Millimeter Waves Travel More Than 10 Kilometers in Rural Virginia 5G Experiment

Previous experiments have focused on cities, because millimeter waves were thought to be of limited use to rural residents

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NYU students Yunchou Xing and George MacCartney, pictured outside of a van in a rural Virginia field on a clear summer day, adjust the horn antenna of their receiver to find the strongest signal during a millimeter wave measurement campaign in August.
Yunchou Xing (left) and George MacCartney (right) adjust the horn antenna of their receiver to find the strongest signal during a millimeter wave measurement campaign in August. They are within line of sight of a transmitter stationed 4.3 kilometers away at the home of their NYU professor, Ted Rappaport.
Photo: Hangsong Yan