The fifth-generation wireless (5G) has already started showing its capability to achieve extremely fast data transfer, which makes itself considered to be a promising mobile technology. However, concerns have been raised on adverse health impacts that human users can experience in a 5G system by being exposed to electromagnetic fields (EMFs). This article investigates the human EMF exposure in a 5G system and compare to those measured in the previous-generation cellular systems. It suggests a minimum separation distance between a transmitter and a human user for keeping the EMF exposure below the safety regulation level, which provides consumers with a general understanding on the safe use of 5G communications.
@article{arxiv.2004.12474,
title = {Human Electromagnetic Field Exposure in 5G at 28 GHz},
author = {Seungmo Kim and Imtiaz Nasim},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.12474},
year = {2020}
}
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The manuscript will be published in IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine