Network Slicing
A feature of 5G networks that allows multiple virtual 5G networks to run on one set of physical 5G network infrastructure. Those virtual networks can be individually fine-tuned to offer different performance characteristics for different applications.
For example, one slice might be optimized for lower power use, to allow longer battery life in devices like water meters and dedicated location trackers. Another network slice might be optimized for the lowest possible latency (response time). It can also provide guaranteed bandwidth, ensuring that some users — for example, first responders — effectively have priority over other network users.
See: Latency
Last updated Dec 11, 2024 by Rich Brome
Editor in Chief Rich became fascinated with cell phones in 1999, creating mobile web sites for phones with tiny black-and-white displays and obsessing over new phone models. Realizing a need for better info about phones, he started Phone Scoop in 2001, and has been helming the site ever since. Rich has spent two decades researching and covering every detail of the phone industry, traveling the world to tour factories, interview CEOs, and get every last spec and photo Phone Scoop readers have come to expect. As an industry veteran, Rich is a respected voice on phone technology of the past, present, and future.
