Wireless broadband evolution

[rpm]

Wireless broadband evolution

Acclaimed by many as the future of telecommunications, Long Term Evolution (LTE) is increasingly becoming an attractive option for mobile network operators.

 

[vodacom3g]

Interesting to note the standard is already being frozen this year, while the WiMax working groups still can't seem to settle on something vendors can go and build.

This can easily be the deciding factor in which technology will find the biggest market.

 

[Archie1]

I thought LTE is pre-4G

 

[vodacom3g]

I thought LTE is pre-4G

There are no clear definitions on what 3G, 3.xG and 4G actually means. You'll probably find by the time LTE rolls, they'll call it 4.5G.....

1G and 2G were well understood, but after that it gets more fuzzy as marketing departments go to work.

 

[Zyzzyva]

Very intersting. Would this potentially make lte a viable gaming connection in a real world scenarious? The 5 ms for small packets makes u think so.

Another question ... roughyl how much bandwidth can an hsdpa enabled tower give. I know wimax does about 50 megs or something. Or am i getting it wrong.

If the tower can only handle 50 megs per second, and users in an area start using more than 50megs, can hsdpa be upgraded to a higher throughput? And if yes, how?

 

[Tns]

is this going to benefit consumers?

 

[pkid]

Advert alert. Wait and see...wait and see