5G

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5G (5th generation mobile networks or 5th generation wireless systems) denotes the proposed next major phase of mobile telecommunications standards beyond the current 4G/IMT-Advanced standards. 5G planning includes Internet connection speeds faster than current 4G, and other improvements.
The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance defines the following requirements for 5G networks:^[1]

• Data rates of tens of megabits per second for tens of thousands of users
• 1 Gb per second simultaneously to many workers on the same office floor
• Several hundreds of thousands of simultaneous connections for massive wireless sensor network
• Spectral efficiency significantly enhanced compared to 4G
• Coverage improved
• Signalling efficiency enhanced
• Latency reduced significantly compared to LTE.^[2]

The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance feels that 5G should be rolled out by 2020 to meet business and consumer demands.^[3] In addition to providing simply faster speeds, they predict that 5G networks also will need to meet new use cases,^[4] such as the Internet of Things (internet connected devices) as well as broadcast-like services and lifeline communication in times of natural disaster. Carriers, chipmakers, OEMS and OSATs, such as Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), have been gearing up for this next-generation (5G) wireless standard, as mobile systems and base stations will require new and faster application processors, basebands and RF devices.^[5]
Although updated standards that define capabilities beyond those defined in the current 4G standards are under consideration, those new capabilities have been grouped under the current ITU-T 4G standards. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the spectrum for 5G^[6] advances on July 14, 2016 with a 5-0 vote. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sought to create an environment^[7] that will encourage technologies to flourish and to lead the world into the generation of 5G.