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The latest wireless technology will require a whole new infrastructure<\/h4>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Signal transmittance \u2013\u2013 as depicted in this somewhat whimsical illustration
\u2013\u2013 will be the key to 5G’s roll-out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5G is coming! You\u2019ve likely heard the breathless hype. This super-fast, fifth-generation of wireless technology will indeed reshape entire industries, with significant implications for plastics material use, and bring with it exciting new capabilities. But, ironically…not so fast.<\/p>\n

Network infrastructure needs<\/h3>\n

For 5G\u2019s millimeter wave (mmWave) signals to work as billed, networks are going to need an entirely new infrastructure of base stations and transmitters, stretching out in every direction imaginable. Hardware suppliers such as Samsung, Ericsson and Nokia are already investing billions of dollars into building these point-to-point stations.<\/p>\n

After all, mmWaves\u2013\u2013unlike current 4G signals\u2013\u2013tend to max out at a few hundred meters, and they can\u2019t go around corners or through things like walls and bad weather. This infrastructure need offers a huge opportunity for those with the materials, including advanced plastics, that can help to make them work.<\/p>\n

In an interview at January\u2019s CES 2019 Show in Las Vegas, Intel Corp.\u2019s Cassio Tiete noted that \u201c5G is much more than \u2018another G.\u2019 There\u2019s a whole revolution behind the scenes with the network\u201d\u2013\u2013making it agile and scalable, among other things. Tiete, Intel\u2019s senior director of 5G Market Development, Cloud, Network & IoT, said that to realize the technology\u2019s potential, \u201cnetworks will need to be rebuilt in many cases.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Joel
Covestro\u2019s Matsco: Formulating housing materials for 5G base stations requires a delicate balancing of performance properties<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This means a need for a huge number of new microcell towers, routers and flat-panel arrays with antennas. Joel Matsco, Pittsburgh-based Market Segment Manager\u2014Electronics & Appliances for materials supplier Covestro, estimates the need will be for anywhere from 10 to 100 times the current number of such stations.<\/p>\n

5G technological benefits<\/h3>\n

The potential is staggering. A 2017 IHS Markit study commissioned by Qualcomm predicted that the transition to 5G could produce up to $12.3 trillion worth of goods and services enabled by the technology. It will in turn boost global GDP by some $3 trillion and generate approximately 22 million jobs by 2035. 5G has much faster mobile data speeds\u2013\u2013up to 10 gigabytes per second, or eventually more than 10 times quicker than those of today\u2019s 4G. It will allow consumers to download full-length, high-definition movies in mere minutes. And 5G\u2019s low latencies (lag times) and robust connectivity is expected to enable a host of technologies, from artificial intelligence and machine learning to smart cities, autonomous vehicles, smart energy grids, and health care such as telehealth and remote surgery.<\/p>\n

Additionally, 5G is expected to accelerate the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT is the interconnecting of virtually all machines and devices through the internet. Analysts at DBS Group Research project that the number of such linked devices worldwide will soar to 125 billion by 2030, up from about 11 billion last year.<\/p>\n

What 5G companies are up to<\/h3>\n

During Qualcomm\u2019s media event at the CES 2019 show, Pete Lancia, vice president of corporate communications, declared, \u201cWe\u2019re in the year of 5G, finally.\u201d He noted \u00a0that he expected some 20-plus devices to launch 5G versions in 2019, even if the networks won\u2019t be fully in place yet to make the most of the touted performance.<\/p>\n

Verizon, for example, turned on its 5G Home service, \u201cthe world’s first 5G network,\u201d last October in certain parts of\u00a0Houston,\u00a0Sacramento,\u00a0Los Angeles\u00a0and\u00a0Indianapolis. It launched 5G in parts of Chicago and Minneapolis in early April. The current areas of focus are high-density, open-space, urban environments.<\/p>\n

China, meanwhile, is expected to lead the world in widespread adoption of the technology. It\u2019s a point underscored by the high-profile political battle being waged<\/a> (over alleged security concerns) by the U.S. government against China\u2019s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., a major supplier of key 5G technology.<\/p>\n

