4G vs 5G capabilities

How does each technology perform and why are they best suited for certain use-cases ? Check the 4G vs 5G capabilities radar graph below.

What does each KPI stand for
in this 4G vs 5G capabilities radar graph ?

Latency

Measures the duration between the transmission of a small data packet from the application layer at the source node and the successful reception at the application layer at the destination node plus the equivalent time needed to carry the response back.

Radio Access Network (RAN) Latency

time it takes for a source (User Equipment / mobile phone) to send a packet of data to a receiver at the Radio Network Base Station (i.e. eNB)

Reliability

the amount of sent packets successfully delivered to the destination within the time constraint required by the targeted service, divided by the total number of sent packets

Mobility

the system’s ability to provide seamless service experience to users that are moving

Broadband connectivity

high data rate provision during high traffic demand periods

Network Slicing

supports the communication service of a particular connection type with a specific way of handling the Control- and User- plane for this service

Slice/Service Deployment Time

the amount of time it takes for a Slice to be established end-to-end after the initializing 'signalling' command has been issued in order to be created (if new) or activated (if predefined)

Security

network resilience against signalling based threads which could cause malicious or unexpected overload

Capacity

measured in Mbit/s/m2 is defined as the total amount of traffic exchanged by all devices over the considered area

Device Density

up to several hundred thousand simultaneous active connections per square kilometre shall be supported for massive sensor deployments

Location accurancy

refers to the "degree closeness" of a measured end-user device location (by means of the communication network infrastructure/technologies) to the real location of the device at the time of the measurement