Wireless and Internet Technology: 5G and Net Neutrality

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Wireless and Internet Technology

Table of Contents
Exercise1.....................................................................................................................................................3
1. Key characteristics of 5G wireless............................................................................................................3
What is its throughput, and how does this depend on distance.............................................................3
What spectrum does 5G use, and how do the characteristics of this spectrum differ from the.............3
Spectrum used in 3G and 4G?.................................................................................................................3
How do the aerials used in 5G differ from 3G and 4G, and how does this affect its performance?........3
Can 5G be used with satellites (and if so, what kind of satellites)...........................................................3
2. When is 5G likely to be deployed in Australia?........................................................................................4
3. Under what circumstances can 5G wireless to provide domestic Internet access?.................................4
4. What types of service other than Internet access is 5G intended to provide..........................................4
Exercise 3.....................................................................................................................................................4
1. What is net neutrality?............................................................................................................................4
2. is net neutrality an accepted principle:...................................................................................................4
3. What are the arguments for and against net neutrality?........................................................................5
4. Does the use of DiffServ to provide different quality of service for different traffic potentially
contravene net neutrality?..........................................................................................................................5
Reference....................................................................................................................................................5

Exercise1
1. Key characteristics of 5G wireless
What is its throughput, and how does this depend on the distance?
Throughput of the 5G Wireless heavily depends on its distance from the base station. Let make an
assumption as if a 5G wireless device is near to the base station then the throughput of the 5G will up to
80 to 634 Mbit/s and the uploading throughput will up to 12 to 57 Mbit/s and when the devices go far
from the base station its throughput goes to down gradually. 5G wireless throughput in sub-6 bands
would be more with using the low spectrum and goes up to 500+ Mbit/s in Manhattan.
What spectrum does 5G use, and how do the characteristics of this spectrum differ from the
Spectrum used in 3G and 4G?
In order to enhance the throughput of the 5G wireless connectivity, high amount of new type of 5G NR
frequency band spectrum have been used. The SFP spectrum just doubled the amount of wave and
would be four times more flexible. The spectrum which was used in 4G can also be used for 5G wireless
connectivity in some cases. However, the frequency of 5G network is slightly higher and the range of
that would be 24GHz to 86 GHz. The range of wavelength in new kind of 5G Spectrum lies in criteria of
12.5 mm to 3.5 mm. As of now, it is clear that even the smaller device could also consist a number of
aerials (Lifewire, 2019).
How do the aerials used in 5G differ from 3G and 4G, and how does this affect its
performance?
A multi-aerial technique has been used as an AAS feature that includes MIMO. The LTE 5G wirelesses
have used this feature and the multi-aerial should be able to operate on all ranges of to use different
frequency ranges. It should be considered that a 5G enabled device consists of more than one aerial and
the multi-aerial should relate to the device aerial as one single aerial. However, for effective
transmission of energy in one direction only is not would the best solution always. In 5G wireless
devices, aerial has been designed and included within the device as part of it with a defined wavelength.
For goof transmission and receiving if an aerial capacity for wavelength is 10mm in length then its size
should comparatively half and when we use multi-channel aerial in a device for higher frequencies, then
the separation of these should be moderated.
As a result, the 5G aerials are more complex than 4G or 3G aerials and is also relatively smaller than the
rest of the two.
Can 5G be used with satellites (and if so, what kind of satellites)
Yes, 5G can be used with the satellites and for that several satellites should be existed in orbit. Means all
satellites should be work as a base station and should be near to each other to provide a better

experience. The gap in between the two satellites should be less than the gap existed between
geostationary (SBS News et al, 2019).
2. When is 5G likely to be deployed in Australia?
As per the Australian Telecom industry, they are speedup their work for sooner implementation of 5G
but as per experts says that the 5G devices won’t reach out in the early start of 2020. As Telstra telecom
outline their plan to launch the 5G in the metro area by end of the second half of 2019 (Ericsson et al,
2019)
3. Under what circumstances can 5G wireless to provide domestic Internet access?
5G WI-Fi could be the best option for use of 5G wireless in some metro areas. It is actually a type of Wi-
Fi that provides internet connection and access using the 5G wireless network. There are several areas
where the 4G network has been implemented and similarly it would provide the best access when it will
introduce. The better reliability and ease of access will boost economic growth of the country.
4. What types of service other than Internet access is 5G intended to provide
Apart from providing internet access 5G wireless connectivity could be used to design power sensors,
advanced robots and automated car. It can also be used for the design of satellites.
Exercise 3
1. What is net neutrality?
Network Neutrality or simply net neutrality is a technique on which all communications have been
treated equally by the Internet service provider and can’t charge different charges from different users
on the type of use. It is a principle where all type of internet use treats equally like different kinds of
messages, data etc. (David et al, 2019).
2. is net neutrality an accepted principle:
 In the United States
Yes, in the United States internet neutrality is an accepted principle but only in few
states but the government of United States thinking to implement this for other states
also.
 In Australia
As Australia follows leads of the United States and at the current situation there is no
specific governance for the net neutrality. Apart this the law for net neutrality of US
provided in Australia by which some organization operate on this.
 In Europe

Net neutrality has been adopted in Europe under law and all organizations work on the
base of that. A regulator has been set up by the European governance to enforcing the
organization to apply the rule of net neutrality (Cloudwards et al, 2019).
3. What are the arguments for and against net neutrality?
Applying of net neutrality is the hottest topic for argument among the user of internet and the service
providers of internet connections. The argument for the use of neutrality is more favorable and should
the government have to imply a regulation for that (ABC, 2019).
4. Does the use of DiffServ to provide different quality of service for different traffic
potentially contravene net neutrality?
DiffServ could provide different quality of services when a different type of user uses different DSCP
values. The use of DiffServ could provide better quality for different traffic in comparison to potential
contravenes net neutrality.

Reference
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