Between 5G and new revenue streams, there is a bridge
5G holds the promise to change everything. But you have to get there first! According to Cisco's Visual Networking Index (VNI), by 2022, 5G will represent 3.4% of mobile connections but 11.8% of total traffic. A 5G connection will then generate 2.6x more traffic than the average 4G one.
Cisco is then taking a Cloud-to-Client approach to 5G, unifying multivendor solutions into a single, standards-based architecture. It spans across multicloud, IP routing, 5G core, service edge, access networks, IoT, and security.
With 12.3 bn mobile connected devices by 2022, our lives will be hugely impacted by the Internet of Things (IoT) with connected cars for safer and efficient driving; smart home devices for greater comfort and improved lifestyles and high speed network for fast connections in rural areas.
Through an innovative AgriTech proof-of-concept, 5G Rural First, Cisco showed at Vivatech how it enlarges the power of 5G’s high-speed mobile connectivity by going beyond the city.
With live trials currently operating, the 5G Rural First project brings high speed connectivity to rural communities, enabling smart farming (including drones, autonomous farm vehicles and remote veterinary inspections); innovative methods of delivering broadcast radio over 5G, alongside the delivery of 5G connectivity for IoT in utility and other industries in rural areas. This proof-of-concept is very promising.
5G vs Wi-Fi 6: Nemesis or Associate?
It's a common mistake to think that these two revolutionary technologies are opposites while in actually they complement each other quite nicely. Indeed, 5G combined with WiFi6 provide the network infrastructure that is missing to make IoT a reality by handling the massive amount of data generated by connected devices. Therefore this should open a wide range of new frontiers.
These combined new technologies put the resources of the cloud at the beck and call of every small IoT device, enabling it to function with an intelligence far beyond its own limited range.
That cloud intelligence is clearly invaluable for the medical devices intervening to save a life when seconds count. It is also necessary in the transportation domain, giving the smallest of devices a situational awareness of a much larger environment.
Hear from Guillaume de Saint Marc, our Innovation Director, who sums up in 30 seconds the key advantages of the 5G and Wi-Fi 6 together.
Guillaume De Saint Marc also shared his views in an article published on Les Echos (French): 5G ou Wi-Fi : est-il nécessaire de choisir ?
All-in-all, the 5G/Wi-Fi 6 combo promises great increases in the data handling capabilities, enabling a new generation of applications - opening great opportunities for the future.
It also begs the question: What else will this next generation of communication technology bring?
Read more on our Newsroom featured story : "5G and Wi-Fi 6—Evolution and revolution"
