What is 3G and why is it being shut down? An electrical engineer explains

As the wireless telecommunications companies ramp up their 5G rollouts, they are beginning to pull the plug on their 3G networks. 2022 is the end of the line for the venerable cellphone service.

Mai Vu, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University • conversation
Feb. 22, 2022 ~8 min

Could 5G really ground planes? Why the US has delayed rolling out the mobile internet technology around airports

The radio frequency at which 5G operates in the US is close to that of an important piece of aircraft equipment, called radio altimeters.

Sufian Yousef, Principal lecturer, Director of the Telecommunications Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Jan. 25, 2022 ~5 min


How 5G puts airplanes at risk – an electrical engineer explains

Airplanes use radio waves to determine how far off the ground they are. New 5G cellphone services come close to the same frequencies the airplanes use. Here’s how that can be a problem.

Prasenjit Mitra, Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State • conversation
Jan. 25, 2022 ~6 min

Airlines Cancel, Change Flights to US over 5G Dispute

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 19, 2022 ~5 min

5G Delayed Near US Airports after Warning from Airlines

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 18, 2022 ~5 min

What is 5G? An electrical engineer explains

5G is 10 times faster than 4G, promising better wireless internet access. It’s also expected to put the Internet of Things revolution in high gear.

Prasenjit Mitra, Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State • conversation
Jan. 10, 2022 ~3 min

HGV driver shortage: remote-controlled lorries could prevent future logistical nightmares

‘Teleoperated’ HGVs combine the efficiency of automation with the safety of human oversight.

Giedre Sabaliauskaite, Associate Professor, Institute for Future Transport and Cities, Coventry University • conversation
Sept. 28, 2021 ~7 min

Fast computers, 5G networks and radar that passes through walls are bringing 'X-ray vision' closer to reality

The murky blobs visible with today's wall-penetrating radar could soon give way to detailed images of people and things on the other side of a wall – and even measure people's breathing and heart rate.

Aly Fathy, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee • conversation
May 25, 2021 ~9 min


Nikola Tesla: 5G network could realise his dream of wireless electricity, a century after experiments failed

New 5G technologies also boast the raw ingredients needed to beam wireless power to small devices.

James Peter Brusey, Professor of Computer Science, Coventry University • conversation
April 9, 2021 ~8 min

Wireless power from 5G networks could replace batteries

A new way to harvest power from 5G networks could make many of the batteries that power our devices a thing of the past, researchers say.

Anne Wainscott Sargent-Georgia Tech • futurity
April 8, 2021 ~7 min

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