5G – the perfect storm for enabling the next wave of AI
5G is a technology for fifth generation mobile services in mobile networks, and a successor to 4G, 3G and 2G. 5G uses radio signals with different frequencies to send digital information wirelessly between users. 5G ensures high data speed and low delay and the technology that soon will connect all mobile devices, wearables and the smart objects in homes, offices, and cities. The arrival of 5G will greatly accelerate developments in this digital era.
In Norway we have several areas where 5G already is available, but as a consumer initially you only will feel the difference in speed and quality. Very few devices are connected to these new networks, allowing providers to tout headline grabbing download speeds of 1 Gbps plus. That is up to ten times faster than the “superfast” broadband services. The development of 5G will initially be more important for industry and companies of various kinds, than for ordinary mobile phone users.
5G has the concept of network slicing built into its core. This technology will guarantee “slices” of network capacity to nominated applications, which will guarantee that any data deemed safety critical, as a minimum, will be delivered and returned as per the contractual agreement with the service provider. These benefits mean 5G will be the enabler for the next wave of technology
5G will act as the foundation and enabling platform for several technology revolutions over the next decade and beyond.
Level 4 and 5 autonomous vehicles. Level 4 is total autonomy (no driver required) within a small and controlled geographic area (such as a city center or large campus) and Level 5 autonomy allows the vehicle to self-drive anywhere you want to go.
Robotics and automation only seen through CGI and science fiction so far. Machines and plant robots connected to 5G will benefit from much faster end-to-end connectivity, and therefore, changes to their workload or methods in real time will be possible.
Online/streaming gaming services that are as immersive as the leading game consoles. It is no coincidence that major players such as Google (with Stadia) and Microsoft (with X-Cloud) have waited until now, with 5G networks in their early deployment, to launch their platforms. More offerings will follow from the large gaming houses as they all gear up to exploit the 5G advantage.
Extraordinarily rich and smooth virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), irrespective of where you are. Similar to online gaming, real-time access to cloud resources over 5G will exponentially uplift how immersive and rich these applications are able to be – while improving the user experience by eradicating the delays currently caused by latency and slow data transmission speeds.
What are the key challenges facing us when making this big leap forward?
The global deployment of 5G. The pace of deployment and coverage will differ by geography over the next three to five years. The manufacture and release of 5G-capable devices will be staggered. For instance, Apple does not currently intend to release a 5G-capable device until 4Q 2020 at the earliest. This will impact the commercial opportunities of 5G at the early stages and could also impact the pace of 5G deployment.
As the world becomes increasingly connected, automated and safety critical, extremely robust cybersecurity enablement becomes mandatory. The user of an automated vehicle needs to be 100% confident that no teenage hacker is going to apply the brakes as a prank – or worse, jam on the accelerator
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will see both AI and advanced automation embedded into many industries that have so far been very human-effort oriented.
Source: Orange-Business.com
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