{"id":4870,"date":"2015-05-25T08:25:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T12:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=4870"},"modified":"2019-11-15T15:24:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T11:24:34","slug":"why-we-need-5g-mobile-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/why-we-need-5g-mobile-networks\/4870\/","title":{"rendered":"5G: why do we need it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

While LTE networks are seemingly just now starting to take off and are not yet omnipresent, networking vendors and carriers are already fully engaged in a vivid discussion on 5G\u2019s perspectives. Some companies have even started to actively invest in PR efforts, like Megafon and Huawei\u00a0who promised to launch a 5G trial for FIFA 2018<\/a>, which will be held in Russia.<\/p>\n

However, 5G standardization is currently still at the planning stage, with the first deployment being estimated as far ahead as 2020 (explaining why the upcoming standard is now referred to as IMT-2020 in documentation). The use of \u20185G\u2019 for marketing isn\u2019t prohibited though, as long as it does not stand for a real networking standard name. Currently, the number is there for the humble purpose of indicating the \u20185th Gen\u2019 of mobile networks.<\/p>\n

The issue of labeling standards and generations is an open philosophical question. In some sense of the word, a 5G network was functional as early as 10 years ago in the Moscow region \u2014\u00a0in this particular case, 5G stood for a service offered by ArtCommunications<\/a>, a local service provider.<\/p>\n

Those who struggle to stay ahead of the game are quite indecisive about 5G\u2019s benefits: \u201cHigh-bandwidth mobile Internet access and an increasing number of affordable devices drive massive growth of data volumes. 5G connectivity will provide higher capacity networks, which will ease the load and lower the latency when transmitting the signal. Subscribers will be able to experience higher mobile speeds which will become available with the new standard \u2013 for instance, enjoying video streaming from second one, without waiting for the file to buffer\u201d, Huawei comments.<\/p>\n

This language mirrors that which was used during the active promotion of\u00a0LTE-Advanced<\/a>, LTE, 3G, and even EDGE \u2014 I vividly remember watching video streaming demos every time one of these standards was launched.<\/p>\n

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5G wireless is coming. It's going to be much faster than 4G \u2014 and likely way more expensive. http:\/\/t.co\/zGfhZHVp05<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/oAbfsfhVzC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CNN (@CNN) May 19, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n