5G Technology Network: Explained

 

What is 5g:

Well we all have 4G. Now 5g is the fifth generation of wireless network technology and so all the big carriers are working on building out their 5g networks right now Verizon AT&T Sprint.

We're all working on 5g. The main theme of 5g is again speed. Every new generation of the wireless networks are significantly faster and more capable than the previous. Some of you may remember the old and very slow to G and 3G and how much better 4G is than those 5g represents. 5g is the fifth generation of wireless data networks and it will improve them far more than 4G or 3G ever. Could you'll feel it in your phone your home your car and in the city and town around you downloads and streaming should happen literally without delay. 

5g and 4g Network:

4G could only muster about 200 megabits per second of data throughput on a good day. But 5g can handle up to 1 gigabit or more that's a thousand megabits a second on up low latency 4G suffers from around a hundred milliseconds or so in response delay or latency. 5g reaction time can be as low as 1 millisecond which makes everything happen virtually instantly and dense connections in a given square kilometer. 4G could only manage to connect about 1/10 the amount of devices as 5g can if that's some of what 5g does how does it do it. 5g uses new radio technology the part of any wireless device that makes the connection 5g uses some radio frequencies in a band known as sub 6 from 600 megahertz to 6 gigahertz part of which is also used by current 4G LTE but 5g will also use a higher band of radio frequencies from 24 gigahertz to as high as 86 these much higher frequencies bring with them much higher data rates. Now while these new 5g radio waves can carry more data with higher performance they can't carry it as far so 5g will use a lot of so-called small cells. These are small versions of the big cellular towers.

5g Network in Details:

5G - a new, faster network that has the potential to transform the internet. 5G is a software defined network - it means that while it won’t replace cables entirely. It could replace the need for them by largely operating on the cloud instead. This means it will have a 100x better capacity than 4G - which will dramatically improve internet speeds.

For example, to download a two-hour film on 3G would take about 26 hours, on 4G you’d be waiting 6 minutes, and on 5G you’ll be ready to watch your film in just over three and a half seconds.

But it’s not just internet capacity that will be upgraded. Response times will also be much faster. The 4G network responds to our commands in just under 50 milliseconds. With 5G it will take around one millisecond - 400 times faster than a blink of the eye.

Smartphone users will enjoy a more streamlined experience but for a world that is increasingly dependent on the internet just to function, a reduction in time delay is critical. Self-driving cars, for example, require a continuous stream of data.

The quicker that information is delivered to autonomous vehicles, the better and safer, they can run. For many analysts this is just one example of how 5G could become the connective tissue for the internet of things, an industry that’s set to grow threefold by 2025, linking and controlling not just robots, but also medical devices, industrial equipment and agriculture machinery.

Being able to personalize the internet will also benefit businesses. At big events like Mobile World Congress for example - there is a mass influx of people in one particular area using data-heavy applications. But with 5G, organizers could pay for an increased slice of the network, boosting its internet capacity and thus improving its visitors’ online experience.

Advantages of 5g:

We all know 5g will also use some new tricks in these small cells like beamforming to efficiently aim transmissions rather than just spray everything everywhere the bottom line though. You will need new phones tablet portable hot spots on the like with a 5g radio inside to connect to the new 5g networks.  Your current 4G or even 3G gear can't tap into it.

5g networks will also position more data and computing resources closer to you that will avoid blunting 5 G's low latency benefits. Phones may actually be the least interesting thing about 5g it will also power autonomous cars, they have awareness of every other car bike pedestrian and traffic signal around them smart cities based on 5g can make almost anything that's electric also connected and aware when a bridge needs repair why can't it tell someone with a mesh of 5g connected sensors it could and then there's your home 5g will offer a new way to get internet. There is skewing cable or DSL and one day maybe even obviating your Wi-Fi router altogether as devices may just use 5g natively to connect directly to a wireless ISP. 

5G will also provide a much more personalized web experience using a technique called network slicing. It’s a way of creating separate wireless networks on the cloud, allowing users to create their own bespoke network. For instance, an online gamer needs faster response times and greater data capacity than a user that just wants to check their social media.

 Another step forward so to take advantage of 5g you need a   5g device with 5g radios and a 5g network.  5g is built on   what's called millimeter waves. It's a new section of very high   frequency spectrum upwards of 20 gigahertz. All the way to   near 96 gigahertz but the is the higher the frequency of any   wave the lesser the range like that's just the truth on paper.   So for the same reason five gigahertz Wi-Fi doesn't travel as   far as 2.4 gigahertz Wi-Fi. 

Disadvantages of 5g:

The same reason microwaves don't cook things on the other side of the glass wall that's the same reason 5g doesn't travel as well through the real world. So millimeter waves biggest problem is that even if you're standing pretty close to the node like a couple hundred feet away it only really travels well within

direct line-of-sight so things like trees and walls and buildings block and disrupt the high frequency signal even if you're still close to it I've heard even that rain in the air could potentially be a problem. 

5g has renewed concerns about the safety of cellular radio waves. Some cities have taken action to block 5g deployment health questions come up around 5 G's use of microwave frequencies. 5g may sound like a lot of microwave ovens mounted on poles running with their doors open. In fact microwaves are nothing new. Already emitted by your current smartphone old cordless phones. Your wireless headphones and earbuds and just about anything with Wi-Fi as well as microwave ovens but even 5 G's highest frequencies are considered by scientists to be non ionizing radiation. You have to move on up to x-rays gamma rays and cosmic radiation to find the kind of emissions that will harm cells and 5g is far below that. 5g follows the inverse square law losing power rapidly at even a small distance from the small cell.

When can we start using 5g:

5g was created years ago and has been talked up ever since. Yet it’s estimated that even by 2025, the network will still lag behind both 4G and 3G in terms of global mobile connections. Its mainstream existence faces multiple hurdles. The most significant of these of course is cost.

According to some experts, 5G could cause network operators to tear up their current business models for it to make business sense.

Some analysts believe that the extensive building and running costs will force operators to share the use and management of the mobile network. This has been less of an obstacle for countries like China, who are taking a more coherent approach. The government, operators and local companies such as Huawei and ZTE are about to launch big 5G trials that would put them at the forefront of equipment production for the new technology.

For example, AT&T pledged to start rolling out 5G later this year but in just a handful of cities. For key industrial zones however, it’s predicted the technology will be adopted quickly, while for many in rural areas 5G may be a long way off. But when 5G does establish itself and fulfills its supposed potential, it could even change how we get the internet at home and at work - with the wireless network replacing the current system of phone lines and cables. It may not happen overnight, but 5G is coming.

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