Participants in a national workshop on ‘Understanding 5G: Perspectives on future technological advancements in wireless communication’ organised here on Saturday deliberated on the rapid changes taking place in the world of telecommunications and Internet.
The event was held at Potti Sriramulu Chalavadi Mallikarjuna Rao College of Engineering and Technology (PSCMRCET).
According to a press release, the implementation of standards under a 5G (5th generation mobile networks) umbrella is likely to take a final shape around the year 2020 and that 5G is not yet an official term used for a particular set of mobile communication networks.
Currently, 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project, a collaboration of global telecommunication associations) releases beyond 4G and LTE (Long-Term Evolution) are in progress.
Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Hyderabad Section Chairman Koduri Srinivas and Vizag Sub-Section Chairman S. Lakshminarayana said 5G network could provide up to 25 Mbps connectivity speed and revolutionise the way people live and communicate across the planet would communicate in the near future.
G. Ashok, Senior Research Engineer at Centre for Development of Telematics, Bengaluru, said machine-to-machine interfaces and Internet of Things were going to revolutionise multimedia platforms. The Internet would be several times faster then.
Kishore Annam, Principal Consultant (Telecom) at UTL Technologies Limited, Bengaluru explained the emerging trends in Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) and how the first generation of mobile communication technology evolved to the stage where it was now. PSCMRCET president Ch. Mallikarjuna Rao and other office-bearers Ch. Ananda Rama Sudhakar, S. Radha Krishna Murthy, G. Pavan Kumar and K. Venkateswara Rao were among those present.
