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.’
LOL, to master it you just throw it away!
Good. Means it can transfer a lot of data in a short time. This may be the answer to being able to dump the cable internet company once and for all.
What in the world could my lightbulb have to tell me?
Now, a talking toaster, that’s a different idea.
Great, so every week after Thanksgiving the fridge is going to try ordering another turkey to replace the one that was in there the day before Thanksgiving.
And, when the beer runs out, some government software override will tell the fridge to order soy milk instead of more beer.
LOL!
Tech reporting is always shoddy.
What’s happening is timing is getting better, receivers and transmitters are being made with faster rise times. Power levels are being managed better. Faster chips, faster processing, makes faster signals.
The trade-off is usually range. But stuff like this is why AT&T and others don’t want to lay down any more fiber. They’re confident in ten years wireless will be able to meet consumer expectations for service and make wired connections obsolete.
It’s a shame. Wired connections have a resilliant quality that wireless can never quite match.
the annoying thought that the Gubment will likely feel the NEED to get involved in Taxing and otherwise controlling this network just came to mind.
a Speed Limit perhaps afteral we cant have anyone being hurt by intemperate “surfers”
lol If I were to download a single HD movie on my 4G phone, my bill would probably be over $300.
I don’t need a fridge connected to the internet!!
I want my pc and telephone to connect and not pay high rate of $60 a month for 1gb of data like Verizon charges.
I pay $30 a month for T-Mobile for 5gb of data and that 1 or 5gb is an artificial barrier so they can charge you more when there is plenty of bandwidth around.
5G speed is 5 gigabits per second!
http://www.cnet.com/news/ericsson-tests-out-crazy-fast-5-gbps-wireless-speed/
You know the carriers will set a limit.
[eyeroll] I can't wait.
My first cable internet mid-level connection in late 2002 was 1 Mbps.
Every so often, the cable company would up the speed, usually in 1-3 Mpbs increments. Last year, it was up to 20 Mbps. but I was only getting about 15 Mbps. I was still using the DOCSIS 2.0. I updgraded to a DOCSIS 3.0 combined modem-router.
A couple of months ago, the cable companies upped the speed to 50 Mbps. I get close to that, when they aren’t working on the lines and system.
The cost has risen from about $35 in 2002 to $65 now.
Another advantage with cable is that my download for my preferred package is 250 GB per month. Even marathoning TV series via Netflix, I seldom use even 1/2 of that.
I could save about $15 a month with the next lower capacity package, but my speed would be cut to about 10 Mbps and download to 100 GB per month.
Until G6 comes along in a few months and G7 a few months after that and G8 a few.... Sorry, can’t get all excited about any of it.
All I want is an on and off switch for any appliance. Bells and whistles are just one more thing to break.
I've been in this business for 35 years.
I remember when 10mbs Ethernet was infinity, if it's not watercooled it's a terminal, why disrupt everything over TCP/IP when SNA works just fine. etc.
And those were reasonings I held, not just something I heard.
Hell, everyone knows Netscape is better than Explorer, right? Novell's NDS outclassed Active Directory by many magnitudes.
I have a lot more respect for such predictions now days as I've been on the wrong, naysaying side of every major change in technology over the last 35years.
Haven't you?
Are you accounting for every device behind a NAT connection? The idea behind IPv6 is that every device in the world could have a unique, individual IP address. Since IPv6 is a 128-bit addressing scheme, you could have up to 2^128 hosts or 340 undecillion (3.4 x 10^38) unique addresses.
The only option I got on the Speed Queen dryer was the volume control on the end of cycle alert. It only sounds once.
Very durable appliance and only maker to offer standard three year warranty!
I’ve been in IT for 20 years myself, and I agree with your assessment. I remember wiring my first fiber bundle between two office buildings and thinking, “My God, it’ll never get faster than this.” And then it did.
The speed things are going, I wouldn’t be surprised if every human being is granted an IPv6 address and a NAT device when their born for all of their electronic needs. Hell, in 25 years, they’ll be talking about how IPv6 is almost exhausted and we need to go to IPvX with a 512-bit addressing scheme (shudders).
Technically, 4G hasn’t been achieved yet. They simply lowered the standard and gave it a new name like LTE.
I bought a Speed Queen dryer just to avoid uneccessary electronics on a friggin dryer. My wife loves it!!!
++++
LOL. It took me over 3 months without a washing machine to finally convince the wifey to buy the Speed Queen. It’s not nearly as pretty as her old non-funtctioning Maytag that could not be fixed because they no longer manufacture the circuit card that went bad.
But once we bought it she was thrilled. It actually gets clothes CLEAN. Really CLEAN. This is just an old fashioned no bells, no whistles washer. We love it. It’s the best by a mile.
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