5G stands for 5th generation. To provide a little more
context around how much faster 5G speeds will be compared to 4G. According to Huawei, 5G
will allow you to download an eight gigabyte HD movie in six seconds versus the seven minutes it would take
over 4G or more than an hour on 3G.
5G technology requirements As a result of this blending of
requirements, many of the industry initiatives that have progressed with work
on 5G has identify a set of eight requirements:
- 1-10Gbps connections to end points in the field (i.e. not theoretical maximum)
- 1 millisecond end-to-end round trip delay (latency)
- 1000x bandwidth per unit area
- 10-100x number of connected devices
- (Perception of) 99.999% availability
- (Perception of) 100% coverage
- 90% reduction in network energy usage
- Up to ten year battery life for low power, machine-type devices.
What will 5G allow me to do that I can’t right now with 4G?
According to Huawei, 5G will allow you to download an
eight gigabyte HD movie in six seconds versus the seven minutes it
would take over 4G or more than an hour on 3G.
But 5G is much more than just faster data speeds on your
mobile devices. It also opens the door to a lot of different consumer and
industrial applications and uses some of
which seem unbelievable now because they’re so futuristic.
When will we get 5G?
Again, it’s
too soon to say for sure, but don’t count on it in the next couple of years.
The most optimistic targets would see the first commercial network up and
running by 2020, but even that may be too optimistic. As with LTE, it will take
years for the network to become widespread.
By - Abhilash Nair for The Indian Capitalist.
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