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Why the new 5G network will change your life
The London Metro's Tech Blog ^ | December 1, 2014 | Rob Waugh

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.’


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 5g; cellphones; computers; internet
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To: buckalfa

I just bought my wife and I our first smart phones. I hate it. Wife is sending hers back. I’m keeping mine in case I ever need it to get on the internet. IF I can ever figure out how to do it.

And by the way, it’s the cheapest smart phone they make and it’s still smarter than me.


41 posted on 12/04/2014 10:23:22 AM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: rarestia
"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)."

And Cisco will be offering a 35% discount on their new, "wirespeed" "Ultrarouter"....500TBS, per port, simultaneously. It will sympathize with you and automatically conjure up holographs of your favorite Victoria's Secret model when you enter the datacenter. CLI will be a distant memory as this router will be programed via interaction with said holograph.

42 posted on 12/04/2014 10:38:53 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

So I can configure etherchanneling by... hrmm hrmm to the hologram’s mmm mmm?


43 posted on 12/04/2014 10:40:57 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think they are already testing Samsung’s 5G in South Korea


44 posted on 12/04/2014 10:43:23 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: ShadowAce

SkyNet is coming!


45 posted on 12/04/2014 10:44:03 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Nervous Tick

The HD movies on IPAD are about 4-5 GB

maybe their HD isn’t so HD


46 posted on 12/04/2014 10:45:18 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: SoothingDave

No talking tosters!

remember the scene from “Red Dwarf”!


47 posted on 12/04/2014 10:46:40 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: rarestia
sounds like fiberchannel over ethernet to me.

FCoE.

Just spin up a new VDC so you don't affect core functions.

48 posted on 12/04/2014 10:47:08 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Bogey78O

and wired connections are a lot cheaper for the user per GB


49 posted on 12/04/2014 10:47:55 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Mariner

We’re migrating our VNX storage over to use FCoE on our UCS hardware. It’s pretty amazing IMO.


50 posted on 12/04/2014 10:49:50 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: GeronL; TomGuy

Thanks to both of you for the additional info.

I got my 20 Gb number from how big an HD movie is on Blu-Ray. I think y’alls numbers might be for compressed video.

But even if you cut movie size down by a factor of four (as per your numbers), it still implies data rates of something like 40 terabits/sec. So I think my point still stands.


51 posted on 12/04/2014 10:53:40 AM PST by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed is his demon)
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To: GeronL

Would you like some toast?


52 posted on 12/04/2014 10:54:10 AM PST by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: Bogey78O

Toaster: “Howdy doodly do. How’s it going? I’m Talkie, Talkie Toaster, your chirpy breakfast companion. Talkie’s the name, toasting’s the game. Anyone like any toast?”

Lister: “Look, I don’t want any toast, and he doesn’t want any toast. In fact, no one around here wants any toast. Not now, not ever. No toast.”

Toaster: “How ‘bout a muffin?”

Lister: “Or muffins. We don’t like muffins around here. We want no muffins, no toast, no teacakes, no buns, baps, baguettes or bagels, no croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes and no hot-cross buns and definitely no smegging flapjacks.”

Toaster: “Aah, so you’re a waffle man.”


53 posted on 12/04/2014 10:57:46 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL; null and void

Yes, that is what I was laying down. Hence the ping to null and void, our Keeper of the Red Dwarf ping list.


54 posted on 12/04/2014 12:36:01 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
but the new network might be so fast it can download 800 films per second,

So, it will be possible to exceed your data cap by 12:01:02 AM on the first of the month??

55 posted on 12/04/2014 1:15:03 PM PST by Eric Pode of Croydon
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To: KarlInOhio

“How many bloody G’s are there” Ozzie Ozborne


56 posted on 12/04/2014 1:16:29 PM PST by strongbow
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

what is this “G” thing?

as far as the rest of it I have no use for it, I don’t watch movies and certinly don’t play games.


57 posted on 12/04/2014 1:27:45 PM PST by dalereed
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To: Nervous Tick
Unless I made a huge math error, their claim is BS.

No, your math is spot-on.

I just can't imagine an affordable network that's that fast!

Jesus Christ: You can’t impeach Him and He ain’t gonna resign.




58 posted on 12/04/2014 1:51:13 PM PST by rdb3 (Meh! A hole-in-one is just an eagle. Sink an albatross!)
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To: 9422WMR

Me too. Imagine a washer that actually washes clothes.


59 posted on 12/04/2014 2:52:31 PM PST by KevinB (Barack Obama: Our first black, gay, Kenyan, Socialist, Muslim president!)
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To: InterceptPoint

Yes, and Consumer Reports hated it. Why? Because it didn’t have all that EPA crap in it that kept it from actually washing clothes. That’s when I dumped CR for good. Nothing but political correctness these days. By the way, there’s a simple adjustment you can make to that washer that allows the water to fill to the very top. Check YouTube for it. My wife loves it for her horse blankets.


60 posted on 12/04/2014 3:01:18 PM PST by KevinB (Barack Obama: Our first black, gay, Kenyan, Socialist, Muslim president!)
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