real-time data transfer and analytics . This capability will be powered by a combination of 5G , cloud , IoT , edge computing , AI and data analytics - enabling smarter decision making to optimise industrial processes . This will give manufacturers an instant , granular view of the performance of machines , systems and processes , allowing them to identify and solve problems quickly and effectively .”
Manufacturing a Smarter Society By fully integrating 5G - and technologies like IoT , AI , automation and data analytics - into both the consumer and industrial contexts , Baulch explains that , “ In order to create a truly smart society , we have to deliver what is called a digital fabric .” In short , a digital fabric is the infrastructural foundation for the convergence of all the technologies mentioned above , a ubiquity tipping point for next generation communications technology that will , according to Baulch , “ help drive better social and economic outcomes , such as inclusive growth , productivity , green recovery , and supporting better access to health services and the wellbeing of citizens .”
If , as Siveter puts it , physical industries can be transformed as radically by 5G as digital industries ( like streaming , online banking and ecommerce ) were by 4G , the cumulative economic and societal benefits have virtually limitless potential . “ 5G brings us greater levels of automation and control that are going to allow us to build the mission-critical networks to transform these physical industries . We ' re going to be able to deliver new levels of transformation for those industries , improving productivity and efficiency ,” he says . “ There ' s no question that , when we think about the effect of 5G on those sectors , we can think about it as really changing the world .” mobile-magazine . com 89