18/06/2019
With a lot of fanfare, excitement and speculation, 5G is slowly making the transition from general idea to network implementation.
5G networks promise to support new services, more video, and cloud connectivity. There are three main case uses driving the 5G revolution:
Enhanced mobile broadband. With the promise of 10 Gbps connectivity and latency of less than five milliseconds, it’s no surprise the ongoing surge in demand for mobile connectivity will accelerate dramatically. The industry estimates this increased speed will result in a 10- to 100-fold increase in the number of 5G-connected devices over the number of 4G devices.
The Internet of Things (IoT). Thanks to 5G’s virtualized, radio technology-agnostic core, published predictions estimate as many as 20 billion IoT connections by 2020—connections that will drive smart buildings and smart cities. CommScope anticipates 5G will offer 1,000 times the bandwidth of 4G, and up to five times the density, making room for all those “things” on the network.
High-reliability, low-latency networks. Beyond just doing what 4G does better and faster, 5G speeds open new doors to allow driverless cars to coordinate over the network, enable augmented reality and virtual reality, and expand the horizons of remote surgery and other applications that can fulfill their promise only on a network with such ultra- low latency times as 5G’s five-millisecond threshold.