5G zero client monitor
A monitor includes a casing with a display, a display controller disposed within the casing and that controls the display, a processor disposed within the casing that controls the display and communicates with a fifth generation (5G) network, a 5G antenna that connects the monitor to the 5G network, and a switch that switches the processor between an activated state and a deactivated state. The monitor is a zero-client system when the processor is in the activated state and a plain display when the processor is in the deactivated state.
1. A monitor comprising:
a casing comprising a display;
a display controller disposed within the casing and that controls the display;
a processor disposed within the casing that controls the display and communicates with a fifth generation (5G) network;
a 5G antenna that connects the monitor to the 5G network; and
a switch that switches the processor between an activated state and a deactivated state, wherein the monitor is a zero-client system when the processor is in the activated state in which the processor authenticates the monitor with the 5G network, and a plain monitor when the processor is in the deactivated state in which the display controller independently controls the display without the processor.
2. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the monitor further comprises:
a modem that communicates with and executes protocols of the network, wherein the processor communicates with the 5G network through the modem and the 5G antenna; and
an authentication chip configured for authenticating a user with the 5G network.
3. The monitor of claim 2 , wherein the authentication chip is a subscriber identity module chip (SIMM card) or an embedded subscriber identity module (e-SIM) chip.
4. The monitor of claim 2 , wherein the 5G antenna is a 5G antenna array chip comprising:
a plurality of physical antennas for communicating with the 5G network;
a radio frequency (RF) switch that executes a Time-Domain Division or Frequency-Domain Division of the 5G network; and
an RF mixer that executes beamforming and a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) scheme of the 5G network.
5. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the 5G antenna array chip connects the monitor to an edge station of the 5G network.
6. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the processor stores and executes a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that configures a virtual desktop environment on the monitor when the monitor is configured as the zero-client system.
7. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the processor is a System on a Chip (SoC) that converts the monitor into the zero client system.
8. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the display controller is a stripped-down graphics card or a PC over IP (PCoIP) chip.
9. The monitor of claim 8 , wherein the processor and the display controller are embedded in a single PCoIP SoC chip.
10. A method for operating a monitor, the method comprising:
switching, by operating a switch on the monitor, a processor of the monitor between a deactivated state and an activated state, wherein the monitor is a zero-client system when the processor is in the activated state and a plain monitor when the processor is in the deactivated state in which the display controller independently controls the display without the processor;
causing, by the processor and in response to being switched to the activated state, an authentication chip of the monitor to authenticate the monitor with a fifth generation (5G) network;
receiving, by the processor through a modem connected to a 5G antenna, instructions to display a virtual machine login on the monitor; and
causing, by the processor and using the instructions, the display controller of the monitor to display the virtual machine login on the display.