Emerging Communication Technologies for IoT: 5G and Edge Networking Perspectives

Abstract

Smart environments, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation are just a few of the many industries that are seeing changes in connection due to the rapid expansion of the IoT. This is laying the groundwork for AI and robotics. Traditional network designs have been put to the test by the proliferation of IoT devices and the vast amounts of data they produce. Unfortunately, these designs typically fall short of consumers’ expectations when it comes to scalability, low latency, and throughput. 5G communication networks address these limitations by facilitating eMBB, URLLC, and massive machine-type connectivity (mMTC). While centralized cloud systems have their uses, they can’t handle the context-aware processing and real-time data needs of today’s Internet of Things applications. In addition to 5G, edge networking enhances latency, congestion, and energy efficiency by relocating analytics, storage, and computing closer to end devices. Thanks to 5G and edge computing coming together, and build synergistic architectures that make it easier to integrate heterogeneous Internet of Things devices, allocate resources dynamically, and consume spectrum efficiently. Still, there are some problems to overcome in terms of interoperability, security, orchestration, and the long-term administration of massive deployments, even with all these benefits. In this article, take a look at the future of communication technology and how 5G and edge networking can improve the speed, stability, and scalability of the Internet of Things.