Chapter 5
5G Fundamentals
Perhaps very few market segments have gone through the type of market adoption seen in the mobile industry. 5G does not start the mobility revolution from scratch but rather builds on the concepts and innovations of previous generations. For instance, near-real-time services have already been available in 4G, enabling real-time gaming and augmented reality applications for leisure. 5G is expected to push this further with enhanced reliability and low-latency capabilities for applications such as industrial automation, self-driving vehicles, remote medical care, and other mission-critical applications.
Similarly, mobile bandwidth has already been steadily growing to allow live video or video-on-demand over LTE, as well ...
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