Deployment of 5G May Mean Millions of Small Cells, 5G Americas Says

A white paper by 5G Americas, released Wednesday, said 5G will continue to evolve in the years ahead and spectrum will remain a “key ingredient” requiring harmonization of bands “across national boundaries.” Rysavy Research wrote the report. “Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of small cells will increase capacity and provide a viable alternative to wireline broadband,” the report suggests: Artificial intelligence “will optimize 5G network efficiency, make devices easier to use, enable new applications and leverage a hybrid architecture of central cloud, edge clouds and device computing.” The move to 5G “has been happening simultaneously with continued advances in 4G LTE,” said Rysavy President Peter Rysavy. “5G will transform wireless network capability by facilitating extremely dense deployments, harnessing spectrum never before available for cellular systems, being able to use extremely wide radio channels, employing virtualization methods, and supporting new ultra reliable and low latency applications.”