5G Technology : Explained

What is 5G?

5G is the 5th generation of mobile networks, with a significant development of today’s 4G LTE networks.  5G is being designed in such a way that it will  meet the very large growth in data and connectivity of today’s modern society, the internet of things with billions of connected devices, and tomorrow’s innovations.  5G will initially function in combination with existing 4G networks before developing to fully standalone networks in following releases and coverage growths.

5G uses radio waves or radio frequency (RF) energy to transmit and receive voice and data connecting our people. In adding to distributing faster networks and greater capacity, a very important benefit of 5G is the fast response time referred to as latency. Latency is the time taken for devices to respond to each other over the wireless network.  3G networks had a typical response time of 100 milliseconds, 4G is around 30 milliseconds and 5G will be as low as 1 millisecond.  This is virtually instantaneous opening up a new world of connected applications.

Scope of 5G

5G will boost the IoT business because of its ability to transfer the large date in small timeframe with least lost. 5G will deliver the speed, stumpy latency and connectivity to enable a new generation of applications, services and business opportunities that have not been seen before.

Main Use of 5G:-

1. Intelligent IoT devices: With the number of IoT devices predictable to surge with the release of 5G speeds, IoT-focused industries can expect this highly-anticipated network to impact IoT strategies significantly by enhancing infrastructure diagnoses systems and providing well data insights; both will reinforce a company's infrastructure, lowering the weakness of these devices, which are known to be more susceptible to cyber threats like crypto jacking.
2. Ultra-reliable low latency communications – mission critical including real-time control of devices, industrial robotics, vehicle to vehicle communications and safety systems, autonomous driving and safer transport networks.  Low latency communications also opens up a new world where remote medical care, procedures, and treatment are all possible
3. Multi-Access Edge Computing: Through 5G tech, multi-access edge computing will assist in decongesting your company’s jam-packed system, even when backing up hundreds of devices at once. This cloud-based network architecture can not only decrease site congestion, but also will increase overall site performance. Besides handling large data loads and delivering results in real time, multi-access edge computing will also protect user data, through local computing versus a centralized network used currently.
4. Enhanced mobile broadband – providing significantly faster data speeds and greater capacity keeping the world connected.  New applications will comprise secure wireless internet access for households, outdoor broadcast applications without the need for broadcast vans, and greater connectivity for people on the move.

HOW DOES 5G WORKS?

5G works on 5 major technologies.

1. Millimetre wave: 5G standard will offer the greatest benefits over these higher frequencies between 30Ghz to 3000GHz, it will also work in low frequencies as well as unlicensed frequencies that WiFi currently uses, without creating conflicts with existing WiFi networks. For this reason, 5G networks will use small cells to complement traditional cellular towers.
2. Small cells: Small cells are low-powered portable base stations that can be placed throughout cities. Carriers can install many small cells to form a dense, multifaceted infrastructure. Small cells’ low-profile antennas make them unobtrusive, but their sheer numbers make them difficult to set up in rural areas. As 5G technology matures, consumers should expect to see ubiquitous 5G antennas, even in their own homes.
3. Massive MIMO: 5G technology enables base stations to support many more antennas than 4G base stations. With MIMO, both the source (transmitter) and the destination (receiver) have multiple antennas, thus maximizing efficiency and speed. MIMO also introduces interference potential, leading to the necessity of beamforming.
4. Beamforming: Beamforming is a 5G technology that finds the most efficient data-delivery route to individual users. Higher-frequency antennas enable the steering of narrower transmission beams. This user-specific beamforming allows transmissions both vertically and horizontally.  Beam direction can change several times per millisecond. Beamforming can help massive MIMO arrays make more efficient use of the spectrum around them.
5. Full duplex: Full duplex communication is a way to potentially double the speed of wireless communication. By employing a 5G full duplex scheme on a single channel, only one channel is needed to transmit data to and from the base station, rather than two. A potential drawback of full duplex is that it can create signal interference

WHAT WILL 5G DEVICES OFFER?

The key benefits of 5G devices will be expressively quicker speeds in data access, downloading and streaming content. In adding, 5G devices will have improved computing power and make use of the lower latency, meaning that the devices will enjoy virtually instantaneous connections to the network, as well as greater connectivity when on the move due to the use of advanced antenna beam steering.

It will help online video and content streaming companies like they will stream more HD quality content because users will have fast internet so that they can watch these shows, series, and videos without interruptions. This will also help online learning platforms to offer more courses with better quality and materials so that users get most of it. Apart form these many new services and start-ups will be formed since the internet speed computing power will be increased. So there are many things that 5G will offer and that’s up to us how we consume and use it.

WHEN I WILL GET 5G DEVICES?

Mobile handsets equipped with 3G, 4G and 5G connectivity are expected to become available in the 2020 – 2021 timeframe, and low latency and widespread machine to machine applications using 5G will be developed in the coming years. Many companies has started their Beta projects and testing of 5G So it is believed that 5G will come out in end of 2019 and early 2020.

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