Uderstanding Technological Innovations and inventions
A brief history.
To understand 5G, it’s helpful to understand what came before it. Broadly, the first generation of mobile technology, 1G, was about voice—the ability to use a phone in a car, or away from home really took root here. The advent of 2G introduced a short-messaging layer—pieces of which can still be seen in today’s texting features. The move to 3G provided the core network speeds needed to launch smartphones. And 4G, with its high data-transfer rates, gave us video with minimal buffering and gave rise to many of the connected devices and services that we rely on and enjoy today. Now, people are beginning to experience 5G and its transformative capabilities
What is 5G technology?
5G is the 5th generation of mobile technology. The move to 5G is to give consumers and businesses a faster, more responsive and overall more powerful experience. What does that mean in real terms? To start, superior speeds when downloading movies or shows, less lag while video chatting, better performance with multiple devices connected and a more seamless experience when gaming.
How does 5G work?
Like other cellular networks, 5G uses radio frequencies that ride over spectrum to send data. But 5G networks can run on any frequency, including the “high-band,” short-range airwaves.
Verizon’s 5G network is built using three different bands of spectrum—low-band, mid-band and high-band. 5G Nationwide uses the low-band spectrum and high-performance 5G Ultra Wideband uses a combination of mid-band and high-band spectrum
Beyond speed improvement, the technology is expected to unleash a massive 5G IoT (Internet of Things) ecosystem where networks can serve communication needs for billions of connected devices, with the right trade-offs between speed, latency, and cost.
This makes sense if you think about what 5G has to offer.
5G technology is driven by 8 specification requirements:
