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What Will 5G Be?

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Andrews, Jeffrey G., Buzzi, Stefano, Choi, Wan, Hanly, Stephen V., Lozano, Angel, Soong, Anthony C. K., Zhang, Jianzhong Charlie·2014·IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

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What will 5G be? What it will not be is an incremental advance on 4G. The previous four generations of cellular technology have each been a major paradigm shift that has broken backward compatibility. Indeed, 5G will need to be a paradigm shift that includes very high carrier frequencies with massive bandwidths, extreme base station and device densities, and unprecedented numbers of antennas. However, unlike the previous four generations, it will also be highly integrative: tying any new 5G air interface and spectrum together with LTE and WiFi to provide universal high-rate coverage and a seamless user experience. To support this, the core network will also have to reach unprecedented levels of flexibility and intelligence, spectrum regulation will need to be rethought and improved, and energy and cost efficiencies will become even more critical considerations. This paper discusses all of these topics, identifying key challenges for future research and preliminary 5G standardization activities, while providing a comprehensive overview of the current literature, and in particular of the papers appearing in this special issue.

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  • 5G networks are aimed at providing a 1000-fold increase in aggregate throughput and a 10-fold increase in individual link throughput relative to 4G wireless networks.

    “The 5G networks are aimed at providing a 1000-fold increase in the aggregate throughput and a 10-fold increase in the individual link throughput relative to the 4 th Generation (4G) wireless networks [46].”

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    The “Data Rate” section supports a roughly 1000-fold increase in aggregate data rate from 4G to 5G. It does not support the claimed 10-fold increase in individual-link throughput: it describes the 5G edge-rate goal as about 100-fold above 4G, and the same section says per-link rates will increase by about 100-fold. (LLM, conf=0.93)

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    “In this regard, blockchain with its immutable and decentralized transaction ledgers can enable distributed massive communication with high security and trustworthiness [20].”
  • Blockchain has great potential in solving privacy issues in 5G networks and services due to its decentralization, traceability, availability and trust capabilities.

    “Blockchain with its decentralization, traceability, availability and trust capabilities has been demonstrated widely its great potential in solving privacy issues in 5G networks and services [20].”
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Authors
Andrews, J. G., Buzzi, S., Choi, W., Hanly, S. V., Lozano, A., Soong, A. C. K., & Zhang, J. C.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas at Austin (US)
  • Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale (IT)
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
  • Macquarie University (AU)
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES)
  • Huawei Technologies (United States) (US)
Venue
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Published
2014-06
Volume
32
Issue
6
Pages
1065-1082
ISSN
0733-8716 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2054692642
Cited by
8,106
References
165
Citations by year
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FWCI
1206.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (publishedVersion)
  • Repositori digital de la UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca - Università degli Studi di Cassino (submittedVersion)
Funders
University of Texas at Austin
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Media Technology › Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Software-Defined Networks and 5G
Keywords
5G, cellular technology, paradigm shift, backward compatibility, air interface, spectrum sharing, LTE, spectrum regulation, energy efficiency, cost efficiency, 5G standardization, high carrier frequency, base station density

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