A new 5G antenna technology can save space in workplaces, warehouses and other buildings by fitting inside windows and remaining completely unnoticed.
Japanese telecommunications company JTower has created a new form of transparent 5G base that can be placed inside the windows of a building, improving connectivity while saving space and enhancing the aesthetics of offices or structures.
They've called it the "Waveantenna", and JTower first deployed it last August in the Shinjuku district. Tokyo-based JTower developed the prototype with glassmaker AGC and mobile carrier NTT Docomo.
It was NTT Docomo who managed to develop a transparent conductive material. A material that is placed between two sheets of glass together with a transparent resin to achieve that almost completely transparent or translucent finish. In addition, according to AGC, this antenna can be more durable than other types thanks to the fact that the materials will be protected by the glass.
This transparent 5G antenna can also adapt to the thickness of the window in question, reducing effects such as attenuation and reflection, which would otherwise affect the 5G signal when it is absorbed and emitted by the window. "The glass antenna uses our patented technology to soften the disruption in the direction of radio waves as they pass through a window", explains AGC.