Mobile communications: from 1G to 5G

Generation Device Specifications

1G
1 2 3
4 5 6

7 8 9
0 #
*
Rcl Clr Snd
Sto Lock End
Pwr Vol

1G
Year 1991
Standards AMPS, TACS
Technology Analog
1
4
2
5
3
6
Bandwidth
7

*
8
0
9
#
Data rates
Rcl Clr Snd
Sto Lock End
Pwr Vol

2G
2G
Year 1991
Standards GSM, GPRS, EDGE
Technology Digital
Bandwidth Narrow Band
Data rates < 80 - 100 Kbit/s

People
SMS / MMS

3G
Year 2001

3G
AT&T

Standards UMTS / HSPA

Technology digital
Bandwidth Broad Band
Data rates up to 2 Mbit/s

SMS / MMS Internet access Video calls

Mobile TV

4G

4G
Year 2010
Standards LTE, LTE Advanced
Technology digital
Bandwidth Mobile Broad Band
Data rates xDSL-like experience
1 hr HD movie in 6 minutes

SMS / MMS Internet access Video calls

Mobile TV Gaming services Cloud computing

5G
5G ids
Dat
a ra
tes /
app
licat
ions
Year 2020-2030
Standards
Technology digital

t g r Bandwidth Ubiquitous connectivity

m ar Data rates Fiber-like experience

1 hr HD movie in 6 seconds
S

Internet access Instant messaging Video calls

HD 3D
Mobile TV HD Mobile TV 3D Cloud computing
People & Things

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ct
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Gaming services Emergency
Con

connected heating

connected TV

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connected appliances

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Domotics
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Ca r Ap p
Traffic priority rt s beyond nati on
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Car- n
to -car communicatio

5G is about Communication, Storage, Processing