So, what can plastics bring to the party?<\/h3>\n
\"5G
Thousands of typical 5G antennas and base stations such as this will be needed to enable 5G\u2019s super-high-speed, point-to-point wireless transmissions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The materials used to house wireless transmitters can have a major impact on radio frequency (RF) signal transmission at the higher frequencies favored by 5G. “Because of material interference at microwave frequencies,” Matsco said, “weakened signals struggle to pass through walls or travel around corners.” He notes that dissipation factor (df) and dielectric constant (dk) are both key material properties that affect RF transmission.
\nCovestro, the world\u2019s largest supplier of polycarbonate (PC) resins and blends, among other engineering polymers, is seeing an influx in customer requests for PC property data for this application. The required 5G hardware, after all, will be needed both inside and outside, in all types of environments.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are optimizing around df\/dk at the frequency bands of choice for 5G base stations and performance factors,\u201d Matsco said in a recent interview. \u201cThe key is to balance a host of various requirements.\u201d These include flame retardancy (since a number of these stations will be attached to buildings), weather resistance (e.g., exposure to wind, rain, snow and ultraviolet light), and impact strength (understanding that some enclosures will be expected to withstand temperatures far below zero Celsius in certain extreme cases).<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want the front covers of these stations to be as permeable to RF as possible, to minimize material interference,\u201d Matsco said, \u201cand this favors polycarbonate.\u201d The antennas will get smaller as one goes up in frequency bands, he also noted. \u201cThe needs will be different for almost every application.\u201d<\/p>\n

One technology that aims to help improve the strength and consistency of 5G signals is called \u201cbeamforming.\u201d Beamforming<\/a>, according to the IEEE technology association, \u201cis a traffic-signaling system for cellular base stations that identifies the most efficient data-delivery route to a particular user, and it reduces interference for nearby users in the process.\u201d This will involve installing new antennas in multiple areas of a device, with on-board chip sets serving to form beams, a process that Matsco says \u201cwill probably take years to perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

5G initially will find the most success in areas with high populations and device density, he suggests, such as in public spaces like in stadiums, on mass transit, in airports and plazas, etc. By 2022-23 or so, it is likely to play a bigger role in vehicles (again, starting in urban areas), and will help to facilitate the implementation of autonomous vehicles and smart city technologies.<\/p>\n

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Other areas impacted by 5G<\/h3>\n

With 5G, data pipes will need to get much bigger, as they\u2019ll be moving gigabytes rather than just megabytes of data at high speeds. Bandwidth demand is likely to grow fivefold in the next year, and by tenfold in the next few years, Matsco estimates. He likens the repackaging of the digital signal occurring in the 5G network to more densely packing contents on a bigger, faster truck.<\/p>\n

\"Ignacio
Ignacio Contreras, director of 5G marketing of Qualcomm, talking about 5G at their booth at CES.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While China is investing massively in advancing 5G technology, its efforts will follow policy and regulation. The United States, on the other hand, offers the most use-case diversity, according to Matsco, with a lot of different geographies and a diversity of end-market industries such as mobility, healthcare, entertainment, etc.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. could see a more chaotic roll-out, but the technology has the potential to mature faster and more broadly than in other regions,\u201d Matsco predicts. Europe, in the meantime, is currently a laggard in 5G.<\/p>\n

Ignacio Contreras, director of 5G marketing for tech giant Qualcomm, said in an interview at this year\u2019s CES show that, for reasons of transmissivity, metal will be the least desirable material to use for the 5G\u2019s new base stations. This will open the door to glass or plastic in those applications.<\/p>\n

That leaves firms such as Covestro and other polymer producers to gear up to meet the demanding needs of tomorrow\u2019s 5G revolution.<\/p>\n

Resources<\/h3>\n

An overview of Huawei 5G: The battle over 5G commercial devices is coming<\/a>, Feb 25, 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Beamforming<\/a>, Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

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