As the industry gears up for “5G”, the expectations continue to be high that the next generation of wireless technology will be able to solve any problem that the industry faces: much more capacity, higher speeds, much less latency, the ability to handle billions more internet of things connections and do it all intelligently and efficiently and at a low enough cost that 5G will be profitable.
That’s a lot to expect of any generational jump. Still industry optimism continues mostly unabated — although LTE is expected to underpin 5G for years to come. Tom Anderson, senior technology consultant for standards group ATIS, pointed out that the new standard is not radically different than LTE, but more like “LTE on steroids.”
