5G Private Networks: Reality vs. Hype

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Considered a hype for some time, 5G is bringing Private Networks to reality.

A lot of companies are running 5G Private Network projects, and these are some of the key lessons from real implementations we can summarize till now:

  1. There is no "one-size’-fits-all’ for private networks.
  2. Each industry may require different access solutions
  3. It needs a decision wethear to move from Wifi to 5G due to handover issues
  4. Wifi indoor has poor handover, compared to 5G
  5. This created challenges for indoor mobility use cases
  6. Latency results for 5G are around 10-16ms. (1ms is hype)
  7. Good use cases: Remote and Virtual inspection
  8. It’s very important to research to decide good partners
  9. Spectrum: also to decide Bandwith (i.e. 100Mhz) and Frequency (3.5Ghz)
  10. It is critical to include all the ecosystem in this project including chip manufacturers, suppliers and partners.

Any other point to consider, when a company want to adopt 5G private network?

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What are 5G Private Networks - and why could Wi-Fi be a thing of the past?

5G is one of the hottest trends and startups around the whole globe are busy exploring new innovative business applications and technologies that rely on the spreading 5G coverage. Besides public 5G networks that are, for example, used in telecommunications and for private internet usage, especially the use of 5G private networks is interesting for the entrepreneurial environment. This is because the networking of machines, sensors and other devices is still mostly realised via poorly scalable LAN and WLAN technologies.

However, companies are increasingly upgrading such in-house networks to 5G technology - especially because they want to benefit from the scalability and low latency guaranteed by 5G. In the following video Leonard Michalas & Dainius Krasauskas take a closer look at 5G Private Networks, outline promising benefits, and discuss why it could mean the end for classic Wi-Fi networks in business environments.

Content:
0:00 The next big thing? 5G Private Networks
0:40 Benefits of 5G
1:53 What are Private 5G Networks?
3:09 Wi-Fi 6 vs 5G Private Networks
4:11 Outro