History
1G - 1982
2G - 1991 – Texting
3G – 1998 – Texting, Internet Access
4G – 2008 - Texting, Internet Access, Video
5G -2020 - Texting, Internet Access, Ultra HD & 3D Video, Smart Home.
5G simply stands for the fifth generation and refers to the next and newest mobile wireless standard based on the IEEE 802.11ac standard of broadband technology, although a formal standard for 5G is yet to be set.
Intel's Vision for 5G
Learn more about Intel's vision for 5G and discover the benefits, from
ultra-reliability and low latency to massive M2M connectivity, only 5G has the scale and scope to enable new insights, drive business efficiencies, and create data monetization.
ultra-reliability and low latency to massive M2M connectivity, only 5G has the scale and scope to enable new insights, drive business efficiencies, and create data monetization.
Intel is using all that firepower for the Games to roll out 4K and even some 8K video, which offer image quality many times higher than that of HD.
Advantages of 5G
Like all the previous generations, 5G will be significantly faster than its predecessor 4G.
This should allow for higher productivity across all capable devices with a theoretical download speed of 10,000 Mbps.
"Current 4G mobile standards have the potential to provide 100s of Mbps. 5G offers to take that into multi-gigabits per second, giving rise to the ‘Gigabit Smartphone’.
Plus, with greater bandwidth comes faster download speeds and the ability to run more complex mobile internet apps.
The future of 5G
As 5G is still in development, it is not yet open for use by anyone. However, lots of companies have started creating 5G products and field testing them.
Notable advancements in 5G technologies have come from Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung, Ericsson and BT, with growing numbers of companies forming 5G partnerships and pledging money to continue to research into 5G and its application.
Qualcomm and Samsung have focused their 5G efforts on hardware, with Qualcomm creating a 5G modem and Samsung producing a 5G enabled home router.
Both Nokia and Ericcson have created 5G platforms aimed at mobile carriers rather than consumers. Ericsson created the first 5G platform earlier this year that claims to provide the first 5G radio system. Ericsson began 5G testing in 2015.
Who is building it?
Each of the four nationwide cell phone carriers -KT(korea)- Verizon (VZ), AT&T (T), T-Mobile (TMUS) and Sprint (S) -- are developing and testing 5G network technology. Chipmakers, including Qualcomm and Intel, are building processors and radios that enable 5G communications. And the major network equipment companies, including Nokia (NOK), Ericsson and Huawei, are building the backbone and equipment to support 5G.
When is it coming?
The wireless industry expects 5G networks to launch in 2020.
This month, 5G cleared a significant hurdle when 3GPP, an international wireless consortium, approved a technology standard for next-generation networks. Next year, the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union is expected to review 3GPP's standard. After that, wireless companies can begin buying and selling 5G equipment with the assurance that it will all work together.
