Benefits Of 5G Mobile Communication Network

Since 1980s, telecom industry has introduced a new generation or G of networks almost after every ten years. Each generation is accompanied by about order of magnitude times improvement in speed and enablement of new applications as compared to the previous generation of networks. This decade will see the introduction of 5G networks and will lead to introduction new application or improvements of existing applications. Though specifications are not fully finalized a draft has been released by ITU (International Telecommunication Union). The proposed speed would be in 20 Gbits/sec as compared to 100 Mbits/sec for 4G networks.

However, speed is only one part of the proposed specifications of 5G networks. They would be accompanied by limits on user experienced speeds, so per-user download speed of 100Mbps and upload speed of 50Mbps rather than just the theoretical maximum, lower latency at 4 ms, support for higher device densities at 1 million connected devices per square kilometer, better spectral efficiency at 30bits/Hz downlink and 15 bits/Hz uplink, lower battery consumption and improvement in coverage. All this will improve users' experience including downloading an entire movie in seconds, little latency in gaming, multiple services e.g. knowing weather and location even when talking etc. It will provide a near anytime to anything connectivity making world look like a real Wi Fi zone.

The network will support speed necessary to give employees a fully equipped virtual office almost anywhere is available. Many industrial environments will move from wired to wireless connections, reducing costs and increasing flexibility. Various plants and factories will do away with their own communication networks as 5G would provide suitable bandwidths and low latency. The one key benefit of 5G would be enablement of new technologies. So driverless cars which are data heavy and need to communicate to thousands of cars in vicinity will benefit and could be rolled out on massive scale. Controls systems of drones will improve. Business users in teleconference will be able to get simultaneous language translation. Data intensive technologies e.g Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality will come closer to reality.

5G will change the face the IoT (Internet of Things) which will connect more than 20 billion devices by 2020 as per Gartner. People will be able to control appliances, temperature, light etc. at home while sitting remotely. They would become aware of package delivery or a stranger standing on the door even when away. Industrial safety will improve as dangerous activities e.g. mining, oil drilling etc. could be remotely controlled. Various devices in the factories would be remote controlled using sensors reducing the need of manpower on the floor. Smart grids which collect data from numerous sources will become more common. Machines to machine communication between many small devices in offices and factories will be enabled and will help improve warehouse management, logistic services, supply chain management, traffic control, fleet management, telemedicine using wearable sensors etc

There are multiple potential use cases that are waiting for 5G rollout. These will have profound effect on the way we live and work. But the like the past once the benefits of 5G become common, demand for the next generation of networks will grow.