5G mmWave

5G is offered in two distinct variants — sub-6 and mmWave. As RootMetrics explains, these are essentially codenames for different types of wireless spectrum. sub-6 refers to data below the 6Ghz spectrum , while mmWave accounts for data sent above 6Ghz.22 Haz 2021

Sub-6 is every sort of mobile data with frequencies under 6Ghz – that includes what are referred to as “mid-band” and “low-band”. Terms “high-band”, “wide-band”, “ultra wideband”, “millimeter wave”, “mmWave”, and “MWV” all generally refer to data on frequencies over 24Ghz.

Sub-6 GHz 5G (mid-band 5G), by far the most common, will usually deliver between 100 and 4400 Mbps but will have a much further reach than mmWave, especially outdoors.

While both sub-6 GHz and mmWave spectrum should, in theory, provide much faster speeds compared to 4G LTE, mmWave technology offers the potential to deliver lightning-fast speeds theoretically as high as 5.0 Gbps or faster , compared to 100 to 200 Mbps for existing 4G LTE services.27 Eki 2019