5G technology (pros

and cons) and Making

India 5G Ready
By
Abhishek Rathour
B19062
What is 5G or Fifth Generation?

Introduction
The 5G technology will be an upgrade from current 4G technology. It is expected
to be launched in 2020 by Huawei. The 5G will provide more wider range of
frequency bands per channel. This will substantially increase the peak bitrate for
the users. It will be able to support speed as high as 10 Gbps.

Architecture
The whole system of 5G model is entirely based on IP model which is designed
for mobile and other wireless networks. A system in 5G includes one main user
terminal which is then connected to various autonomous and independent radio
accessing technologies. The IP technology helps in ensuring sufficient control on
Applications of 5G the data packets through the appropriate routing.
Comparison of different generations
1G 2G 3G 4G 5G

2 kbps limit 64 kbps limit 2 Mbps limit 200 Mbps limit 10 Gbps limit

Analog cellular Digital cellular CDMA, IP IP/ LAN/ WAN Unified IP

Voice, Data, Voice, Data, content-

Voice Voice, SMS Voice, Data
Multimedia rich Multimedia

AMPS standard TDMA WCDMA Single unified Single unified

Launched in 1980s Launched in 1990s Launched in 2000s Launched in 2010s Launching in 2020s
 Current Scenario
Research
The technology is under development and will be out in the markets in 2020. Huawei invested 600 million dollars for the
research and development of technology, and to ensure 100 times faster speed than the current 4G technology.
In April 2019, South Korea became the first country to adopt 5G technology. There are approximately 40,000 users of 5G in
the Asian nation- South Korea. It is expected that India will experience its first 5G experience in late 2020 or in early 2021.

Indian Broadband Companies

Broadband companies in India are relying on various foreign corporations for infrastructure supporting 5G technology.
Below is the list of broadband companies and their tie-ups for infrastructure requirements:
• Bharti Airtel- Huawei and Nokia
• BSNL- Nokia and Coriant
• Reliance Jio- Samsung
• Vodafone Idea- Ericsson

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 Benefits of 5G

e-Governance Better IoT support High internet speed Better personalized content
 Drawbacks of 5G

High Cost: Development of Radiation: People living Cyber Threats: Due to high
proper infrastructure for 5G will nearby or in close vicinity to speed of 5G, hackers will find
require heavy investment from the 5G antenna, are prone to it easier to hack into other
GoI. radiation exposure. systems and steal data.

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What will India lose if 5G is not implemented

Slow rate of automation:
Automation requires machine
learning, and with current
bandwidth, it will take too
much time for Indian industries
to ensure efficient automation.
Startups drought: Most of the
startups are technology driven
these days. And due to lack of
5G they will not be able to
deliver customized application
content to the customers.
Less support to R&D: Due to
slow connection, the
communication with satellites
take a big hit. This may be futile
to national security as well as to
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the national pride too.

Making India 5G ready
Spectrum
01 Suitable amount of spectrum is
required for proper and full
proof deployment of 5G
services. The spectrum will
then be provided to tele-
companies.
Infrastructure support
03
It requires extra infrastructure
support than the 4G
technology. For this purpose,
many Indian telecoms have
tied up with foreign
corporations for the support.
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LTE upgrade
02 It is necessary to upgrade
current LTE state to the EN-
DC standards. This will
ensure a seamless
experience of 5G.
04 Regulated rate
5G is going to be expensive,
and due to this most of Indians
will not be able to use it.
Therefore, either GoI or TRAI
need to put a cap on the price.
 Use Cases of 5G

IoT
It will be much easier to
connect all your devices to
the internet and ensure
proper communication of
data between these devices.
e-Governance
Due to end to end data
facilitation, government will
find it easier to mitigate
citizens problems, and
implement key initiatives.

Automation Smart Infrastructure

Due to high speed, it will be
It will be easy to get data about traffic,
easier to fetch big data into
and other daily information, which will
machine learning system in
help commuters and citizens to reach
a short time. This will ensure
on time.
a faster automation of Indian
industry.

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 Application to business
Startups Telecom

Many startups are app Telecom companies will earn

based these days. 5G will huge revenue, as a high
ensure better customer demand for 5G is expected
experience for these in India.
startups.

Healthcare
Revival of automobile sector
Healthcare facilities will
5G will not only boost automation in
improve owing to the better
automobile sector, but also help in
prediction of diseases
developing artificially intelligent
through internet. It will
vehicles. This vehicle will be far safer
become easier to cure
than the regular ones.
diseases, if the prediction is
done in an early stage.

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 Analysis and Future Growth

Analysis
Even though, the technology is relatively new. But we can see
the demand and anticipation of it among general populous. 5G
is going to be a revolutionary invention, and it will force
everyone to experience it. 5G will surely fast boot the
automation, and industry related innovations. We can surely
live in the future that we thought about 10 years ago.

Future Growth
5G will sweep the whole telecom industry and ensure heavy
investing in this sector. Due to heavy investments, we can
foresee more research in the telecom sector. This will ensure
better usage of 5G in future. Moreover, we will witness full
interaction with artificial intelligence (AI), where AI will be able
to communicate with other devices through internet to serve us
better.
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 Conclusion
We talked about 5G technology. Its benefits and drawbacks, and importance to India for future growth. After proper
analysis of all facts and figures, we can conclude that 5G is a necessity not luxury for people. Since, every technology
has/have some disadvantages, we cannot ignore the advantages it will give to us.
India’s economy can be boosted very rapidly by 5G, as it will ensure a better platform for startup to grow. Better
automation, and smart vehicle to the automobile sector. Moreover, national and cybersecurity can be strengthened by
using 5G based applications and devices.
Now coming to the benefits of 5G for an individual. 5G will support IoT, it will be easier for a device to recommend data
based on your usage history. 5G will boost healthcare facilities, through fast and more accurate disease prediction. Also, it
will provide a wide variety of entertainment facilities to user through fast rate of data streaming. We will be able to
download one episode of our favorite tv series in just one second or in a blink of eye.
Though 5G will require heavy funding from GoI, but GoI will surely earn huge profit after selling the tenders. Meanwhile,
telecom companies will reap profits from investors, and the customers. Thereby, 5G will prove beneficial for all and it is the
need of the hour. So, in the end we can conclude that 5G is a revolution, whether we want it or not presently, we will end
using it extensively in the nearby future.

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Thank You!