Large scale adoption began in 2019 and today virtually every telecommunication service provider in the developed world is upgrading its infrastructure to offer 5G functionality.
A: The other mobile network generations are 1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G.
1G delivered analog voice.
2G introduced digital voice (e.g., CDMA).
3G brought mobile data (e.g., CDMA2000).
4G LTE ushered in the era of mobile Internet.
What are the benefits of 5G?
A: 5G is a new kind of network: a platform for innovations that will not only enhances today’s mobile broadband services, but will also expand mobile networks to support a vast diversity of devices and services and connect new industries with improved performance, efficiency, and cost. 5G will redefine a broad range of industries with connected services from retail to education, transportation to entertainment, and everything in between. We see 5G as technology as transformative as the automobile and electricity.
Through a landmark 5g econonmy study, we found that 5G’s full economic effect will be realized across the globe by 2035, supporting a wide range of industries and potentially producing up to $12 trillion worth of goods and services.
The study also revealed that the 5G value chain (OEMs, operators, content creators, app developers and consumers) could alone generate up to $3.5 trillion in overall aggregate revenue by 2035 and support up to 22 million jobs, or more than one job for every person in Beijing, China. Of course, there are many emerging and new applications that are yet to be completely defined or even known today. That is why only time will tell what the full “5G effect” is going to be.
Q: What services and use cases do you see for 5G?
A: In general, 5G use cases can be broadly categorized into three main types of connected services:
Enhanced Mobile Broadband: 5G will not only make our smartphones better, but it will also usher in new immersive experiences, such as VR and AR, with faster, more uniform data rates, lower latency, and cost-per-bit.
Mission-Critical communications: 5G will enable new services that can transform industries with ultra-reliable/available, low latency links—such as remote control of critical infrastructure, vehicles, and medical procedures.
Massive Internet of Things: 5G will seamlessly connect a massive number of embedded sensors in virtually everything through the ability to scale down in data rates, power and mobility to provide extremely lean/low-cost solutions.
A defining capability of 5G is also the design for forward compatibility—the ability to flexibly support future services that are unknown today.
Q: How fast is 5G?
A: Per IMT-2020 requirements, 5G is expected to deliver peak data rates up to 20 Gbps. Qualcomm Technologies’ first 5G NR modem, the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 5G modem, is designed to achieve up to 5 Gbps in downlink peak data rate.
But 5G is more than about just how “fast” it is. In addition to higher peak data rates, 5G will provide much more network capacity by expanding into new spectrum, such as millimeter wave (mmWave). 5G will also deliver much lower latency for a quicker immediate response, and an overall more uniform user experience so that the data rates stay consistently high even when users are moving around. Moreover, the new 5G NR (New Radio) mobile network will be backed up by Gigabit LTE coverage foundation, which will provide ubiquitous Gigabit-class connectivity.
How much is 5G?
A: 5G doesn’t have a price tag yet.
A key 5G objective is to lower the cost-per-bit (data cost) compared to 4G LTE, by leveraging new and wider spectrum in higher bands including the mmWave range.
This could potentially allow mobile operators to continue offer unlimited data plans even with increasing data consumption. This can also enable new use cases and make more applications economically viable for broader adoption in a 5G network. For example, 5G can help to proliferate immersive augmented and virtual reality, which is possible today with 4G LTE but may be limited by network capacity and data costs
What is the difference between 4G and 5G?
A: There are several differences between 4G vs 5G:
5G is a unified platform that is more capable than 4G
5G uses spectrum better than 4G
5G is faster than 4G
5G has more capacity than 4G
5G has lower latency than 4G
5G needs more investment in infrastructure as it has higher frequency than 4G so the coverage will decrease significantly hence more no of towers required which will make it unfeasible as 4G Macro cells gives coverage of 2kms and 5G coverage is just 500 to 800 metres.
5G has speed in terms of 5–10Gbps which will easily fill the memory space of smartphones in few seconds and huge size of battery(10000 mAh) is required and heat dissipation will also increase significantly
mmWave version of 5G needs Small cells as line of sight between tower and cell phone is required which will be burden to Telecos and Consumers
5G is practically unfeasible for now and it’s not an innovation but an incremental improvement over 4G by increasing frequency.
Wi-Fi is already present as a better Alternative to 5G which is way cheaper and best for Home broadband ,reliable and high speed. Coverage & Speed of both are same.
Secondly VoLTE technology is used for Voice Calls or 2G,3G is used for voice calls there is no such standard for 5G for voice calls till now, there are also limited VoLTE phones in world.
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