5G is the new mobile technology standard that will provide faster data speeds and greater network capacity than previous standards. It was developed by international standards bodies to support three main use cases - enhanced mobile broadband, massive IoT, and ultra-reliable low latency communications. 5G has potential applications for critical communications like improved situational awareness for emergency responders through connectivity of sensors and cameras. It may also enable new capabilities for healthcare like remote surgery through its low latency capabilities. While 5G networks will take time to fully deploy, its arrival will transform critical communications over the long run.

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5G and Future Critical Communications
Mladen Vratonjić
Chairman of the Board

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Critical Communications for all Professional Users
• 5G is the new, fifth generation technology standard for mobile telephone networks, providing
even faster broadband connectivity.
• Deployments began in 2019. It is the planned successor to the 4G networks.
• 5G was created based on the recommendations and specifications of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) called IMT-2020. (3G was developed on the basis of IMT-2000 and
4G on the basis of IMT-Advanced recommendations.).
• Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is an organization that has been translating the
recommendations and specifications into standards and technology, as it did with 3G and 4G (LTE).
• Despite the large number of new functions, structural differences and new technological
solutions, 5G technology is essentially an evolution of 4G. It will be deployed in many different
architectural models, which are expected to change over time as the market adapts
What is 5G?

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Fundamentals of 5G
• Bandwidth: predicted to
reach up to 1 GB/sec
• Latency: predicted to be one
msec or even less
• Energy efficiency: devices
will consume less power =
longer battery life
• Network capacity:
significantly increased to
accommodate millions /
billions of concurrent devices
5G is a new mobile
technology
• New radio technology & new
spectrum bands, new antenna
arrangements
• New core technology: Edge
computing, network slicing,
etc.
• New architecture: Flatter,
more seamless infrastructure
with more standardised
interconnections
What is 5G?

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Is 5G harmful for the environment?
• No medical evidence
• The frequencies to be used are
still far below the frequencies
that cause ionizing radiation
• Higher frequency radio waves
have a weaker ability to
penetrate
• The use of more transmitters
means each of them using less
power

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Re-printed from Recommendation ITU-R M.2083-0
Three Pillars of 5G

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Enhanced Mobile
Broadband
• High and flexible data
rates
• Higher user mobility
• Diverse deployments
and improved coverage
Massive Internet of
Things
• Greater variety of
services
• Greater quantity of data
and frequency of
communications
• Higher density of devices
• Lower energy
consumption
Ultra-reliable and Low
Latency Communications
• Targeting 1ms latency
and 99.999 reliability
• To support mission-
critical applications such
as industrial internet,
smart grids, remote
surgery and intelligent
transportation systems.
Three Pillars of 5G

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• Combining eMBB and mMTC
enhanced data speed with 10 to
100 times more connected
devices per square kilometre, it
will enable the possibility to
collect and process a large
amount of data.
• Connecting body-worn cameras
and cameras in police cars to
command centres to identify
what is happening at an incident
and to gain an overview of the
situation as it unfolds.
• Situational Awareness: mMTC
can provide penetration for
hundreds of thousands of
devices per square kilometre
allowing Command and
Control systems to monitor an
almost unlimited number of
different sensors.
5G for Critical Communications

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Video Surveillance and
Analytics: In addition to
cameras hosted in and around
emergency services vehicles,
cameras can also operate on
remotely controlled drones or
unmanned vehicles for a
better awareness of urgent
situations occurring in areas
that human beings cannot
easily access.
Remote Control and Monitoring:
With the introduction of 5G NR,
ultra-reliable and low-latency
communications, new appli-
cations will pave the way to
assisted driving and fully
unmanned automated vehicles
and keep the network reliable
when multiple remote-control
applications coexist in the same
location.
5G for Critical Communications

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5G can provide real time augmented
reality (AR) content overlay, typically
mapping information to firemen
glasses (in combination with
drones); AR can also improve how
firefighters can see in smoke-filled
zero-visibility environment.
5G for Critical Communications
Source

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• 5G networks could transform—and
improve—all of the critical components of
healthcare.
• 5G promises to provide essential levels of
connectivity to enable a new health
ecosystem, one that can meet patient and
provider needs accurately, efficiently,
conveniently, cost-effectively and at
substantial scale.
From constant monitoring patient’s vital signs
and life habits to remote surgery
Source:
As use of 5G in healthcare increases, with
its applications boosted by advances in
robotics, IoT and AI, a new connected
healthcare ecosystem will take shape.
5G for Critical Communications - Healthcare

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So when can I have it & should I wait?
When:
• ~ 2020 first
standards
• ~ 2021 first release
equipment
• ~ 2025 commercial
deployments
Wait??
• NO!
• 4G MCX standards are complete & are being implemented
• When you needed a computer did you wait for the next
generation??
• Narrowband (TETRA, etc.) & 4G broadband will be the de-facto
standards for PPDR for decades
• MC-X standards will naturally feed forward into 5G together with
new applications as yet only imagined…
It may not be here tomorrow, but there’s little doubt that 5G is the long term future.

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Thank you
Questions / Comments?
Mladen Vratonjić
Chairman
Email:
mladen.vratonjic@tcca.info

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Events
3 – 5 November 2020
IFEMA, Madrid, Spain
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