5G FAR MORE THAN SPEED ALONE if the national soccer team scores during the European or World Cup, the mobile networks are closing down because everyone is texting. Or when 25,000 people at Glastonbury want to post a picture on Instagram at the same time, it also causes some network jamming. However, it is not only important to get large groups of people on the network at the same time, 5G is also essential for future technologies. The number of devices that are already connected is gigantic and will increase exponentially in the future. It’s not only about your smartphone, tablet or PC anymore; your lights, the door lock, the refrigerator, stove, thermostat, smoke detector, webcam, media player, television and another hundred devices are already connected. You often hear the term “Internet of Things”, but this has become obsolete in the meanwhile and should be changed to the Internet of Everything. Take yourself for example, you may have a smartwatch that measures your heart rate and sends data to an online dashboard like your phone or laptop. Your body is then connected to the internet. In the future, everything and everyone will be connected with everyone and everything. Cows are already implanted with micro chips and are wirelessly connected to the farmer’s laptop. Trashbins Network Type HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO DOWNLOAD A TWO-HOUR-LONG “MOVIE”? What you could do while waiting Fly from London to Sydney, including check-in times Run a quick mile Catch up on Facebook completely wirelessly communicate to the city that they are almost full. Trees in remote forests are equipped with sensors that report fi re from a long distance. Traffi c lights and bridges transmit wirelessly. Just name anything and either it’s connected or will be connected in the future. In short, the Internet of Everything stands or falls with the 5G networks that can handle much more and better connections than the current 4G networks. One of the biggest changes that will take place in the next 10 years is the arrival of the driverless car. These cars will thankfully take advantage of all the benefi ts promised by 5G and won’t function without it. In the near future it is highly likely that autonomous (driverless) will become the norm, and cars will all be connected to one another. If a deer jumps out and an autonomous car needs to brake fast and hard, it will immediately pass this information on to the cars near itself. The forecasted 5G latency of only one millisecond will make the difference between life and death ... Traffi c jams will become a thing of the past as smart cars communicate with each other to avoid build-ups. Commuting, working remotely and travelling productivity will change beyond all recognition from the frustrations and wasted time spent today stuck in endless jams. 3G 284 Kbps (2001) 26 hours 4G 100 Mbps (2009) 6 minutes 5G 10 Bbps (2020) 3.6 seconds ? Ask, “Is it downloaded yet?” CONTINEW -7
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