What will the next decade of mobile communications look like? These industries are experiencing a chemical reaction with 5G

In 1902, the first wireless telephone device was created in a country home in Murray, Kentucky, USA, marking the earliest exploration of "mobile phone" technology by humans. This was less than 30 years after the birth of the first telephone call in 1875.

71 years later, Martin Cooper, an engineer from Motorola, walked onto the streets of New York with the world's first mobile phone, thus opening the door to mobile communications.

In the 1980s, 1G was born. Due to the limitations of battery capacity and the large antennas and integrated circuits required for analog modulation technology, mobile phones were square in appearance and much larger than today's mobile phones. Many people jokingly called them bricks or big brothers. In the 1G era, people could only make phone calls, and the reception was not stable.

Since then, mobile communication technology has evolved every ten years. We have gone through 2G, 2.5G (GPRS), 2.75G (EDGE), 3G, 4G and now the soon-to-be-commercialized 5G. We have also gone through making calls, sending text messages, viewing pictures, watching videos, and watching any streaming media on our mobile phones. Now we are about to usher in an intelligent era where everything is connected. Time flies.

Just like the ignorant teenagers who used mobile phones to make calls and send text messages, who knew that a few years later, mobile phones have become a necessity in daily life and a carrier of various information sources. It is also difficult for us to imagine what kind of future 5G will bring to life, industry, and the world. However, based on the characteristics of 5G that have been exposed, 5G will drive the digitalization of the industry, give birth to more industry applications, and improve industry efficiency.

According to an abridged version of Dr. Wang Xiwen's article "5G Empowers Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Manufacturing" released by Huawei's Xinsheng Community, these industries are undergoing a chemical reaction with 5G.

5G+ new media enables high-definition live broadcast anytime and anywhere. This year, CCTV Spring Festival Gala used 5G network for the first time in Beijing, Shenzhen, Changchun and many other places to broadcast 4K ultra-high-definition live broadcasts, and integrated VR video. At the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the News Center achieved full 5G signal coverage for the first time, and the "Minister's Channel" conducted 5G+VR live broadcasts for the first time.

5G brings higher efficiency and lower costs to new media. Traditional live broadcast vehicles are expensive, have fixed positions, are rented via satellite/transmission, and require deployment and commissioning. However, the 5G CPE live broadcast backpack has flexible positions, is plug-and-play, supports multiple 4K/8K channels, and is priced at the same as a high-end thin and light notebook.

5G+ mining, remote control improves mine safety and efficiency. Many mining areas in China have started 5G smart mining exploration. Compared with traditional mining, 5G+ mining can be remotely controlled by 5G in the office, and safety is guaranteed. One person can operate multiple mining cars in a time-sharing manner, which reduces costs, improves efficiency, and increases the speed to 35KM/hour.

5G+medical care. Balance medical resources and achieve timely treatment. 5G remote diagnosis and medical education can smooth the imbalance of medical resources between urban and rural areas. One-third of emergency patients die in the ambulance. Time is life. Under 5G emergency rescue, patients can get support from multiple professional physician resources during the golden time of treatment, and this is being piloted in major hospitals across the country. We can see that Fujian Medical University has completed 5G remote surgical animal experiments, Zhejiang Second Hospital has completed 5G remote emergency ambulance and remote B-ultrasound diagnosis. Shanghai Oriental Hospital has completed 5G remote live education in the surgical process.

5G+power makes the power grid safer, more efficient and smarter. The high speed and low latency of 5G can identify hidden dangers and faults in the power distribution network in real time and prevent the spread of faults. Through drone inspections, the inspection efficiency is increased by 3 times, and information can be reported at any time, which improves the efficiency of meter reading and realizes smart electricity use.

At present, the global 5G commercialization is accelerating. As of the end of July, 28 5G commercial networks and 94 terminals have been released globally, including mobile phones, CPE, hotspots, industrial modules and routers/data cards.

ITU defines three major application scenarios for 5G: eMBB (enhanced mobile Internet with a peak rate of up to 20Gbps), mMTC (massive machine type communications (MMTC) with 1 million connections per square kilometer), and uRLLC (ultra-low latency, highly reliable communications with a latency of only 1ms). These applications are being applied in smart homes, smart cities, industrial automation, autonomous driving, AR, cloud offices, and other fields in our lives, work, and industries.

Although 5G has already taken one step into the market, we have not yet seen its complete appearance. We are eagerly looking forward to how much waves it will create in the long history of human communications in the next decade.