Analysts offer insight into how 5G works, where it might make the most impact in healthcare and why some of what 5G may offer is more promise than reality.
Imagine a patient lying on an operating table, a robotic arm hovering above, transmitting real-time video to a doctor who is 300 miles away performing the operation.
Although it’s years away from reality,
remote robotic surgeries like this may be possible, thanks to the high-speed, low-latency capabilities of the fifth-generation cellular wireless network, according to Chris Antlitz, a telecom analyst at consultancy Technology Business Research Inc.
“There are all kinds of different use cases for 5G in healthcare, some of them are a little more...