5G's far-reaching ambitions set complex and long-term challenges

摘要

Commercial 5G trials are beginning this year and, with discussions about the companies bidding for infrastructure contracts now hitting the news, many people will surely ask "What is 5G?" Of course, 5G is so much more than simply the successor to 4G. In fact, it seems that 5G is expected to be everything to everybody - the go-to consumer broadband technology, the connectivity for autonomous motoring, the channel for masses of IoT data, the medium for smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0. And that's just for starters.