This PPT discusses the IoT testing in the era of 5G telecom is necessary, especially for enterprises since the fifth-generation wireless technology brings along a plethora of new opportunities to deliver customer-driven services.

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It has been only a few years since 4G took over 3G as the preferred internet service and we are already preparing for coronation
of 5G as the internet king. With the expected capability to complete a download of up to 20GBs within a matter of seconds, 5G
dwarfs all of 4G’s specs.
Even if Trump is preparing to ban Huawei in the U.S. citing security reasons, the telecommunications equipment and consumer
electronics manufacturer is leading the race of 5G roll out. With more than 11,000 technical contributions, Huawei outranks the
likes of Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm, and Intel. Despite the cease of operations under Trump governance, it is still gaining
business and winning contracts from rest of the world.
With negligible latency, the 5G spectrum is almost here and opening doors to richer applications backed by smoother, faster
internet. This next generation service will enable mobile network providers to deliver higher capacity for increasing demands at
lower costs. As we are envisioning a future dominated with AI-led software, AR-enabled businesses, and self-driving cars, 5G is
becoming the backbone to a high-end technology ecosystem. Extensive modifications are required at the core infrastructural
level for realizing the 5G tomorrow.
The Good
We are all familiar with the times when downloading a 1GB file used to take several hours. That was the 2G era. Introduction of
3G and then 4G has sped up these processes, cutting down the average time required from hours to minutes. The blazing speed

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of 5G and almost instantaneous response time with practically non-existent latency are expected to further decrease the
duration to only a couple seconds. This improved spectrum is broadening the scope of innovating highly sophisticated tools
and applications. The reduced power consumption, response time, and enhanced capacity and speed are the factors that
have made 5G as the most desirable fruit for businesses and consumers alike.
The higher bandwidth with the wireless technology will end the tussle between multiple users for internet speed. 5G will
make buffering a thing of the past, thus, enabling uninterrupted video streaming, web browsing, and downloading activities.
The Bad
The fifth-generation wireless technology is incompatible with the existing devices and requires installation of an upgraded
infrastructure for functioning. None of the current smart devices prevalent in the market and in general use are capable of
delivering 5G services. A couple months back, AT&T announced the launch of its 5G Evolution series and rebranded some
existing models to display 5GE cellular network. This was a misleading attempt in making the customers believe that they can
avail the futuristic network services, which ultimately backfired resulting in an expensive lawsuit, lost credibility, and negative
publicity.
The 5G-enabled smart devices will need specially designed chips to be embedded in their internal system. Due to this, the 5G
devices are expected to cost a fortune. In addition to the smart devices, 5G deployment also demands setting up a whole new

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set of equipment match the desired bandwidth and frequency range. Rolling out 5G is on the agenda of all the major
players in the telecom industry. Verizon has already launched 5G network in parts of Chicago and Minneapolis and is
expected to release the service in 20 more cities by the end of this year.
The Ugly
Health and security are the major areas to which 5G is losing.
Last month, Brussels put a stop to its 5G plans as the technology is not in compliance with Belgian radiation safety
standards. A Belgian minister, Céline Fremault, was quoted as saying, “I cannot welcome such technology if the radiation
standards, which must protect the citizen, are not respected, 5G or not. The people of Brussels are not guinea pigs whose
health I can sell at a profit. We cannot leave anything to doubt.”
In addition to the dangerous levels of electromagnetic radiations that 5G implementation will exude, there is a widespread
concern regarding security and privacy. With 5G, random computer algorithms will have the ability to deeply penetrate the
private lives of users, thus, paving way for cybercrimes. Lindsey Graham, the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman,
declared a warning for the possible 5G security threats during a recent hearing. As per Ana Tavares Lattibeaudiere of GSMA,
“For consumers, it may seem like a choice between sharing their data and hoping for the best, or keeping it private and
secure but missing out on the connected experiences. The telecommunications industry and service providers should
notonly think about network and infrastructure security – which are highly important – but also how 5G can bring in an era
of user choice.”

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5G for Telecom IoT Solutions
5G is setting the stage for a connected future where each element that we interact with will be controlled by data and IoT
technology. With higher resolution, the fifth-generation technology turns the possibility of remote education delivery,
healthcare delivery, accurate weather forecasting, and natural disaster prediction into reality. For the roads to be
dominated with self-driving cars, for the homes to be dominated with AI, for the lives to be dominated with wearable
devices, for the everyday interactions to be supported by AR, there is an imminent need for supersonic internet that
will guarantee unobstructed connectivity of the millions of IoT devices. The hyper-connected IoT in telecom will empower
the update from smart devices to smart homes.
In such a scenario, where everything will require flawless interaction, what will assure the desired performance? An IoT
testing framework. Testing IoT applications in telecom should be on priority for the major industry players before making
the shift to 5G. A telecom IoT strategy will ensure that the countless tiny cells facilitating the data transmission over 5G
work seamlessly with each other. If we are stepping towards a 5G-driven future, we must also consider the impact that a
minutely dysfunctional unit in the entire network may have in the proper functioning of the linked devices.
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