If you believe the announcements, will carry the fifth Generation of the mobile Internet, our world definitively in the future. What the new technology can? And why did suddenly all of the fear of espionage?
Anyone still remembers the euphoria of fast mobile communication standard 4G (LTE) triggered? Probably not, because the introduction from 2010 was a long, slow process. Only enabled mobile phones, were missing LTE, then it was the network coverage. Apps for mobile, Streaming of music and Videos there, too. After a few years, but all had become so accustomed to using Spotify, Netflix and video chat on the mobile phone that the previous 3G connection was synonymous with “no network”. In 5G it will be similar.
5G refers to a technical Standard, it is also a Marketing buzzword, it is sure to inspire you to spend money. This is not meant to be derogatory. Every new technology needs a breakthrough, a critical mass of customers to justify the investment in new devices, networks and services. Only when all are present, it really started with 5G and the other great buzzwords “industry 4.0” and “Internet of things”.
The main thing is that fast?
Private customers, so a normal Smartphone user, be enticed, especially with the promise of incredible speed: 5G 100 will be times faster than the previous technology. In the future, the few seconds, enough so completely to all the movies to download. At some point, there will be also new, more data and more hungry services, probably something to do with Augmented or Virtual Reality.
For companies, the Download speed is not even the main argument for 5G. More important is that devices communicate only with minimal delays (latency) to each other, for example in Autonomous Driving or tele-medicine. The 5G-company networks to set up, is interesting for you – either fully autonomously on specially reserved frequencies or via the cellular provider, the make a reservation for you using a technique called Slicing your own slices from the 5G network.
Company secrets on the net
All of this is a prerequisite for the “industry 4.0” production of the future: robots whizzing wirelessly through the factory halls, machines communicate wirelessly with the factory pieces, and all systems can be remotely monitored and maintained. Access to the network means access to corporate secrets.
In the future, probably every electrical device will be network-capable. If the forecast of 50 billion Internet arrives enabled devices in the coming year, is not decisive. But in the “Internet of things” is bustling with not only Smartphones, Tablets and computers, but also a Fitness Tracker, heart rate monitor, self-driving cars, Smart speakers, Smart Home light switches, smoke detectors, baby monitors and of course, fridges that refill themselves.
5G is not a continuation of the previous development, but strengthens it by making it makes new applications possible in the first place. And the more people, companies and devices 5G use, the more the network is a critical infrastructure that must be protected from hackers, saboteurs and spies.