Will 5G be the Answer to the Internet of Things?

5G is envisioned as a wireless network that will deliver speeds of 20 Gbps, offer extremely low latency and connect billions of devices. In fact, most experts believe 5G will be the perfect backbone for the Internet of Things because it will bring together many disparate networks into one unified framework that combines short range communications such as RFID and Bluetooth with cellular technology and incorporates small cells and heterogeneous networks. In addition, 5G will likely use new spectrum in the high-frequency millimeter wave and microwave bands. What makes 5G particularly appealing for IoT, however, is that it will also make it possible to segment out low-bandwidth users and devices that don’t necessarily need the high data speeds and huge chunks of bandwidth to work. Instead these 5G ‘use cases’ just need a reliable connection that is interoperable with other IoT devices and networks.