Title :
Convergence and Competition on the Way Toward 4G: Where are We Going?
Author_Institution :
Stanford Univ., CA
Abstract :
4G evolution includes improvements beyond 3G as well as nomadic and mobile versions of fixed broadband wireless access (BWA) systems, such as WiFi and WiMAX. The resulting trend is technological and application convergence in an increasingly competitive marketplace. This introductory paper to the Focused Session "Convergence and Competition on the Way to 4G" concentrates on three key contributing developments: IMT-Advanced, migration from fixed to mobile BWA, and handover between heterogeneous networks
Keywords :
4G mobile communication; broadband networks; radio access networks; 4G evolution; IMT-Advanced; WiFi; WiMAX; beyond 3G; fixed broadband wireless access systems; heterogeneous networks; mobile BWA; Convergence; HDTV; Microwave Theory and Techniques Society; Microwave technology; Standardization; Streaming media; USA Councils; Video sharing; Videoconference; WiMAX; Mobile communication; broadband communication; wireless LAN;
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
DOI :
10.1109/RWS.2007.351819
