Most of the new phones being offered by the big carriers are being marketed as being “3G” ready. While 5G is the successor to 4G (LTE), the fifth generation is a good deal more than just a new mobile communications customary. The extremely powerful mobile communications technology is what makes the guarantees of Industrie four.0 and autonomous driving possible, and Fraunhofer is enjoying a decisive part in creating 5G technologies. The researchers know precisely what the potential of 5G is – and the hurdles that must be overcome.

Virtual actuality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). For a cloud-based server to provide a believable, actual-time sensory setting to a wi-fi person, as cellular processor maker Qualcomm asserted in a current presentation, the connection between that server and its user might have to supply as much as 5 gigabits per second of bandwidth. In addition, the compute-intensive nature of an AR workload …