expects that it will generate only limited benefits for avs in the next five years by design avs cannot rely on mobile networks such as 5g for core functionality but must utilize multiple technologies to meet performance and safety design objectives davenport said nevertheless 5g networks will play a crucial role in handling the massive amounts of data generated by avs and their users for all kinds of purposes including safety connectivity and entertainment csps must act now to secure future market opportunities by ensuring that 5g is part of the av design process oems will need comprehensive endtoend data solutions to streamline their management of data connectivity storage and analyticsin addition to offering solutions csps have to build support for their 5g technologies and establish them as the de facto communication standard this would be best achieved by supporting standards committees and working with local governments to facilitate the development of advanced use cases such as metropolitan traffic management davenport concluded