"5G" Specs final draft confirms 100 Mbps awesomeness

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has recently published an almost final draft of the 5G specs that defines how the fifth generation of communication is going to be. While 4G is just getting accepted as a norm in most parts of the world, several companies have already demonstrated their capability to transfer data at "5G" Internet Speed Of 1Tbps Breaks Wireless Data Transmission Record. Until now, there wasn't a consensus on what would be the standard for 5G. The recent draft of the 5G specs published by ITU, the body responsible for defining the communications standard, lifts curtains on the future of communication.

The 5G technology promises to deliver your home/office like Internet connection everywhere. You should be able to download stuff @100 Mbps and upload @50Mbps minimum. There would be extremely low lag - of about 4ms ( against 20ms for the current 4G LTE). The 5G service would even work on bullet trains traveling at speeds over 500 kmph.


The 5G specs also define 20Gbps downstream from each cell site and 10Gbps upstream to the connected users; which is 20x greater than LTE's 1Gbps per cell site. The new standard requires supporting over 1 million devices per square kilometer. These devices may not necessarily be mobile phones. Imagine every electronic device around you connected to the Internet using the 5G network receiving and transmitting data. 5G would enable building up of an ecosystem of connected devices; aka Internet of Things (IoT). The specs also talk of the radio devices that are not only energy efficient when under heavy load; but fall back to low energy mode when they are not in use.

We must mention that while these specs are 'almost final'; there might be few modifications to the specs when the ITU meets in November this year to finalize the standards. Keep in mind, this is just the beginning of a new era. Several countries have expressed interest in becoming an early adopter of the 5G technology and Indian Government Begins Work On 5G; Wants To Be An Early Adopter is one of them.

Source: 5G specs announced: 20Gbps download, 1ms latency, 1M devices per square km | Ars Technica | www.itu.int