NTT Docomo’s bullet train mmWave 5G test speeds past 1Gbps venturebeat.com

The answer is “yes,” suggests top Japanese carrier NTT Docomo, which today announced successful completion of an impressive stress test: a multi-base station handoff of 5G signals to a device on a next-generation Shinkansen bullet train.
Docomo’s test was noteworthy, thanks to the speeds of both the train and the 5G service.
Vendors are continuing to improve the practical distance and handoff techniques for millimeter wave hardware.
Calling its bullet train test a “world’s first,” Docomo used three 28GHz millimeter wave base stations with advanced beamforming and beam-tracking features capable of conveying and handing off ultra high-speed data signals while the train was in motion.
If the test worked on one of the world’s fastest trains, that’s a good sign for millimeter wave 5G handoffs to cars and slower trains.