The new generation of mobile internet seems to meet the needs of the previous generation.

So society has evolved from the connections offered by 1st generation mobile internet back in the 1980s, which allowed voice calls, to 5G, which promises to extend the mobile network to as many devices as possible: cars, household appliances, telemedicine, rural economy, education and other areas of the Internet of Things (IoT – Internet of Things), such as industry 4.0, offering much more than network speed.

University labs, research centers, leading technology companies and IT industry enthusiasts are designing a world in which everything around people will exchange information through a high-speed connection.

The world is preparing for the introduction of fifth generation mobile telephony — Photo: FOTO DISCLOSURE/CANVA PRO/ND

The world is preparing for the introduction of fifth generation mobile telephony – Photo: FOTO DIVULGAÇÃO/CANVA PRO/ND

“I usually say that 5G is what was missing. The main revolution will be its ability to connect everything that we could not imagine a few years ago. Once people have become hyper-connected, it’s time for clothes, cars, houses, and even farms or wild animals,” says Rubem Toledo Bergamo, PhD in electrical engineering at the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, San Jose division.

Bergamo says there are two main requirements for 5G technology: the ability to connect millions of devices to the same antenna as quickly as possible, and the ability to collect and transmit information far in excess of the current connection.

While 4G Internet offers speeds of 100 Mbps, 5G promises at least 1 Gbps, which is 10 times faster. This connection is enough to download movies and series in 4K resolution – the highest definition available on the market today – in just a few seconds.

Speed ​​is the highlight, but what will change everyone’s life for years to come is the very short response time. They promise that the interval between a command and an action from any device will be very close to life outside the Internet.

Latency, the name given to this delay, is currently 30 milliseconds and should be reduced to less than 5 milliseconds.

Infrastructure for 5G

However, this innovation is not easy to implement: to achieve very low latency 5G Internet, you will need to install up to ten times more transmit and receive antennas, as well as make compatible devices available on the market.

Large telephone antennas dotted around the streets, on top of hills and buildings, may no longer be so necessary for communication. The equipment must be compact enough to be installed anywhere, but this does not mean that the coverage will be better.

5G technology uses higher frequencies than 4G and therefore uses more compact antennas, but with a shorter range, which does not reach 250 meters. In 5G, thousands of micro-antennas will be scattered across streets, houses and buildings to cover every region.

According to the public notice presented at the 5G auction, operators have until 2029 to provide the technology to 295 municipalities of Santa Catarina. Since November 2021, the 5G Vertical Smart Cities Working Group of the Santa Catarina Technological Association (ACATE) has been working to demystify 5G in municipal governments and clarify the important role of municipalities in facilitating the emergence of the new network.

According to the notice, those cities that have updated laws may have the implementation expected by the operators.

“By the next decade, there will be things and applications that don’t exist today. The 5G ecosystem will require both solution development and skilled technology professionals. Our goal is to help companies identify opportunities, develop solutions that take full advantage of 5G, expand their portfolio of offerings, and facilitate entry into markets inside and outside of Brazil with innovative solutions, thereby increasing their revenue and growth potential,” explains Fernando Gomez de Oliveira. , group coordinator.

By 2025, the technology sector should create 670,000 new jobs in the country. Santa Catarina is projected to open over 16,000 new jobs by 2023. And this is only the beginning of a decade that marks the final entry of society into the digital age.

kajay – Photo: Screenshot September 12, 2022 180934