| Summary: | The advent of 5G has invited opportunities for many socioeconomic benefits. The core principle of 5G is an array of contemporary technologies, which makes 5G render efficient networks, fostering new services, creating new ecosystems, and increasing revenues. The technologies in 5G continue to be developed from the new 5G ecosystem, which can transform the vertical industries. This work provides a comprehensive treatment of the 5G technologies, with its characteristics, new technologies that are a part of 5G, comparison with existing technology with a special mention of the technological advantages and disadvantages. The work analyses the salient features of 5G in the context of latency reduction, more connectivity, imparting spectral efficiency, and providing network services without compromising the QoS to a wider range of populations. The limitations of 5G technology are also discussed in the work, which throws light on futuristic research directions. © 2023 Kohat University of Science and Technology. All rights reserved.
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