If you work in IT, you’ve probably heard a lot about 5G lately. This is the buzz of the moment. Just remember: this is not a revolution, but an evolution of our internet connection. It may not seem like a lot right away, but it means a lot in terms of connectivity and performance.
5G enables quality data exchange of high volume and from multiple devices. What does this remind us of right away? Our favorite subject: the Internet of Things. This is an opportunity to have a better and faster transmission network. In a quick comparison, data exchange speed in 5G networks is 10 times faster than 4G – and the latency is 10 times lower.
Now we will finally have IoT projects
day to day
Some people say that only with 5G the Internet of Things can be part of our routine. That’s because, in addition to the complexity of implementing these projects (check out more about it in this blog post), transmission speed is a big challenge. And that directly interferes with performance.
And it doesn’t stop there. In addition to speed, 5G offers many other advantages, starting with low latency. Mobile internet will be practically instantaneous which is crucial, for example, for self-driving cars. Imagine that the car has to decide to brake to avoid a collision. In this case, it is impossible to wait for any second to exchange information with a server – any data delay can be fatal.
Not to mention the issue of efficiency. This technology is likely to exceed 4G’s energy efficiency by up to 90%.
100 connected devices (with quality) per square meter
And then we come to the most interesting point for developers: high density. That’s right, 5G supports a high number of devices connected at the same time – it can even tolerate densities of up to 100 devices per square meter. This, in itself, already makes a lot of IoT projects viable out there.
With speed, data transmission quality, high density, and low latency, thousands of IoT projects can come out of the drawers without any concerns about poor performance. The best way to start is to have the project infrastructure in mind (either on-premise or private, public or hybrid cloud). And then comes the challenge of dealing with distributed computing and IoT. But of course, we’ve already talked about this to help you. Come read about EUGENIO’s container approach in this blog post!
What does it mean in real life?
Well, 5G is yet to come, but until then, you can do a free trial to develop an IoT project with EUGENIO. For this, you can just access this link and sign up!
