When discussing the impending 5G era, the focus tends to be on the incredibly high speeds and low latency promised, as well as the ability to automate processes, vehicles and machines. While these are undoubtedly very exciting aspects of 5G, they’re certainly not the only elements of 5G.
In fact, the 5G era is split into three different segments of network categories—each containing its own capabilities that meet separate types of use cases. Before I outline these three segments, let’s ensure we understand what I am referring to as 5G. I am discussing the new cellular technologies that were specified by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)—a standardization co-op focused on telecommunications. In recent 3GPP releases, 5G was specified, as were other networks based on different spectrum bands.
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