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
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