5G is a revolutionary technological advancement that will eliminate the limitations on network connectivity across the world. The applications of 5G tech are endless, with the ability to improve the quality of life for people across national and geographical boundaries. 5G consists of applications for eHealth, smart cities, autonomous vehicles, mobile, smart homes and the loT.1, through which a massive network would be built. So there’s certainly reason to be optimistic regarding the availability of the technology.
5G technology will be providing major advancements in three areas, which are together called the 5G triangle. These major areas are:
1. uRLLC: Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication
2. mMTC: Massive Machine Type Communication (loT)
3. eMBB: Enhanced Mobile Broadband
Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication or uRLLC is going to be the most incredible game changer when 5G is completely installed. With uRLLC, we will be introduced to applications which are designed to respond in fractions of one second.
Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous vehicles are probably the application that the world is anticipating the most. The advancements in vehicle technology including network speed, machine learning and data throughput put together will result in the future of autonomous vehicles. 5G networks, due to its extremely reduced latency, will give the vehicle the capacity to respond between ten to a hundred times faster as compared to the current cellular networks. This would undoubtedly enhance the efficiency of autonomous vehicles and contribute to them being successful.
5G loT In Traffic Management
The intelligent transportation systems or ITS are being developed for supporting connected vehicles technology for smart traffic management. With 5G, managing vehicle congestion and emergency vehicles will become easier through bidirectional communications – vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructures. Achieving such a massive feat can considerably control and reduce the possibilities of road accidents too. Moreover, it does enhance the level of security one can have when in a vehicle. Something that’s worth looking forward to.
5G Applications In Industrial Automation
Some of the key benefits of 5G technology that are worth noting are wireless flexibility, viability of applications (that are impossible currently) and reduced costs. Industrial automation applications today require cables, because WiFi cannot provide the range and mobility. The latency of cellular technology can be too high.
Connectivity will be a key component of what will be known as Industry 4.0, thus establishing connectivity between machines, objects and people. For example, a factory robot will have connectivity with the human workers of the factory and the surroundings.
There can be several kinds of communication based on environmental sensors, mobile and so on. 5G will enable a symbiotic machine and human communicative partnerships that will develop advancements in industries. Instead of replacing the human mind altogether, 5G’s assistance to automation will pave the way for more efficiency and reduce human labor.
Augmented Reality Or Virtual Reality?
The AR and VR applications will be far more interactive because of the low latency that 5G operates on. The applications of 5G will be highly responsive and support extensive tasks. These advancements will result in interactive 3D meetings for office goers, along with fun and interactive sporting events.
With minimal latency, 5G tech has the ability to reach 10Gbps speed and open up a wide range of possibilities for retailing teams. 5G will change consumer experiences and open up highly personalised facilities for customer services, powered by ultra fast response and seamless connectivity.
Considering the huge speeds that 5G is capable of reaching, along with the low latency it operates on, game developers might look to adopting more of AR and VR in developer new-age games. The larger Esports industry would certainly be experiencing a massive impact, with issues and pings and Frames Per Second being curbed by 5G.
Efficiency In Farming
5G will introduce automation, giving farming equipment and processes an ability to use sensors. A sensor helps in reporting the change in temperature in pregnant animals, for example, which can further be processed by AI or artificial intelligence. In this manner, it will become easier to predict the time required for labour. In the same way, the sensors can also help gauge weather patterns, along with understanding the moisture content of crops or the soil.
Machine Learning And AI
5G facilitates much wider scope for the adoption of AI. The biggest barrier for AI has been the limitation on processing speeds. With 5G promising to deliver ten times faster speeds of data transfer as compared to 4G, AI will now receive and then process data at a much faster rate. AI applications in 5G tech will analyse data much faster, thus making it easier for machine learning systems to understand what improvements are required much faster. Be it in terms of scaling the AI innovation or using it for better customer service, 5G will make it happen.
Power Grid
With 5G applications, the power grid is going to become much more distributed in the future. Having more small energy producers such as solar panels and wind turbines, and lesser large energy producers such as nuclear and coal plants will improve the quality of the power grid distribution. The power grid will be required to deal with the change in energy production, coordinating it with power consumers, which will need data exchange on a large scale. Vast data exchange is an important part of creating what is to be known as a smart grid.
5G is a promising candidate when it comes to creating a standardized interface for all kinds of communication. Creating a unified global standard is perhaps the most significant application of 5G. With so many applications and innovations that 5G can enable, there’s enough reason to embrace and be excited about this tech that has gradually been becoming available across the country.