Benefits and Design Challenges of 5G

5G, the fifth-generation cellular network, is full of promise. It will be a key enabler of many emerging technologies. Smart cities, smart factories, autonomous vehicles and many other tech targets will all depend on 5G. But as wonderful as it will be, 5G comes with a whole slew of design challenges. “5G is a complex protocol.

When you think in the context of digital transformation, 5G is one of the technologies that I see as being a big enabler. Today’s businesses are faced with an explosion of complexity. Advancements in compute, visual and connectivity technologies provide an opportunity for organizations to harness this complexity for a competitive advantage. And certainly, 5G is front and center around connectivity. Why is 5G is so important to the connectivity message?

I like to focus on 3 key areas. One is throughput. Throughput improvement is what we have been accustomed to with cellular going from 2G to 3G, and 3G to 4G. But now with 5G, we are getting into gigabit speeds. 5G starts where 4G left off, which is around one gigabit per second. And 5G's specs will take you all the way up to 10 gigabits per second. The significance of that…