AHMEDABAD: A research team of Gujarat Technological University has undertaken an ambitious project of developing 5G antennae more effective than ones made by China.
The project is aimed at indigenous development of technologies to supplement 5G connectivity.
The team led by Gautam Makwana of the university’s Graduate School of Engineering and Technology, has undertaken this pilot project, which once developed would accelerate development in wireless transmission in a big way, a university release said on Sunday.
The team has been sanctioned a sum of Rs 22 lakh by Gujarat State Council of Science and Technology for this unique 5G antenna project.
GTU VC Professor Navin Sheth announced that this wireless antenna could connect around 10 lakh devices and provide them a speed of 10 gigabytes per second and thus exchange data at extremely high speed.
He said this would also help generate more automation in core sectors of economy like agriculture and industry.
He said as against 4G, this new antenna would work much faster and will also contribute in realizing the Aatmanirbhar Bharat dream of developing competent wireless technology.
The VC added that when developed, the 5G antenna technology will stand as a “basic facility” for 6G technology in the future.