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@article{179068,
        author = {Vaibhavi Jayant Patil and Vineet Raju Dipake and Mahesh Suresh Somawar and Tanishka Pratap Powar and Dr. Manisha Vikas Bhanuse},
        title = {The Evolution & Future Potential of 5G Technology},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {12},
        pages = {5313-5316},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=179068},
        abstract = {The rollout of 5G technology represents a new era in the history of telecommunications. Unlike previous generations, 5G is not simply an upgrade in the speed of data transfer, but rather an architectural revolution which has the potential to change businesses and daily life activities for good. 5G powers innovations such as self-driving cars, smart cities, telemedicine, and immersive virtual/augmented reality experiences due to its features that provide ultra-high speed data transmission, extremely low latency, ultra-dependability, and the ability to 5G-enable billions of connected devices. Network slicing, massive MIMO, edge computing, and milimeter wave spectrum all contribute to the capacity of 5G to respond to increasing needs for speed, connectivity and efficiency.
In response to the increasing mobile data traffic that is caused by comparatively new high bandwidth activities popular on smartphones, development work on 5G aims at improving capacity, energy efficiency, and robustness. Global commercial pilot projects and rollouts are already showcasing the anticipated prospects of 5G. 3GPP and other industry stakeholders are already engaged in standardizing the system. Looking to the future, we see 6G, AI-run networks, and the ‘Internet of Everything’ emerging on the horizons – all hopes anchored on the advancements in telecommunications infrastructure and services, strengthened by the adoption on 5G technology as the universal backbone of the digital world.},
        keywords = {Data transfer rates up to 20 Gbps, lower latency, better network coverage, improved call quality, enables new technologies such as autonomous vehicles and smart cities, network slicing, massive MIMO, mm Wave},
        month = {May},
        }