Posted on 12/04/2014 8:24:14 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
You might only just have got your head round the idea of 4G, but a new network is just around the corner, and it could be 100s of times faster – and the new technology could lead to a world where everything from your car to your lightbulbs ‘talk to you’ via apps.
When David Cameron first mentioned research into 5G, he suggested 5G-equipped devices could download HD films in a second – but the new network might be so fast it can download 800 films per second, according to University of Surrey researchers.
‘Latency’ – that annoying ‘lag’ when you wait for a network to respond – will drop to 1/1,000th of a second, imperceptible to humans.
It’s not pie-in-the-sky technology either – London Mayor Boris Johnson announced that it will be in London by 2020.
By the year 2020, there may be 100 billion devices online – most of them demanding high-speed data services such as video and advanced gaming.
Chinese telecoms company Huawei is also working on a version of 5G for the 2018 World Cup in Moscow.
But increased speeds – and better coverage – could just be the tip of the iceberg with the new technology, which will be built to connect everything from cars to fridges to the internet.
The 5G network will be fast enough to deliver ultra-detailed 3D maps to driverless cars, such as the ones Google has under test in California.
The fast, two-way connection will also enable technologies such as fridges which connect to the internet and order shopping by themselves – using internal scanners to work out how many cartons of milk are in stock, then ordering when needed, according to the University of Surrey team.
The University of Surrey researchers predict demand for mobile data may be 100 times bigger within the next decade – and that the key to 5G will be a network that judges what users need, and provides it using any available resources from mobile masts to Wi-Fi hotspots.
The researchers write, ‘One result will be that in the future, there will be a wide range of business models – for example as well as paying operators to provide us with coverage, we may be able to charge others for the coverage we provide with our Wi-Fi routers or femtocell home base stations.’
Bzzzt! statement makes no sense. Even if everyone in the world had a half dozen such devices you wouldn't hit most.
I've seen the 100 billion devices online estimate and that includes internet connected refrigerators, coffee makers, thermostats and washing machines. None of those need gigabit per second speeds to notify you that the rinse cycle is done or a filter needs to be replaced.
Hey, I am still trying to figure out how to use my bag phone from 1995!
Leave, leave. Leave your body behind.
GE is working on an industrial internet making each large machine send thousands of data points back per second, that will take some data.
Remember , you can spread Peanut Butter on CD/DVD’s and they’ll play with no problem ,LOL
Interesting article. Thanks for posting.
So you’ve mastered your Sports Illustrated Football Phone?
BFL
With chips designed and built here in the USA.
I'll check that out once I'm done charging my phone in the microwave.
I only have one question: How much per month?
The older technologies (2g, 3g, etc) will be deactivated, and any device needing to connect will have to use the current provider (5g, as per the article). So, while they won’t need blinding speed, it is all that they can hook to.
The 100 billion number sounds high, but likely will be close by then we are already more than 10%+ there today.
I had forgotten about those, LOL!
I bought a Speed Queen dryer just to avoid uneccessary electronics on a friggin dryer. My wife loves it!!!
>> 5G-equipped devices could download HD films in a second – but the new network might be so fast it can download 800 films per second
An HD film (140 minutes) is about 20 gigabytes. To download that in a second would require speeds of about 200 gigabits per second.
Eight hundred HD films per second, then, would require a network speed of about 160,000 gigabits per second. (160 TERAbits per second.)
Unless I made a huge math error, their claim is BS.
I agree. There may be 100 billion connected devices but the vast majority of them will exist because they will be using older technology and the cost of building them has become so cheap.
I think we will see this pervasive connectivity change industry as it becomes easier for fewer people to manage a factory, for example, via connected devices.
users. *sigh*
what does ‘fast’ mean? GBps?
Not for me, thanks. IMO we’ve already overdone it.
I’m about to hop in the DeLorean and head back to the 80’s.
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