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WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?

News Raising the example of Korea, he noted the availability of models which combine both HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) and WiBro (wireless broadband) functionality. Teresa Kellett, director of global development for telco Sprint Nextel...

Tags: 4g, 3g, wimax

[11 Apr 2008]

Successive Interference Cancellation Algorithms for Downlink W-CDMA Communications

whitepaper Three new interference cancellation techniques suitable for the downlink of any CDMA system with orthogonal spreading are proposed. In this paper, successive intracell interference cancellation (IIC) of the wideband-code division multiple access (W...

Tags: tdma - cdma, interference, code, spreading

[10 Apr 2008]

Proposal of Adaptive Downlink Modulation Using OFDM and MC-CDMA for Future Mobile Communications System

whitepaper In this paper, an adaptive downlink modulation using OFDM and MC-CDMA is presented for maximizing the system capacity and actualizing QoS (Quality of Service) control of future mobile communications. To meet the strong demand for broadband...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, capacity, mobile communications, system capacity

[10 Apr 2008]

Adaptive Resource Allocation in Multiuser OFDM Systems With Proportional Fairness

whitepaper Multiuser orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MU-OFDM) is a promising technique for achieving high downlink capacities in future cellular and wireless LAN systems. The sum capacity of MU-OFDM is maximized when each subchannel is assigned to...

Tags: wireless lan, ofdm, allocation, fairness

[10 Apr 2008]

Uplink Scheduling in CDMA Packet-Data Systems

whitepaper Uplink scheduling in wireless systems is gaining importance due to arising uplink intensive data services (ftp, image uploads etc.which could be hampered by the currently in-built asymmetry in favor of the downlink.

Tags: tdma - cdma, throughput, scheduling, uplink

[10 Apr 2008]

3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth

News There are now 637 high speed downlink packet access products on the market, with almost half (303) of them being mobile phones. The number of 3.5G devices on the market is mushrooming with 150 per cent annual growth in HSDPA gizmos, according to...

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, hsdpa

[07 Apr 2008]

Dongle mania to kill off wi-fi hotspots?

News This mobile broadband 'dongle mania' is being driven by ongoing 3.5G rollouts (aka HSDPA networks - or high speed downlink packet access). The Infonetics Research Mobility: Broadband, Phones, Subscribers and Services report predicts the mobile data...

Tags: data card, wi-fi, mobile broadband

[28 Mar 2008]

Nokia HSDPA Solution

whitepaper This paper covers HSDPA, High Speed Downlink Packet Access. HSDPA is based on WCDMA evolution, standardized as part of 3GPP Release 5 WCDMA specifications. The new modulation method of HSDPA greatly improves the peak data rate and throughput, which...

Tags: hsdpa, wcdma, packet, method

[12 Mar 2008]

iPhone on the Edge 'disappoints' Apple co-founder

News Currently, the iPhone can only access Edge networks - often referred to as 2.75 G, as they offer speeds above GPRS networks but below the lowest speed 3G networks - which are capable of providing a downlink in the low hundreds of Kbps.

Tags: iphone, 3g, edge, apple

[03 Mar 2008]

Mobiles on the moon? Nasa prepares trial for takeoff

News Data throughput in the MoonLite system would range from up to 3kbps for the downlink and up to 2kbps for the uplink. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth

Tags: moon, space, nasa, message

[19 Feb 2008]

Vodafone cuts mobile broadband prices

News Vodafone said its UK network has a top downlink speed of 7.2Mbps - in London and major airports - and a maximum of 1.44Mbps uplink. But the 50 per cent price will only run for a limited 'promotional period'.

Tags: vodafone, roaming, mobile broadband, sign

[01 Feb 2008]

Dynamic Distortion Control for 3-D Embedded Wavelet Video Over Multiuser OFDM Networks

whitepaper This paper proposes a system to transmit multiple 3-D embedded wavelet video programs over downlink multi-user OFDM. The paper considers the fairness among users and formulates the problem as minimizing the users' maximal distortion subject to...

Tags: wireless lan

[23 Jan 2008]

On the Impact of Prioritised Radio Resource Control on TCP Connections in a Downlink UMTS Channel

whitepaper This paper analyses the impact of this bandwidth oscillation phenomenon on TCP connections over a downlink UMTS channel. Prioritisation based on traffic class is widely used within radio resource control strategies to provide Quality of Service...

Tags: tcp - ip

[14 Jan 2008]

3.5G network growth ramping up

News HSDPA, or high speed downlink packet access, is a beefed up flavour of 3G capable of delivering downlink speeds of up to a theoretical maximum of 7.2Mbps. Almost two-thirds (62 per cent) of existing commercial HSDPA networks support downlink speeds...

Tags: hspa, hsdpa, mobile wimax, 3.5g

[09 Jan 2008]

Measured TCP Performance in CDMA 1x EV-DO Network

whitepaper Although the peak rates of downlink/uplink are specified as 2.4 Mbps/153 Kbps, the user-experienced application-layer throughput has not been much reported and analyzed. In this experiment, it was shown that average TCP throughputs over downlink...

Tags: tcp - ip

[08 Jan 2008]

A MIMO-OFDM Prototype for Next-Generation Wireless WANs

whitepaper Coupled with a robust and efficient OFDM air interface, MIMO technologies lead to a very compelling high-speed data downlink solution for future wireless systems. This paper presents Nortel Networks' MIMO-OFDM concept prototype and measured...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, concept, ofdm, nortel

[07 Jan 2008]

TCP Fairness for Uplink and Downlink Flows in WLANs

whitepaper This paper proposes a dual queue based scheme in an Access Point (AP) for TCP fairness among uplink flows and downlink flows. The proposed scheme employs two queues, one for the data packets of downlink TCP flows and another for the ACK packets...

Tags: wireless lan

[26 Dec 2007]

A Simulation Study of TCP Performance Over UMTS Downlink

whitepaper Data transfer on the UMTS downlink can be done either through Dedicated Channels (DCH) or shared channel (FACH). The data transfers on the DCHs can receive very high throughputs. However, a setup time of the order of 250ms is required before data...

Tags: tcp - ip

[26 Dec 2007]

Modeling and Analysis of TCP Dynamics Over IEEE 802.11 WLAN

whitepaper It is due to the behavior of the TCP flow control in the infrastructure WLAN, where the downlink (i.e. Today, IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN (WLAN) is a prevailing solution for the wireless Internet access while Transport Control Protocol (TCP) is the...

Tags: wireless lan

[26 Dec 2007]

Joint Uplink and Downlink Capacity Considerations in Admission Control in Multiservice CDMA/HSDPA Systems

whitepaper In the latter case, packets are typically found in the downlink whereas ACKs are in the uplink. Those two links are asymmetric in the case of CDMA-based High Data Rate (HDR)/High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) systems, the uplink being much...

Tags: tcp - ip

[20 Dec 2007]

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