At the opening ceremony of the 2019 China International Information and Communication Exhibition held on October 31, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and three major operators held a 5G commercial launch ceremony. China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom have officially announced their 5G plans and launched their commercial 5G plans on November 1st. This marks the official entry of China into the 5G commercial era. It is reported that a total of 50 cities have been selected as the first batch of cities to be opened for 5G. And next year, there will be over 340 commercial cities. So what development will the arrival of 5G bring to the instrumentation industry? Let's take a look together!

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We all know that the sensor is the most directly related to the instrumentation industry. In the 5G era, all action links and application scenarios require sensors to be implemented, and sensors have become the basic hardware and necessary condition for things to be related. According to industry estimates, by 2019, the smart sensor market in China will reach a scale of 96 billion yuan. In the 5G era, we are not afraid of not having a market, we are afraid of not having the technology and products to firmly establish ourselves in the market. As long as sensor companies delve deeper and produce high-quality products, they will definitely have great potential in the future.

Smart electricity meters, water meters, and gas meters

In the construction of smart cities, the management of electricity, water, and gas consumption is an important link. Smart electricity meters, smart water meters, and smart gas meters are indispensable for electricity, water, and gas consumption. Nowadays, with the opening of 5G applications, it can meet the functions of real-time data collection and transmission, remote scheduling and coordination control, and high-speed interconnection of multiple systems for smart meters, achieving remote meter reading. In addition to the basic application of remote meter reading, more functions can be achieved through 5G network. Real time monitoring of leakage, water quality, pipeline leakage, gas leakage, and other internal conditions of pipelines.

Accurate instrument detection

5G Internet of Things, in terms of network connection, all industries need to go through signal processing, and signal connection is essential for chips and devices, which must be tested by high-tech precision instruments before mass production. In addition, network connectivity testing also requires precise instrument detection in the communication industry. The interconnection of all things, if any item is missed, cannot be called the interconnection of all things. Although 5G applications have officially begun in China, they have not yet been perfected, so the promotion of 5G infrastructure will inevitably drive the demand for measuring instruments and meters.

In addition to the above three aspects mentioned by the editor, with the implementation of 5G, instruments and meters can be applied to more industries, such as the Internet of Vehicles. Through information sensing devices such as radio frequency identification instruments, sensors, positioning systems, and laser scanners, vehicles can complete the collection of their own environmental and status information. In addition, in the future, we can use 5G, cloud computing technology, and artificial intelligence to enable doctors to provide emergency rescue guidance, remote real-time consultations, and even remote surgery services for patients through video and image-based medical diagnosis systems. The implementation of 5G will enable the future instrument industry to simplify and facilitate operations while meeting user needs, and achieve more functions, making it more intelligent and vivid to use.

It is understood that China has officially started researching and developing 6G, and I believe it will be a different era. Instruments and meters are instruments or equipment used to detect, measure, observe, and calculate various physical quantities, material components, physical properties, etc. The development of 6G, including future use, also relies on the help of instruments and meters.