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I would guess it's more aimed at use in large factories, warehouses and yards, where WiFi is not going to be practical. I did a stint as a (software) architect
by GordonS 5y ago
I would guess it's more aimed at use in large factories, warehouses and yards, where WiFi is not going to be practical.
I did a stint as a (software) architect for a large Norwegian engineering company, and at the time they were looking at getting a private 4G network setup, as their facilities were absolutely huge. I did a little research, and quite a few mobile operators actually offer private 4G networks for exactly this use case.
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- solarkraft 5y agoCould you explain what makes this tech better than Wifi? Does it have better range/deal with interference better? My impression was that the high speed profile of 5G was basically the same as that of Wifi, with exactly the same issues. Am I wrong/is it better in lower speed modes?
- oretoz 5y agoHere are the key differences between 5G and Wifi: 1. Dedicated vs shared spectrum. Though all big countries have shared spectrum initiatives for 5G too but it is still not a free for all like Wifi. So interference-wise 5G might be better for some use cases. Have heard about that in several shipping ports where Private 5G is deployed 2. Security. Due to the usage of SIM but Wifi security is good too 3. Range - though most of 5G is in comparable frequency ranges with Wifi, there is a huge range of powers at which 5G base stations can transmit so range is possibly larger for 5G But it all depends on use-case and there is no clear winner for all situations.