Kwizibhedlele, umzuzwana ngamnye ubalulekile—nokuba ngugqirha oququzelela utyando olungxamisekileyo, usapho lwesigulana olungena, okanye undwendwe oluhlawulela indawo yokupaka. Kodwa kuthekani ukuba loo maxesha abalulekileyo aphazanyiswa yisignali yeseli engabonakaliyo? Yiyo kanye ingxaki isibhedlele esikhulu eHunan, eTshayina, esasijongene nayo: iindawo zokupaka ezingaphantsi komhlaba, imigangatho 1-4 yesakhiwo sabo esiphambili, kunye nazo zonke iilifti ezili-10 zaziziindawo ezifileyo ngokupheleleyo. Kwiziko eliphatha amakhulu ezigulana imihla ngemihla, oku kwakungengongxaki nje kuphela—kwakuyingozi kubomi. Baye baqhagamshelana nathi eLintratek, kwaye emva kweentsuku ezisi-7 zomsebenzi onzima, sajika ezo mingxunya zimnyama zesignali zaba yindawo enokuthenjwa. Masihambe ngendlela esikwenze ngayo, akukho ntetho yetekhnoloji—yimingeni yokwenyani kunye nezisombululo zokwenyani.
Izibhedlele azifani nezakhiwo eziqhelekileyo; indawo yazo eyahlukileyo yenza ukugqunywa kwemiqondiso kube yinto embi kakhulu. Igaraji yokupaka engaphantsi komhlaba yayineesilingi eziphakame ngeemitha ezi-6 kunye neendonga ezinkulu zekhonkrithi ezazivale ngaphezulu kwe-90% yesignali yeseli—cinga ngayo njengekhaka elikhulu elithintela imiqondiso ukuba ingangeni. Imigangatho esezantsi yesakhiwo esiphambili yayigcwele abantu kunye nezixhobo zonyango, nto leyo edala ukuphazamiseka okukhulu kwe-electromagnetic.
Kuthekani ngeelifti? Ezo shafts zithe nkqo zidume ngokuthotywa kwesignali—khawucinge nge-paramedic ezama ukuhlaziya imeko yesigulana phakathi kwezothutho, kodwa umnxeba awuzange uphume. Ngaphezu kwako konke oko, besingenakukwazi ukuphazamisa ukusebenza kwesibhedlele—bekungekho zixhobo zivakalayo ngexesha lokutyelela, bekungekho zindlela zongxamiseko ezivaliweyo. Bekukuhamba ngentambo eqinileyo phakathi kokugqiba umsebenzi nokugcina isibhedlele sisebenza kakuhle.
Sasisazi ukuba i-"single-fit" ifanelekile-isixhasi sesignali yonkeayizukusebenza apha. Ngoko ke siyile isisombululo esenziwe ngokwezifiso: umxube "woomatshini be-fiber optic abalinganiswayo" kunye neengcali zethuizikhuseli zesignali zelifti(sibabiza ngokuba"Izikhuseli zeSignali zeLifti"). Kwizakhiwo eziphambili ezixakekileyo neziphazamisayo kakhulu, sisebenzise ii-amplifiers ezinamandla aphezulu ezinqumla ingxolo yombane ngaphandle kokuphazamisa izixhobo zonyango—ukhuseleko kuqala, rhoqo. Kwikhonkrithi engqindilili yegaraji engaphantsi komhlaba, izixhobo ezinamandla aphantsi, ezijolise ngqo zazingena eludongeni ngaphandle kokuchitha isignali. Ii-lifti zifumene ii-booster zazo ezizinikeleyo, enye kwi-shaft nganye, ukuqinisekisa ukuhanjiswa kwesignali ngaphandle komthungo njengoko iimoto zihamba zinyuka zisihla—akukho zingcingo zihlayo xa kubaluleke kakhulu. Sikwasebenzise inkqubo esasazwayo ye-fiber-optic ukuphelisa ukuphazamiseka ngokupheleleyo, ngoko ke iifowuni ezingxamisekileyo kunye neentlawulo zeselula ziya kuba lula.
Inkqubo yokufakela yayimalunga nentlonipho—kwisibhedlele, kwizigulana, nakubasebenzi. Sisebenze ubusuku neempelaveki ukuze siphephe amaxesha axakekileyo, sasebenzisa izixhobo ezingathethiyo, saza sahamba kwiindawo ezixineneyo nezimanzi kwigaraji yokupaka ukuze sibeke iitreyi zekhebula ezingangeni manzi ezingama-200 eemitha. Yonke i-antenna kunye ne-node yayifakelwe izibiyeli ezenziwe ngokwezifiso ukuze kuthintelwe izitshizi zomlilo kunye nemibhobho, kwaye sihlolisise kabini uqhagamshelo ngalunye ukuqinisekisa ukuba akukho kuphazamiseka kwiimashini ze-MRI, iimonitha zentliziyo, kunye nezinye izixhobo ezibalulekileyo. Emva kweentsuku ezisi-7 zasekuseni nasebusuku kakhulu, sagqiba kungekho zikhalazo ezivela kubasebenzi okanye kwizigulana—impumelelo kuloo nto yodwa yayivakala ngathi iphumelele.
Kodwa imbuyekezo yokwenene yeza xa savavanya isignali. Yonke indawo efileyo yayiphelile: igaraji yokupaka, imigangatho exakekileyo, zonke iilifti ezili-10—isignali yayigcwele yonke indawo. Uvavanyo lwesantya lubonise ukuba amazinga e-4G/5G azinzile ngaphezulu kwe-80 Mbps, yanele kwiifowuni zevidiyo kunye nokudluliselwa kweefayile ezinkulu. Okubaluleke kakhulu, abasebenzi besibhedlele baqaphele umahluko omkhulu: amaxesha okuthunyelwa kweenkonzo ezingxamisekileyo ehle ngama-50%, kwaye iintlawulo zeselula kwigaraji yokupaka ziye zaphumelela ukusuka ekubeni yinto engenakwenzeka ukuya kwi-100%. Omnye ugqirha we-ER wasixelela, “Ngoku ndingakwazi ukuhlala ndiqhagamshelwe nokuba ndiphi na esibhedlele—loo mizuzu yongezelelweyo egciniweyo inokuthetha umahluko phakathi kobomi nokufa.”
Le projekthi ayisiyompumelelo yesihlandlo esinye kuphela; yiplani yezinye izibhedlele, iindawo ezingaphantsi komhlaba, kunye neendawo zikawonke-wonke ezixakekileyo. Yiyo loo nto senza oko sikwenzayo—kungekuphela nje ukulungisa isignali, kodwa nokuxhasa abantu abasindisa ubomi.
Ixesha leposi: Feb-10-2026











