Abstract :
Even before the 4G technology your smartphone uses was rolled out in earnest, telecommunications experts were dreaming of the next generation: 5G. But what 5G will do and how it will do it have remained pretty nebulous. "5G is a plethora of technologies that people are trying to bring together. What technology should be prioritized in what way?" says Thyagarajan Nandagopal, the director of the Networking Technologies and Systems program at the U.S. National Science Foundation.