Volkswagen smartphone supports Beidou short news for the first time. Experts: satisfy emergency communication at no base station

[Global Times Reporter Zhao Juezhang Shen Weiduo] The news that Volkswagen Smartphone supports Beidou short news for the first time has attracted much attention on the 6th. Especially in the context of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Luding in Sichuan, the smart terminal used by ordinary people can use Beidou to use Beidou. The unique short newspaper function of the navigation system can still maintain the connection with the outside world under the earthquake without ground network signal coverage environment after the earthquake.

According to Huawei on the 6th, the latest flagship mobile phone Mate50 series is the industry's first Volkswagen smartphone that supports Beidou satellite news. It is located in the environment without ground network signals such as deserted or unmanned regions, out of danger, and earthquake rescue. The text and location information are sent out by the Open APP, connecting with the outside world, and supporting a multi -location to generate a trajectory map.

On September 6, Hangzhou, customers experienced Huawei Mate50 series mobile phones in Huawei flagship store. (Visual China)

Beidou is a global satellite navigation system with independent intellectual property rights in my country. Beidou III Systems short -term newspaper communication services cover China and neighboring countries and regions. It has the characteristics of low cost, wide coverage, high reliability, and access to access. It can effectively supplement the ground mobile communication network.

Aerospace expert Pang Zhihao told the Global Times reporter that the telecommunications of the Beidou navigation system allows users not only to know their position, but also allow others to understand their own orientation. Emergency communication, search rescue and other needs. According to Pang Zhihao, during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, the rescue force sent the relevant information back to the headquarters through the short newspaper in Beidou. After the completion of Beidou 3, the short newspaper text function has been greatly strengthened. From one time, only 120 Chinese characters can be sent, and now 1,000 Chinese characters can be sent.

Earlier, Most of Beidou's short newspaper function needs to be used through a special Beidou terminal. On July 30 this year, China Weapon Industry Group Co., Ltd. and China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. jointly demonstrated the new features of the Popular Smart Mobile Phone Beidou Shipping System at the Beidou III short news communication service achievement conference. Star Fusion solutions and technical solutions of Beidou III text communication services and technical solutions.

Pang Zhihao believes that mobile phones can use Beidou short newspapers to communicate, which greatly increases the application scope of this function. Directly sending short messages through the mobile phone, reducing the application cost of this function, so that ordinary users can no longer worry about losing contact when climbing, adventure, and self -driving.

It is worth noting that the iPhone 14, which is about to be released in the early morning of Beijing time, may also support satellite communication functions. According to foreign media reports, satellite communication is one of the test projects before the iPhone 14 mass production, and Apple has completed the hardware test of this feature. The iPhone 14's satellite communication mainly provides emergency SMS and voice services, but whether it can be applied in the end depends on whether Apple and operators can solve the business model.

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