The Emerging Technology of 5G

Have you ever wondered what the numbers meant on the top of your phone screen when you were not on WIFI or internet connect. For Example, you were not home, work or a friend's house and you were driving and see the word s LTE, 4G , or 5G near the amount of bars you have. Well 5G is the latest wireless network technology that is coming out quickly. It will not only improve the lives of people and the work for job, but also improve the speed of download speed overall and reduce latency(Clare Duffy,p.1, 2020). How 5G works is that it uses signals over the frequencies of radio from cell towers. With there being a lot of cell towers already and many more being constructed and made throughout the world, The speed of 5G will only become faster and be available in more cities and countries around the world .The potential of 5G is limitless at the moment as it is an emerging technology in our society and will expand around the world in no time with the progress it is made already and how technology can growth and evolve in little time.

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The benefits of 5G at the moment includes faster download speeds and uploads speeds, low latency and can support more capacity for connect devices. 5G can "offers data rates that are orders of magnitude greater than 4G and 4G LTE. The actual speed an enterprise customer will be able to reach will depend upon a variety of factors, among them proximity to towers, the technological sophistication of the carrier itself and whether or not network components have been engineered to support multigigabit performance" (Moosakis, p.1, 2020). What this means that there is a big difference of internet speed between 5G and 4G/ 4G LTE. That difference can also be greater if the people using 5g is near a cell tower that offers 5G. 5G also reduces the time for devices to respond and reply in mere millisecond. This can make messages and photos load instantly and make videos not require buffering. Lastly the 5g can support more devices to be connected situationally than 4g-connect devices. Moosakis states that , "With 5G, companies can switch between cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity as needed, without fear that performance will suffer or that mobile broadband accessibility will be limited, especially in high-congestion environments, such as Manhattan and other major urban areas" (Moosakis, p.2,2020). What he is trying to convey is that the connect is stable and reliable and can work in highly-populated areas such as New York City.

The drawbacks of using 5G, however, is security/privacy and lack of worldwide coverage. There are a lot of security and privacy risks for 5G because it is very concise and comprehensive that it can be vulnerable to attackers and hackers. It does rise concern, but if you look out for these attacks and be safe and secure for all the websites you go on, it should be done good against data breach and DDOS attacks. Also, since 5G is a new emerging technology that has only been out for only a few years, they are slowly providing 5G wireless internet technology in cities around the world. According to Rob Ramage, he said that , "If you live or work in certain areas of big cities, you will most likely be the first to benefit from the 5G technology. For everyone else, especially in remote areas, it will be some time before it arrives" (Ramage, p.1, 2019). This means that 5G will start in cities and town with a high -population and for non-crowded cities, there will be a waiting period for them to experience and get 5G. With everything that 5G can offer, it will take time for everyone to have it around the world.

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Sources

Duffy, C. (2020, March 6). 5G explained: What it is, who has 5G, and how much faster is it really? CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2020/03/business/what-is-5g/index.html

Moozakis, C. (2020, September 22). The pros and cons of 5G networks. SearchNetworking. https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/feature/The-pros-and-cons-of-5G-networks

Ramage, R. (2019, October 30). The pros and cons of 5G. Www.Kioskmarketplace.Com. https://www.kioskmarketplace.com/blogs/the-pros-and-cons-of-5g/