5G来了,WiFi就会消失吗?
5G来了,WiFi就会消失吗?
时代在发展,科技在进步。手机的诞生,让我们可以在移动中与远在千里这外的亲朋好友即时通话。而智能手机的诞生,更是为我们的工作和生活带来了无数的便捷,彻底改变了我们的工作和生活方式,手机再也不是一部只用来打个电话那么简单的设备了,它被赋予了更多的功能。甚至可以说,只要一部手机在手,几乎可以办到任何想要办的事情,智能手机可以用来支付,可以上网看电影、看电视、看小说,听收音机等,还可以当作导航仪器来使用,为人们指路导航,智能手机的功能越来越丰富。而这些功能的实现,除了智能手机本身的硬件和软件支持外,还有一项必不或缺的条件,那就是快速有效的网络支持。
曾几何时,移动网络网速慢,流量费还特别贵,让人们在使用移动网络流量时望而却步,尤其在2G时代,无论是手机软硬件配置还是移动网络的速度,都还远远达不到人们日常对于无线网络的需求,由此,wifi诞生了。可以说,WiFi诞生,为人们解决一个最大的难题就是可以随时随地通过移动方式来使用网络。
各大酒店、饭店、宾馆、快餐店等服务企业纷纷打出免费WiFi服务,甚至将免费WiFi当作一种促销手段来使用,可见WiFi对人们的吸引力有多大。笔者还记的前几年,只要去某个地方,必先问“你们的WiFi密码多少?”
可以说,WiFi的出现,加速了智能设备的发展和功能的升级,WiFi的出现,使人们第一次有能力将有线宽带的网络信号通过一种无线设备来供智能手机来使用,使手机也可以享受到几乎和有线网络“一样”的网络速度。WiFi经过几代的发展,无线路由设备越来越先进,提供的无线网速也越来越快。现在,WiFi已经成为家家户户的“标准配置”,只要安装了网络,每家必配一个无线路由来提供WiFi服务,WiFi也从曾经的“王家堂前燕”进入了“寻常百姓家”。
但是,随着移动网络的不断发展,3G、4G的到来,尤其是随着4G的普及和流量费用大幅度的降低,4G高速的移动网速和低廉的流量费用,让WiFi逐渐失去了往日的光彩,对于WiFi的前途,有人甚至指出,WiFi可能即将成为食之无味,弃之可惜的鸡肋。尤其即将到来的5G时代,更将移动网络的速度提升到了极限,一部几G的电影,仅用几十秒就可以完成下载,而这样超高的速度,甚至连WiFi都无法比及。
WiFi的前途在哪里?WiFi是否会随着5G的到来而消失?
其实,笔者认为,随着移动网络的发展,WiFi技术也在不断更新换代,穿透力更强,覆盖更广的WiFi技术正在出现。随着技术的不断发展,WiFi正以独特的思路被应用到社会的方方面面,比如,在没有信号的飞机上,航空公司为乘客提供单独的WiFi上网服务;在高速运行的火车中,铁路公司也为乘客提供安全高速的WiFi上网服务……。未来,随着物联网的发展,要求网络“永远在线/始终连接”,WiFi甚至可能和物联网相结合,与5G互补,来完成这种“永远在线/始终连接”的无缝连接的切换。对此,您怎么看?
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