• DocumentCode
    2424934
  • Title

    Convergence and Competition on the Way Towards 4G

  • Author

    Rouffet, Denis ; Schier, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel Mobile Commun. Group
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    9-11 Jan. 2007
  • Firstpage
    277
  • Lastpage
    280
  • Abstract
    The race to 4G has already started with an increasing involvement of all cellular industry. With the increasing variety of technologies targeting 4G, and actors in competition, the migration to 4G appears to be a complex thing. This paper presents the expected market requirements for 4G, explains the complexity of future technology landscape, with an emphasis on the standards in competition, and spectrum availability. The key technologies providing mobility, high spectral efficiency, along with system architecture evolutions, are also presented
  • Keywords
    4G mobile communication; cellular radio; 4G; cellular industry; expected market requirements; future technology landscape; spectral efficiency; spectrum availability; system architecture evolutions; 4G mobile communication; Broadband communication; Convergence; Frequency; Land mobile radio; Multiaccess communication; Research and development; Space technology; Standardization; Traffic control; 4G; Broadband wireless; Mobile communication; WiMAX; standardization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio and Wireless Symposium, 2007 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0445-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0445-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RWS.2007.351822
  • Filename
    4160705