A survey on 5G: The next generation of mobile communication

By Nisha Panwar, Shantanu Sharma, Awadhesh Kumar Singh. Physical Communication, 2015

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The rapidly increasing number of mobile devices, voluminous data, and higher data rate are pushing to rethink the current generation of the cellular mobile communication. The next or fifth generation (5G) cellular networks are expected to meet high-end requirements. The 5G networks are broadly characterized by three unique features: ubiquitous connectivity, extremely low latency, and very high-speed data transfer. The 5G networks would provide novel architectures and technologies beyond state-of-the-art architectures and technologies. In this paper, our intent is to find an answer to the question: "what will be done by 5G and how?" We investigate and discuss serious limitations of the fourth generation (4G) cellular networks and corresponding new features of 5G networks. We identify challenges in 5G networks, new technologies for 5G networks, and present a comparative study of the proposed architectures that can be categorized on the basis of energy-efficiency, network hierarchy, and network types. Interestingly, the implementation issues, e.g., interference, QoS, handoff, security-privacy, channel access, and load balancing, hugely effect the realization of 5G networks. Furthermore, our illustrations highlight the feasibility of these models through an evaluation of existing real-experiments and testbeds.

Subfields: Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Deep Learning in Mobile and Wireless Networking: A Survey (2018, background): “[39] A survey of 5G networks features, research progress and open issues.”
Security for 5G and Beyond (2019, background): “Therefore, the survey article [11] provides some interesting insights on the limitations of the current 4G networks that must be solved in 5G.”
Blockchain for 5G and Beyond Networks: A State of the Art Survey (2019, background): “It is noting that one of the most important goals of future 5G is to provide user-centric values with high QoS to satisfy the growing demands of user traffic and emerging services [2].”