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Understanding 5G from aperspective of innovation is to explore both technical research and development(R&D) and non-technical issues. While 4G has been considered as anincremental innovation from its predecessors (3G and 2G), design features andkey technologies have indicated 5G as a disruptive innovation. Consequently, 5Gwill create new market values, in which new services and applications willemerge in unexpected ways. Hence, it is predicted that policy makers will facesignificant challenges concerning 5G implementation in their respectivecountries. This paper aims to investigate the challenges to standards andregulations at a country level. The discussion begins with the challengesbecause of the emergence of non-human markets as well as the complexity ofmulti-device technological platforms. Due to anticipated massive cloud-basedapplications, security issues of cloud-based applications will be a subsequentchallenge for national policy makers. Finally, as 5G may require varioussupporting technologies, the challenge for the policy maker is also to triggernational development of local standards. |
