Samsung proposed using satellites to provide Internet to the whole world

Samsung recently proposed launching thousands of small satellites into space to provide super-fast Internet to 5 billion people worldwide.

Proposing internet level for global via satellite

In a research article, the Korean technology giant "showed that 4,600 micro satellites can transmit 1 zettabyte of data each month - capable of providing 200GB per month to 5 billion internet users." .

Samsung's research came later when Facebook launched a drone with a wingspan of a Boeing 737 to broadcast the Internet to remote areas of the world.

Samsung's President of Research and Development (R&D), Farooq Khan, author of the research paper, said that based on current mobile phone use, the demand for mobile data will reach 1 zettabyte per month in 2028.

" As more people connect to the Internet, the more you chat with friends and family, watch videos on the move, and listen to music streamed on their mobile devices, the more mobile data traffic continues. growth, " said Khan.

He said adding satellites and drone vehicles would be necessary to " connect the remaining two-thirds of mankind that currently cannot access the Internet."

Mr. Khan offers a vision for what he calls "internet space, " implemented by a network of micro-satellites - often defined as weighing less than 500kg - located at a height of 2,000km.

According to Khan, placing satellites in low Earth orbit will prevent connection problems of connection latency when people connect to the internet from satellites.

Network operating costs can be a barrier to the project, but according to Khan, the operating costs of a space system based on this category will be reduced, following the widespread adoption of 5G wireless technologies in near future.

Satellites will be monitored by ground stations as they move through the sky.

Instead of connecting data directly to mobile phones, satellites will connect to mobile base stations or Wi-Fi hotspots , then these stations will provide connectivity to devices. be mobile.

Mr. Farooq Khan said the project could only be implemented as early as 2020./.