Be the Part of a Game Changer Research Journey of 5G Wireless Technology

 

What is 5G?

5G stands for the fifth generation of cellular networks. It is expected to be one of the fastest wireless technologies ever created. 

                     

5G wireless technology means that you'll have faster downloads. Just imagine downloading a 4K movie in seconds rather than minutes and also having huge impacts on how you work and play games.

What is the lifespan of a network generation?

It’s an interesting question. Briefly speaking, a new generation (“G”) of cellular technology comes along every 10 years. If we look back, the last two cellular technologies have had a multi-decade lifespan from the first release to sunset.

The same spectrum can now be re-used for 4G LTE to deliver more data at higher speeds than has been used for 2G and 3G. Let’s look at the table and you will understand the evaluation.

 

Generations	Access Technology	Frequency    Band	Data Rate
1G	Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS)	800 MHz	2.4 kbps
2G	Global Systems for Mobile communications (GSM)	850/900 MHz	10 kbps
3G	Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA)	1800/1900/ 2100 MHz	384 kbps
4G	Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A)	1.8GHz	DL 3Gbps UL 1.5Gbps
5G	Beam Division Multiple Access (BDMA)	1.8, 2.6 GHz	10-50 Gbps

 

Our current generation of cellular technology, 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) has now been proven in both consumer and commercial applications. It is flexible and also very affordable, especially compared to the cost of the newest, high-end 5G technology.

 

Why we should dream about 5G?

Do you dream of the day you can download a full movie in less than two seconds? What about the day you can set up your fridge to order your daily groceries? Perhaps you just want to game your days away in a world-class VR facility? If so, then 5G is for you!

 

What are the research fields available in 5G?

You will get huge opportunities and interesting subfields for your research here.

Some technologies in the 5G network are

1) Internet of Things (IoT),

2) Internet of vehicles (IoV),

3) Device to Device (D2D) communications,

4) E-healthcare,

5) Machine to Machine (M2M) communications and

6) Financial Technology (FinTech).

Let’s concentrate for a while on the following figure which shows a schematic diagram of next generation 5G wireless networks.

 

Do you want to make 5G a tiny part of your research?

The previous four generations of cellular technology have each been a major paradigm shift that has broken backward compatibility. Indeed, 5G will need to be a paradigm shift that includes very high carrier frequencies with massive bandwidths, extreme base station and device densities, and unprecedented numbers of antennas. Let’s make our future better and faster. With your interest,

Thank You.

 

Sources:

[1] . S. Akter, M. M. Mowla, M. K. Hosain and T. A. Fahim “Transmission Capacity Analysis in Vehicular Relay  Assisted Device-to-Device Communication”, 2019 IEEE 8th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2019), Japan.

[2]https://www.google.com/searchq=5G&rlz=1C1EJFC_enBD928BD929&sxsrf=ALeKk00VHY7t_2663BrbBrI7kaC0ZPJbUQ:1628217310704&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXnaTrpvyAhX673MBHaLXDyQQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1366&bih=625#imgrc=s1aWjU_drzrEPM