DC Velocity - September 2019

5
q
ues
ti
ons
a
b
ou
t
5G

Th
e
re
’s
be
en
a
lo
to
f
ch
a
t
te
r
abou
t
the
n
ew
5G
c
el
lu
l
ar
w
i
re
le
s
s
ne
two
r
k
and
st
and
ard
s
,
bu
t
i
t
c
anb
e
ha
rd
to
cu
t
throu
gh
th
eno
i
s
e
and
f
igu
r
eou
t
wh
a
t
i
t
m
e
ans
fo
r
l
ogi
s
t
ic
s
and
supp
l
y
cha
in
ope
r
a
tion
s
.
He
r
e
a
re
ans
we
r
s
to
f
i
ve
b
a
si
cqu
e
s
tion
s
about
5G
.

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in
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git
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lar
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b
led
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ort
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sag
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Intr
od
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i
n
late
19
90s
Fi
rst
mo
bi
le
br
oad
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nd
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on
nec
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mo
bi
le
de
vi
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t
o
int
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et

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Int
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ced
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n
lat
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000s
De
si
gne
d
for
data
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ab
les
fast
er
dat
a
tr
ansm
iss
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n
,
hi
gh
-
def
in
iti
on
vi
deo
st
ream
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g

5
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I ntro du ce d in 201 9– 2020

W
il
l
ena
b
le
In
tern
et
of
Th
i
ngs
Faste
r
do
wn
l
oads
/
up
loa
ds
a
nd
res
po
nse
t
imes
,
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lus
g
reate
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co
nne
ct
i
vit
y

5G w il l pr o vi de “ast ou nd in g im proveme nts” ov er ex ist i ng 4G net w orks , ac cor di ng t oa re po rt b yA . T. K earn ey. 1

Here
are
s
ome
e
xamp
les
:
Yo
u’
ll
b
ea
bl
et
o
sen
d
bi
l
li
on
s
of
b
its
o
f
data
pe
r
sec
on
d
v
ersu
s
the
h
un
dre
ds
o
fm
il
l
io
ns
of
b
its
yo
u
can
se
nd
t
oda
y.