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will make this easier to accomplish, many potential users fail to realize that it is perfectly possible to deploy private LTE networks today. Indeed, there are many examples where private LTE networks have been deployed within factories and other environments to create technical and commercial advantage.
Should you wait?
Unless you have an application sitting in one of the categories outlined above, the case for waiting for the relevant 5G service to become available, rather than proceeding today using existing LTE networks is very diffi cult to justify. Time will tell if there is ultimately a cost advantage to deploying on a 5G network, but common sense suggests that, like any new technology, it is likely to carry a premium in the early days. This will be compounded by the need for the cellular providers to quickly recoup their costs both in acquiring the required radio spectrum licenses, and in the capital expense associated with the roll out of the new infrastructure needed to support 5G. These substantial investments, and the need to maximize early revenues suggest the initial
ubiquitous, any investment made in existing LTE solutions will be preserved. The 5G specifi cations defi ne the use of hybrid networks using 4G RANs coupled to a 5G core, or vice versa. Indeed, many of the initial implementations have been hybrid in nature, with the focus being on the improvements to the core network, meaning the wireless technology used in the cell towers is still LTE.
focus of the cellular operators is likely to be biased towards high volume, high bandwidth applications, and this means consumer led
video and broadband provision, rather than mainstream M2M projects. Even when 5G networks become
All of this suggests that the sensible strategy of implementing a cellular architecture for an M2M deployment is not to wait. Instead, it is to analyze the application requirements and segregate those which can only work by leveraging some new feature provided by 5G. The remainder, which is likely to be the majority of use cases, should be implemented immediately using LTE, safe in the knowledge that the investment is protected. Those parts that need to use 5G should be piloted as soon as the required services are available, with a view to rolling out alongside the existing deployment once they are proven to be effective.
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