Technologies such as multiple-carrier LTE-A, NFV/SDN, HetNets and LPLT networks will form an important part of the evolution of mobile networks. Each has the potential to offer tangible benefits to operators within the next few years, and so the industry should not risk losing focus on the potential benefits of these technologies in the short and GSMA Intelligence Understanding 5G 16 medium term. Also, the term ‘5G’ should always be associated with the definition of new radio technology. Everything else is the net result of other forms of innovation
