Aspects Favoring 3G Technologies Over Mobile WiMAX
Continuing the coverage of 3G and WiMAX, here’s a research paper by a grad student at Colorado University, which provides the point of view that 3G technologies have an edge over WiMAX. I wanted to share it to see what you think. For those who are interested in a detailed comparison, it is a good reference. Note that the context of the paper is North American market so the conclusions do not necessarily make sense for other markets such as Pakistan.
Here’s the source of the abstract, full paper is here.
There has been much conversation over the past few years regarding the evolution of next-generation air interfaces supporting mobile broadband. One of the most talked about as far as promise is concerned is 802.16e, otherwise known as mobile WiMAX. In its advertised form, the standard can support data rates of tens of megabits per second while supporting many real-time user applications that cannot be supported by third-generation technologies. Although mobile WiMAX sounds promising as a next-generation technology, other factors do exist which will limit its overall success. Some of the factors that will be discussed in this paper will include the design challenges facing base-station architecture, competing third-generation long-term evolution (LTE) technologies, and costs to existing service providers to upgrade their networks. This paper is meant to demonstrate that from a service-provider’s point-of-view, the upgrade path to mobile WiMAX may not be the correct solution.
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“3G technologies have an edge over WiMAX”
LOL, I hope the pun was intended.
Glad you noticed it. BTW the tagline on your blog is really interesting :)