequency spectrum that allows for large data throughputs, but can\u2019t travel very far and is easily blocked by obstacles. The CRC says it has found ways around the delicate nature of mmWave spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, to extend coverage, the CRC and its partners \u2014 the National Research Council of Canada and GGI Solutions \u2014 developed engineered surfaces that help mmWave spectrum reach farther. The surfaces \u2014 thin sheets of plastic printed with metallic ink \u2014 carry printed patterns that redirect wireless signals. The CRC notes that it\u2019s a low-cost solution to increasing 5G coverage. Additionally, the CRC reports that the equipment it\u2019s using at the test site is cutting edge in its compact size. \u201cThe CRC\u2019s research base station and custom-equipped backpack are among the most compact to achieve 5G mobile communications to date, allowing for trials both outdoors and indoors,\u201d reads the site\u2019s web page.<\/p>\n<p>The CRC has been developing 5G technology since 2014. In the government\u2019s press statement, it urged technology companies and other 5G collaborators to learn from the CRC\u2019s leading work on 5G in order to showcase their own innovations at the site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Government of Canada<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2017\/11\/24\/canadas-communications-research-centre-sets-up-5g-test-site-at-ottawa-city-hall\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2017\/11\/24\/canadas-communications-research-centre-sets-up-5g-test-site-at-ottawa-city-hall\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0\u00a0Rose Behar NOV 24, 2017 Canada\u2019s Communications Research Centre (CRC) and the City of Ottawa have teamed up to launch a 5G test site at Ottawa City Hall. Navdeep Bains, minister of innovation, science and economic development, and Jim Watson, mayor of Ottawa, both celebrated the test site\u2019s launch on November 24th, 2017 through a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[346,525,103,28,59,325,434,19,90,326],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5g","category-5g-corridor","category-canada","category-cell-tower","category-government","category-microcell","category-millimeter-wave","category-ontario","category-ottawa","category-small-cells"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12546"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12790,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12546\/revisions\/12790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}