In 2018, 5G became the most eye-catching focus without controversy. Major operators around the world started trial operation of 5G. By November 2018, 182 operators had conducted 5G trials, deployment and investment in 78 countries. In 2019, 5G will usher in the trial commercial and commercial globalization in the true sense. With the evolution of 5G technology, based on the requirements of higher base station density, there will be greater new demand and market space for high-rate optical modules. At present, 4G LTE base stations mainly use 10G optical modules, and in the future, 25G/100G optical module will be the preferred solution for 5G network.
What is 5G?
5G is an extension of 4G, a re-evolution of existing communications technologies that means faster speeds, higher-quality voice and video calls, smoother online content streams, such as downloading a 2G movie in a minute, saying goodbye to the jam on video calls, and so on.
Compared to 4G, 5G has improved user experience data rates, connection density, end-to-end delay/latency, peak data rates, and mobility. According to the imt-2020 specification, 5G's peak data rate will be as high as 20 Gbit/s. 5G will support different data rates for user experience in a variety of enhanced mobile broadband environments. In terms of wide-area coverage, both urban and suburban users are expected to obtain 100 Mbit/s data rates, and indoor user experience data rates are expected to reach 1 Gbit/s.
It can be seen that 5G will achieve a higher level of performance and efficiency, providing users with a peak rate up to several Gbps, ultra-low latency and huge capacity. In the future, users will enjoy faster upload and download speed, cool VR entertainment, urban Internet of things, unmanned driving, telemedicine and other experiences.
With the gradual determination of 5G standards, the acceleration of the pace of commercial use and the continuous enrichment of application scenarios, the future application of 5G will inevitably penetrate into every aspect of residents' life and work, and the market scale of 5G industry will expand infinitely with a bright future.
With the trial operation of 5G in 2019 and the official commercial use of 5G in 2020, 25G optical communication products will usher in a new peak of development. As the world's leading Internet solution provider, HTF has been paying close attention to the development of 5G. In order to provide strong support for 5G, HTF will continue to develop and innovate 25G series optical communication products, and strive to provide the best solution for global 5G suppliers.
