Welcome to the time when 5G flowers flourish
For the future of 5G, the current traffic pressure in densely populated areas that the millimeter wave network is dealing with is just a piece of cake.
According to data from Ericsson, between 2019 and 2025, mobile data traffic will grow at an annual rate of about 30%. 5G networks need to provide suitable networks and capacity to meet these needs and play a key role. The reason why mobile data traffic continues to soar is that 5G has stimulated new demands in all walks of life.
For example, with the popularization of 8K and XR technologies, people’s entertainment methods will also move towards a more virtualized direction, which also puts forward higher requirements on the network; in more office buildings, with more and more mobile phones, Notebooks have 5G connectivity, and 5G will become a network choice in the office environment.
After more factories realize smart manufacturing, networked devices will also greatly increase, which also poses challenges to network capabilities.
This means that operators need to provide sufficient bandwidth capacity to support a comprehensive 5G experience. However, the expansion of the network and the in-depth coverage of key areas means increased costs. After all, the costs invested by many operators on 4G networks have not yet been recovered.
Millimeter wave is precisely a technology that can make the network fast and economical. On the one hand, the spectrum price of millimeter wave itself is generally low, and on the other hand, the combination of Sub-6GHz and millimeter wave can greatly reduce the deployment cost.
"5G millimeter wave economic analysis" pointed out that in the above-mentioned office building needs, millimeter wave indoor 5G networks can save operators 5% to 20% of costs.
In general, for the needs of various types of dense connections, compared with only using the Sub-6GHz frequency band, it can save up to 35% of the cost of ownership; for fixed wireless access requirements, it can save 34% of the cost of ownership; for commercial network requirements , Which can save 27% of the cost of ownership.
GSMA believes that if operators underestimate the role of millimeter waves, they may fall into a competitive disadvantage when providing 5G services in the future.
If the government wants to use 5G to promote economic growth, it must specify a clear plan to allocate millimeter wave frequency bands for mobile services.
Obviously, the current deployment of 5G millimeter wave is only the beginning. It is providing prerequisites for the wider application of 5G in various fields in the future.
A millimeter wave network with high speed, large capacity and low construction cost is widely used in East Asia.
Prosperity also indicates that the time when 5G is flourishing is not far away.
Source: Flying Elephant Network