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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................ 4
DATA EXPLOSION ..................................................................................................... 6
Data Consumption ................................................................................................... 6
Wireless Versus Wireline ........................................................................................... 8
Bandwidth Management ......................................................................................... 11
Technology Drives Demand ..................................................................................... 13
Mobile Broadband Cost and Capacity Trends ............................................................. 13
WIRELESS DATA MARKET ....................................................................................... 14
Market Trends ....................................................................................................... 14
EDGE/HSPA/HSPA+/LTE Deployment ....................................................................... 15
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION .................................................................... 16
Transition to 4G ..................................................................................................... 16
3GPP Evolutionary Approach ................................................................................... 19
Spectrum .............................................................................................................. 26
Architecture Evolution and Heterogeneous Networks .................................................. 30
Service Evolution ................................................................................................... 31
Voice Support ........................................................................................................ 33
Broadband-Wireless Deployment Considerations ........................................................ 33
Wi-Fi Integration and Data Offload ........................................................................... 34
Network Deployment .............................................................................................. 35
COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES .................................................................................. 38
CDMA2000 ............................................................................................................ 38
WiMAX ................................................................................................................. 39
COMPARISON OF WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES ......................................................... 41
Data Throughput ................................................................................................... 41
HSPA+ Throughput ................................................................................................ 46
LTE Throughput ..................................................................................................... 48
Latency ................................................................................................................ 51
Spectral Efficiency.................................................................................................. 52
Cost, Volume, and Market Comparison ..................................................................... 61
CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................... 62
APPENDIX: TECHNOLOGY DETAILS ........................................................................ 64
Spectrum Bands .................................................................................................... 64
UMTS-HSPA .......................................................................................................... 66
HSDPA and HSUPA ................................................................................................. 68
Evolution of HSPA (HSPA+) ..................................................................................... 73
HSPA Voice ........................................................................................................... 84
LTE ...................................................................................................................... 86
LTE-Advanced ....................................................................................................... 96
Heterogeneous Networks and Self-Optimization ....................................................... 106
EPC .................................................................................................................... 111
Wi-Fi Integration ................................................................................................. 114
IMS .................................................................................................................... 117
Cloud Radio Access Network (RAN) ........................................................................ 118
Broadcast/Multicast Services ................................................................................. 119
UMTS TDD .......................................................................................................... 120
TD-SCDMA .......................................................................................................... 121
EDGE/EGPRS ....................................................................................................... 121
Evolved EDGE ..................................................................................................... 124
TV White Spaces .................................................................................................. 132
ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................. 133
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ................................................................................ 139
REFERENCES ........................................................................................................ 140
Direct link: http://www.4gamericas.org/documents/4G Americas Mobile Broadband Explosion August 20121.pdf
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................ 4
DATA EXPLOSION ..................................................................................................... 6
Data Consumption ................................................................................................... 6
Wireless Versus Wireline ........................................................................................... 8
Bandwidth Management ......................................................................................... 11
Technology Drives Demand ..................................................................................... 13
Mobile Broadband Cost and Capacity Trends ............................................................. 13
WIRELESS DATA MARKET ....................................................................................... 14
Market Trends ....................................................................................................... 14
EDGE/HSPA/HSPA+/LTE Deployment ....................................................................... 15
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION .................................................................... 16
Transition to 4G ..................................................................................................... 16
3GPP Evolutionary Approach ................................................................................... 19
Spectrum .............................................................................................................. 26
Architecture Evolution and Heterogeneous Networks .................................................. 30
Service Evolution ................................................................................................... 31
Voice Support ........................................................................................................ 33
Broadband-Wireless Deployment Considerations ........................................................ 33
Wi-Fi Integration and Data Offload ........................................................................... 34
Network Deployment .............................................................................................. 35
COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES .................................................................................. 38
CDMA2000 ............................................................................................................ 38
WiMAX ................................................................................................................. 39
COMPARISON OF WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES ......................................................... 41
Data Throughput ................................................................................................... 41
HSPA+ Throughput ................................................................................................ 46
LTE Throughput ..................................................................................................... 48
Latency ................................................................................................................ 51
Spectral Efficiency.................................................................................................. 52
Cost, Volume, and Market Comparison ..................................................................... 61
CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................... 62
APPENDIX: TECHNOLOGY DETAILS ........................................................................ 64
Spectrum Bands .................................................................................................... 64
UMTS-HSPA .......................................................................................................... 66
HSDPA and HSUPA ................................................................................................. 68
Evolution of HSPA (HSPA+) ..................................................................................... 73
HSPA Voice ........................................................................................................... 84
LTE ...................................................................................................................... 86
LTE-Advanced ....................................................................................................... 96
Heterogeneous Networks and Self-Optimization ....................................................... 106
EPC .................................................................................................................... 111
Wi-Fi Integration ................................................................................................. 114
IMS .................................................................................................................... 117
Cloud Radio Access Network (RAN) ........................................................................ 118
Broadcast/Multicast Services ................................................................................. 119
UMTS TDD .......................................................................................................... 120
TD-SCDMA .......................................................................................................... 121
EDGE/EGPRS ....................................................................................................... 121
Evolved EDGE ..................................................................................................... 124
TV White Spaces .................................................................................................. 132
ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................. 133
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ................................................................................ 139
REFERENCES ........................................................................................................ 140
Direct link: http://www.4gamericas.org/documents/4G Americas Mobile Broadband Explosion August 20121.pdf