Wireless Services and Networks

• 4G wireless network planning: A guide for network operators

  This 4G wireless network planning guide helps network operators determine what moving to 4G means for network design and traffic handling practices, and how to adapt as necessary.  Tutorial

• Evolved Packet Core primer

  Learn about the Evolved Packet Core for 4G LTE networks that converges voice and data to run as packet-switched services with Quality of Service, session and policy management.  Tutorial

• The road to LTE and 4G: How wireless technologies evolved

  This chapter from 'Fundamentals of LTE' details how wireless technologies progressed from basic systems into advanced 4G wireless technologies like Long-Term Evolution (LTE).  Chapter Download

• TIA deems 2011 a good year for telecom market growth

  Telecom market growth is in for some good years, according to a new Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) report on global telecom services and equipment renewal due to wireless, 4G deployment, and broadband services and network infrastructur...  Commentary

• As tablet device analytics trickle in, bring on the network offload

  The early returns on the effects of tablet devices on 3G/4G networks are trickling in and already indicate that network offload – using Wi-Fi hotspots or femtocells – is an essential strategy.  Feature

• Tablet devices could change user behavior and network capacity planning

  Growing use of tablet devices could result in a new kind of network capacity planning that relies heavily on Wi-Fi hotspot and femtocell offload, as bandwidth-intensive applications like video are most accessed while users are in one place rather tha...  Feature

• 4G LTE primer: Long Term Evolution evolves

  This 4G LTE primer looks at the development of Long Term Evolution as a fourth-generation high-speed wireless broadband technology, its advantages over 3G wireless, and the challenges facing it, including architecting standardized Voice over LTE.  Primer

• Femtocell technology primer: Growing consumer and enterprise use

  This femtocell technology primer looks at wireless operators’ growing reliance on these small cellular base stations in homes and enterprises to extend wireless network coverage, and the new service opportunities coming out of their deployment.  Primer

• Deploying LTE network layers for peak performance and operations

  LTE network layers, especially the radio access network and the Evolved Packet Core, must function independently but cooperate with each other, a complex task for network designers balancing LTE services, 3G migration and tower location issues, as we...  Telecom Insights

• LTE network infrastructure: Greenfield and brownfield network design

  While paying close attention to user trends, operators migrating to LTE network infrastructure need to plan their greenfield and brownfield networks in harmony with each other, with existing 3G usage patterns as an aid for planning 4G wireless capaci...  Telecom Insights
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