“Anything that doesn ’ t absolutely have to be co-located with the radio must be capable of being hosted away from the edge ”
CHRIS MURPHY REGIONAL CTO , EMEA , VIAVI SOLUTIONS seen before , along with higher density of devices and more volumes of data being conveyed . While 4G technology was a significant evolution , it wasn ’ t up to the job of delivering what was being asked , and this spawned the 5G project . When we get into the details , we realise that to deliver higher volumes of data we must open up more spectrum at frequencies that are less favourable for cellular radio . Along with the fact that we want to serve orders of magnitude more people , IoT devices and machines , this means that we need to better manage the spectrum we have and look to new technology to help us operate with the spectrum that we didn ’ t previously have to worry about .
164 January 2022