5G Network Advantages: from Speed, Latency, to Capacity All

KOMPAS.com – 5G Network is a fifth-generation cellular network that offers higher internet speeds than the previous generation, namely 4G.

This new mobile network offers fast internet service, up to 20 gigabyte per second (Gbps).

Speeds that are far above the 4G network will increasingly support a number of internet activities, such as: streaming video, download, upload, to play game online.

This network is also the latest breakthrough in technology and telecommunications which is predicted to provide significant changes to the digital world.

As for the kite 5G network Telkomsel was first held in May 2021. And currently, the 5G network is being tested at the MotoGP racing event, the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia in Mandalika, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.

Then, anything 5G network advantages?

Also read: Listen, this is how to activate Telkomsel’s 5G service

1. Internet connection 10 times faster

Quoted from the page Good Indonesianthe 5G network has a maximum speed of up to 10 Gbps or 10 times faster than the 4G network.

As claimed by Telkomsel, its 5G service has a download speed of up to 20 Gbps or 20 times faster than 4G which is stuck at only 1 Gbps.

This speed means that users don’t have to worry about the video display becoming blurry when watching movies with 4K or 8K image quality.

2. More capacity

Sometimes, being in a crowd makes it difficult to get a strong signal.

Quoted from the page devotion Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Kominfo), this is because everyone in one location accesses the internet simultaneously, resulting in congestion in one tower.

Not only speed, 5G networks also offer greater capacity and space than 4G networks.

The quality of the 4G network will decrease when many devices are connected.

In contrast to 5G, which allows more devices to be connected at once. Even though many devices are connected, it will not reduce the quality and speed of the network.

3. Lower latency

Latency is the lag time it takes to “transmit” data from the sender to the receiver.

The higher the lag time, the slower the response the receiver will give to the command given or sent.

5G networks have lower latency than 4G, as reported by the page Indonesian Good.

5G has a latency of 1 millisecond or 10 times lower than 4G networks.

This low latency allows it to process human visuals, so it can be connected remotely real-time.

This technology is also useful for applications such as virtual reality (VR) then augmented reality (AR), which can deliver the best and more realistic videos without experiencing lag.

Also read: List of Regions and Cellphones That Can Use Telkomsel’s 5G Network

Lack of 5G

Despite having a myriad of advantages, unfortunately 5G network in Indonesia still limited in some places.

In contrast to 4G which has covered various regions in Indonesia, even in rural areas.

Even so, the Director General of Resources and Equipment for Post and Information Technology, Kominfo Ismail, predicts that the 5G network will be able to expand and be evenly distributed in 2024 to 2025.

This reflects on the implementation of the 4G network which takes six to seven years.

“So we certainly hope that 5G will be faster. We hope that from 2024 to 2025, it will be able to expand and be evenly distributed, as is the case with 4G conditions as it is now, he said, quoted from Kompas.comTuesday (8/2/2022),

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