5G Network Communication Technology that Changes the World

5G network has unlimited development potential to change people's lives

If you think of 4G as a four-lane highway, you can think of 5G as a 64-lane highway, five times faster than the maximum speed limit. In addition to providing users with the next-generation telephony service, 5G networks allow everything to be interconnected, creating a new world full of new possibilities. 5G applications have unlimited development potential, just like a highway under construction, and you don’t know what types of businesses will emerge once it’s built, or how it will change our lives.

5G makes it increasingly possible to realize ubiquitous free connectivity between every device and every entity, and 5G-supported bandwidth, low latency, ultra-reliable connectivity, and highly configurable network solutions are expected to grow exponentially, which will not only improve mobile broadband, but also reshape the existing market to a large extent and open up entirely new markets. Especially when 5G is combined with cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI), it can accelerate business and social transformation beyond just providing faster smartphones.

Thanks to the superior features of 5G wireless networks, which can help create a future factory and help factories move towards “Industry 4.0” or fully interconnected manufacturing, 5G will begin to replace the existing hard connectivity/Ethernet connectivity in factories to achieve higher reliability, reduce latency of data transmission, and greatly increase productivity and efficiency of factories. In a world where humans coexist with robots, switching to a wireless network not only frees up factory space, but stronger connectivity also improves human-machine interaction, increases perception of the factory environment, and significantly reduces (or eliminates) the risk of machine accidents, failures, and other unexpected downtime.

5G network improves the quality of life and saves lives

In addition, 5G wireless networks can also provide high-quality medical services in rural areas. Through 5G connectivity, patients can be remotely monitored with wearable biosensors, vital signs can be detected, and information can be transmitted to the cloud-based diagnostic engine. The system can receive and analyze information, and act quickly to save lives in the event of abnormal signals. 5G can also provide high-quality medical services to the general public by performing remote or off-site surgery. Thanks to the ultra-low latency of 5G, it is more likely to achieve the use of robots to perform remote surgery and make high-quality medical services accessible to remote areas where there is a shortage of medical care.

As for the transportation field, 5G will accelerate the pace of development towards fully automated vehicles. The real-time speed of 5G can make it possible to comprehensively analyze the information outside the vehicle, such as traffic patterns, pedestrians on the road, other vehicles, road signs, and even road conditions, so as to more accurately perceive the surrounding environment, to make smarter decisions and improve safety. In addition, 5G enables vehicles to effectively communicate with each other, as well as with the cloud, to share and process information in real time when making important driving decisions.

5G networks can not only improve healthcare services, enhance factory and road safety with the advantage of ubiquitous, 5G-connected, AI-supported sensors, but also have advantages in the environment and life-saving applications. Upon application of 5G, remote monitoring will help ensure clean water, reduce food shortages, and improve public safety through timely warning of floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and mudslides.

Complete 5G technical expertise and RF product line

ADI has decades of experience in the field of communication, contributing not only to the development of 2G, 3G, and 4G communication, but also to every major 5G field test, helping to build a global 5G network. ADI has better technology and higher performance in the industry, with fully integrated signal chain capability, lower power consumption, and very small product size. With the advent of 5G, the communication ecosystem will become more complex, requiring a deeper understanding of technical requirements. ADI has unparalleled depth of domain knowledge across multiple markets, including autonomous driving, digital medicine, industrial automation, mobility, power consumption, and radio frequency.

ADI offers a wide range of products for 5G applications, including a 5G millimeter wave RF front-end IC that supports 24 GHz to 48.2 GHz, the industry’s highest-performance 5G millimeter wave front-end signal chain solution that breaks the narrowband vendor model by optimizing power, bandwidth, and performance while delivering high integration, a platform solution created by complementary building blocks (24 GHz to 48.2 GHz) that provides future-oriented design that reduces platform R&D costs and shortens development time.

With deep RF industry expertise and a wealth of RF products, ADI is a company that offers expertise and technical products covering the entire RF spectrum. With system-level expertise in RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave technologies, ADI helps customers unlock the entire radio spectrum and the accompanying opportunities for extremely low-latency communication, with ADI's first-class team of experts and technology portfolio able to solve any RF problems and provide customers with a robust repository of optimized solutions.

ADI also possesses RadioVerse technology and design ecosystems, integrating transceiver technology, a reliable development environment, and market-specific technical expertise, all contributing to the rapid transformation of new RF designs from concept to reality. Take ADRV9040, a DFE-integrated transceiver SoC, as an example. This SoC provides high radio performance and low power consumption required by cellular infrastructure applications, including small cellular base station radios, macro 3G/4G/5G systems, and large-scale MIMO base stations.

Assist customers to master 5G technology and market in a holistic way

ADI offers not only pure products, but also assists customers with 5G testing, provides instrumentation and testing tools and processes, and ADI has an insight into the evolution of standards, thus helping customers to profit in the early stages of 5G development and accelerate market launch. As a partner with deep domain knowledge and expertise, ADI helps customers plan and build high-performance testing and measurement equipment that enables 5G network infrastructure.

ADI can also help customers build 5G network infrastructure. With industry-leading full spectrum infrastructure expertise, ADI helps customers design radio-frequency architectures for deploying 5G systems with outstanding performance, low power consumption, and high market speed. Drawing on industry-leading domain expertise, ADI helps customers design complex RF architectures for 5G full spectrum systems, delivering exceptional high performance, low power consumption, security, and intelligent algorithms. ADI's complete signal chain solution enables 5G operators to focus on improving end product performance without wasting time coordinating with multiple technology providers, ultimately streamlining the supply chain, reducing implementation costs and speeding up market launch.

ADI also assists customers in leveraging 5G technology to develop market applications, providing first-class technology and capabilities to help customers rebuild systems, unlock business models, and upgrade products to meet the challenges of the new 5G era. As breakthrough applications continue to emerge, visionary companies have more opportunities to change the world. For more than 50 years, ADI has been innovating for the future and is focused on delivering core sensing and measurement technologies to bring new 5G applications to market faster, at lower cost and at lower risk.

Conclusion

The development potential of 5G will reshape the existing market and open up new markets. The most exciting thing is that it is possible to achieve high-quality medical care, create an environment where humans and robots coexist in harmony, and accelerate the realization of safe, fully autonomous vehicles. The future development of the market will be unlimited. ADI has a complete solution for 5G networks, including 5G millimeter wave RF front-end IC and other products, and also provides deep RF industry expertise and rich RF products, as well as a complete testing and development environment, which will assist customers interested in entering the 5G application market to accelerate product development and seize market opportunities.