5G: Agent for Further Digital Disruptive Transformations

TL;DR

This paper discusses how 5G technology will significantly enhance data management and edge computing, enabling new applications and transforming the landscape of digital technologies.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of 5G's impact on computing, highlighting research challenges and opportunities for future technological advancements.

Findings

5G will increase bandwidth by 10-100 times

Latency will decrease by 5-10 times

Enables new edge computing applications

Abstract

The fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication technologies are on the way to be adopted as the next standard for mobile networking. It is therefore timely to analyze the impact of 5G on the landscape of computing, in particular, data management and data-driven technologies. With a predicted increase of 10-100$\times$ in bandwidth and 5-10$\times$ decrease in latency, 5G is expected to be the main enabler for edge computing which includes accessing cloud-like services, as well as conducting machine learning at the edge. In this paper, we examine the impact of 5G on both traditional and emerging technologies, and discuss research challenges and opportunities.