Heading next evolution: 5G

The modern telecommunication ecosystem has gone through consistent developments from the very start. Technology Market report suggests, the role of wireless technology is certainly crucial in collecting and framing data scenario for today’s position. Japan happens to be the first nation which commercially introduced 1G in 1979.

Finland then launched the next, 2G in the year 1991. It was launched on the GSM standards. 1G networks used analog to show radio signals, on the other hand, 2G networks showed digital radio signals. It was followed with rapid upgradations in the 2G from 2.5G (GRPRS) to 2.75G (EDGE).

Roughly, new cellular standards have been put after every 10 years. With this, 3G was launched in 1998 while 2008 introduced 4G network. Every consecutive upgrade has helped to boost the network’s speed,  transmission of data and reduced the latency.

The Long-Term evolution, that is 4G LTE networks have become dramatically famous especially after its launch in developing nations more than developed nations. This is due to developing where the data speeds tend to be inferior compared to their developed counterparts.

The recent years have seen a rise in the progress towards development and deployment of 5G, both for the commercial purposes as well as the masses. There are a lot of things that take place while changing the number of “G”. It evolves takes the wireless communications to the next level.

The introduction of 5G is based on the IEEE 802.11ac standards of wireless technology. It has a download speed of 1 Tbps, that is 65k times faster than usual speed of 4G.

The Group Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA) puts forth eight criteria for a network to proclaim to be defined as 5G:

●     At the endpoints in the field, there have to be 1 to 10 Gbps connections.

●     A round trip delay of one millisecond in a row

●     10 to 100x number of connection devices

●     1000x bandwidth per unit area

●     99.999 % availability

●     100 % coverage

●     90 % cutback in network energy usage

●     The battery life of low power has to be up to 10 years.

There were times that resulted in detainment mainly cause of lack of global compatibility. For example, a device won’t work effectually in a country in a similar band the way it would work in a particularly different country. It is because it is made to work in that specific country. It would be the success of IoT, that is, Internet of Things if the devices made able to connect and function in the same spectrum all across the world. It is called internetworking of devices or vehicles.

Everything that connects to the internet is considered to be “smart”. Also, it is a necessary element for 5G to call effective.

Organisations such as Nokia, Samsung, Qualcomm, Ericsson, and BT have evolved over the years, making progress in 5G.

More firms are connecting with whichever possible means to join hands and funds for further research on 5G and its application. A few of the leading companies are focusing on hardware section of 5G that includes Qualcomm producing a 5G modem while Samsung making a 5G router.

Meanwhile, other key players in the market are emphasizing on the mobile carriers. Ericsson has made a 5G radio system while Nokia came out with ‘5G First’, to offer comprehensive support to carriers.

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Global Market Research Reports estimates, 5G remains in development with companies building devices to support it and run essential tests on them to adopt the next evolution in wireless communication. It predicted that more than twenty-four million subscribers will turn to 5G by 2021. 

The technical aspects are yet to be determined and hence the deployment is noticeably away as it will take time due to changes need to be done to launch the advancement in the network in the form of 5G.