The 5G technology, still in its infancy, is set to have a big impact on the way we communicate. One of the main benefits is the high speeds, which are much greater than what we get from the 3 and 4 G networks. In fact, the 5G speeds will be in the Gigabytes per second scale and can go up to 10GB/S, hence enabling all transmissions and access of massive amounts of data in real-time.
In addition, the 5g technology has low latency, high bandwidth, and low power consumption. It will, therefore, reduce congestion, while prolonging the battery lives of mobile devices and also reducing overall power consumption – which is also good for the environment.
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Top Uses of 5G technology
Although the number of applications is limitless, below are some of the common areas where people and companies will use 5 G technology. As the technology matures, it will enable other innovations and applications that will benefit from the high speeds, low latency, and reliability.
WAN and LAN communications
This will enable faster communications on on-premise and private networks in different geographical locations.
Internet communications
Internet speeds will increase by a very big margin and enable people to access the websites and web applications faster, download files, movies, images and more using less time, cost, and energy.
Due to the increased speeds, people can even host and run their applications on the cloud. In addition, other business functions such as video conferencing and video calls will be possible with little effort and glitches.
Voice and video communications
The 5G technologies have better and clearer voice capabilities. Its larger bandwidth enables a greater number of mobile devices to use the technology without interfering with each other. Other than voice, video calls will also become easier and convenient to make.
Smart Cities and buildings
The fast and reliable networks will enable better communication between machines, sensors, imaging applications and other bandwidth-intensive applications.
This will give technology companies an opportunity to design systems that monitor a town’s infrastructure and conditions, and then provide a real-time visibility that will allow the managers to take better data-driven decisions. Such systems can provide a real-time visibility about the environment, floods, traffic, and other conditions that authorities want to monitor.
Mission critical application
This includes services such as medical support in emergencies, health services, rescue missions, etc. With fast communications and robots, surgeons will be able to remotely perform delicate operations on patients in different parts of the world without necessarily physically going there.
Other applications for the 5G technologies include;
- Smart homes
- 3D video
- UHD screens
- Entertainment
- Movies downloads and viewing
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Virtual reality headsets (VR)
- Self-driving cars
- Automated driving aids such as object detection and avoidance
- Augmented reality
- Industrial Automation
- Drone technologies
- Working in the cloud
- Online gaming
Conclusion
The 5G technology has a lot of potential applications but is yet to overcome some challenges and provide the many benefits it has to offer. However, the technology is gaining momentum and likely to have over a billion 5G enabled devices as we approach the year 2020.