Will 5g replace 4G soon ? Updatetime:2019-12-06 14:28:57
In the past few years, the changes that 4G brings to our life are obvious to all. What will 5g network look like in the near future? As the fifth generation mobile communication technology, 5g transmission speed can reach 10gbp / s, which is nearly 100 times faster than 4G.In order to achieve faster speed, 5g uses higher frequency, shorter wavelength and easier attenuation in the propagation. Therefore, 5g signal is very weak and the signal coverage of base station is small. At the same time, shorter wavelength also means that the closer to straight-line propagation, the worse the ability of diffraction and through the wall, so once the short wave is blocked by buildings and trees, the signal quality will decline sharply. It can be said that faster network speed comes at the cost of weaker coverage.
In order to increase the signal coverage, 5g needs to adopt a variety of new technical solutions to overcome its own shortcomings. And every technology means an increase in cost. The data shows that the cost of 5g base station will also exceed 2 times of 4G base station, the power consumption is 3 times of 4G base station, and the later maintenance cost is about 10 times of 4G. Therefore, the current 5g network adopts a non independent networking scheme, which is based on the 4G base station, mainly to reduce the cost of popularization. However, the independent networking scheme that can truly reflect 5g performance is difficult to use in the short term due to the long construction time and high equipment cost.
In a word, it is not easy to cover 5g in a large scale. For a long time, 5g could not completely replace 4G.