I-5G (iTekhnoloji yoNxibelelwano lweSizukulwana sesihlanu), eyaziwa ngokuba yi-5G, sisizukulwana esitsha sothungelwano lwe-broadband ye-intanethi ebonakaliswe ngesantya esiphezulu, i-latency ephantsi, kunye noqhagamshelwano olukhulu. Sisiseko sothungelwano lokuqonda ukudityaniswa kwabantu, oomatshini, kunye nezinto.
I-International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ichaze iimeko ezintathu eziphambili zesicelo se-5G, ezizezi, i-Enhaced Mobile Broadband (EMBB), i-Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC), kunye ne-Massive Machine Class Communication (mMTC). I-Broadband ye-Mobile ephuculweyo (EMBB) ijolise ikakhulu ekukhuleni okugqabhukileyo kwe-Intanethi ye-Intanethi, ukubonelela ngamava osetyenziso olugqithisileyo kubasebenzisi be-Intanethi beselula; I-Ultra high reliability low latency communication (URLLC) ijolise ikakhulu kwizicelo zemboniselo ezithe nkqo ezineemfuno eziphezulu kakhulu ze-latency kunye nokuthembeka, njengokulawulwa kwemizi-mveliso, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okude, kunye nokuqhuba ngokuzimeleyo; I-Massive Machine Class Communication (MMTC) ijolise ikakhulu kwiimfuno zesicelo sokuva kunye nokuqokelela idatha kwizixeko ezihlakaniphile, amakhaya ahlakaniphile, ukubeka iliso kokusingqongileyo, kunye nezinye iinkalo.
Ukuhlangabezana neemeko ezahlukeneyo zokusetyenziswa kwe-5G, izibonakaliso eziphambili zokusebenza ze-5G zihluke kakhulu. I-ITU ichaze izibonakaliso ezisibhozo zokusebenza eziphambili ze-5G, phakathi kwazo isantya esiphezulu, i-latency ephantsi, kunye noxhulumaniso olukhulu luyimpawu ezibalaseleyo ze-5G. Izinga lamava omsebenzisi lifikelela kwi-1Gbps, i-latency iphantsi njenge-1ms, kwaye umthamo woxhumo lomsebenzisi ufikelela kwi-1 yezigidi ze-square kilometer.