Mobile World Congress 2015: Nokia Networks to power IoT with 5G connectivity

NEW DELHI: Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia Networks said that it will showcase the possibilities of mobile connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT) with 5G at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2015.

The live demonstrations will include 5G radio equipment on new millimeter and centimeter wave bands for utmost capacity as well as new frame structures to achieve single-digit millisecond latency.

“Within the next ten years, we will see 50 billion things connected, enabling industries to become more efficient and helping people to improve their daily lives. At Nokia Networks, we are already demonstrating key technologies like 5G that will make mobile networks the natural choice for bringing these possibilities to reality,” Kathrin Buvac, vice president, Strategy, Nokia Networks, said in a statement.

The company said that critical new security capabilities will be needed at the device and network levels with the IoT. Real time IoT will require even more reliable communication links, lower transmission delays (latencies) and extreme throughput to serve the data transmitted by hundreds of billions of sensors and machines. Nokia Networks has already been providing IoT-ready radio and core networks that meet today’s needs for machine-type connectivity.

The company said that it has proven experience in delivering highly secure networks and is launching its extended Mobile Guard solution for security control to address complex IoT applications including smart city, eHealth and smart grid.