Smart map aims to avoid 5G dead zones Smart map旨在避免5G死區

The maps help predict how buildings will interfere with 5G signals.

此地圖幫助預測建築物會如何干擾5G訊號。

Next-generation smartphones could avoid signal drop-outs thanks to new data-rich maps being produced by Ordnance Survey.

多虧有英國地形測量局打造的新數據密集型地圖，新一代的智慧型手機將可避免沒訊號的處境。

The detailed 3D models feature buildings, proposed constructions, hills, trees and weather cycles, all of which can interfere with 5G signals.

詳細的3D模型描繪出現有建築、計劃要蓋的建築、山丘、樹和天氣循環，這些可能干擾5G訊號的一切事物。

Researchers will be able to test towers in various locations and instantly see how well they might perform.

研究者將能在各種地點測試發射塔，並持續觀察它們的表現如何。

One analyst said the tool would help networks provide better coverage.

一位分析者表示這項工具能幫助網路提供更大的覆蓋範圍。

The maps can predict how a 5G mobile tower would perform.

此地圖能預測5G手機塔的表現如何。

Next-generation 5G networks will offer consumers faster connections and increased bandwidth for activities such as video streaming.

新一代的5G網路將提供顧客在像是影片串流的功能上有更快的連結和增加的頻寬。

But Ordnance Survey says the higher frequency signals have a shorter range than current 3G and 4G signals, and are more susceptible to interference from "even raindrops and leaves".

但英國地形測量局表示如果頻率信號越高，範圍就會比現在的3G和4G信號更短，而且將更容易被干擾，甚至連雨滴和葉子都有可能。

The planning tool will use Ordnance Survey's mapping data and high-resolution aerial images to produce its 3D models, while weather data will be provided by the Met Office.

此規劃工具將利用英國地形測量局的地圖資料和高分辨率航空影像來製造它的3D模型，而天氣資料將由氣象辦公室（英國的國家氣象服務機構）提供。

"The character of 5G means the location of cell towers is more sensitive - so it will be very important to fully understand the topography of each area," said Ben Wood, analyst at CCS Insight.

市場研究公司CCS Insight 的分析家Ben Wood表示：「5G的推行，代表著基地台的地點有非常多的限制。，因此全然了解每個區域的地形是非常重要的。」

"The better the tools networks have to help site cell towers correctly, the more likely we'll get high quality coverage from the get-go."

「如果網路有更好的工具來將行動通訊基地台設置在正確的位置，我們將更有可能在一開始就得到高品質的覆蓋範圍。」

Ordnance Survey said its maps were so detailed, they even included vegetation cycles to determine how trees might affect 5G coverage during different seasons.

英國地形測量局表示其地圖非常的詳細，內容甚至還包含了植物週期，用於確定在不同的季節中樹木會在5G的覆蓋範圍造成什麼樣的影響。

Parts of Bournemouth have already been modelled using the experimental tool, which Ordnance Survey hopes will be rolled out across the UK.

已經利用試驗性工具將伯恩茅斯的部分地區製作成範本，英國地形測量局希望這將能被應用在整個英國。

"It will be a useful tool for companies deploying 5G networks," said Mr Wood. "But there is no alternative to spending the money to install a lot of cell sites."

Mr Wood表示：「這對於各個公司有效利用5G網路將會是一個很有用的工具。但設置許多行動通信基地台所需要花費的成本是無可避免的。」

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