A Comparative Analysis of 3G and 4G Wireless Networks: Technologies, Competition, and User Impact
A comparative study of 3G and 4G technologies, their competitive landscape, and user experience.
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4G Wireless Networkscompare and contrast 3G TO 4G wireless networks in terms of services andapplications, network architecture, data throughput, user perceptions.Must distiguinsh between 4G LTE, 4G WiMax, and 4G WiBROnetworks based onupload and download speeds, user preceptions, backward compatibility, and serviceavailability.Must Identiy why the competition between 4G LTE carriers has been so fierce andsatisfactorily described the benefits of this competion to the subscribers.4G Wireless NetworksIntroductionIn the timeline of mobile phone technology, 3G technology will always be tied to theintroduction of the smart-phone; but as our mobile phones evolve so does our technology. Oursociety is a demanding one and for the technologically savvy those demands are in the form ofmobility, connectivity and faster mobile technology.Compare andContrast 3GWirelessNetworks to 4GNetworksWe can compare and contrast 3G wireless networks and 4G networks in four areas: serviceand application, network architecture,data throughput and user perceptions.Some examples ofservices offered by 3G wireless networksare CDMA2000, UMTS, and EDGE along with a listof others while 4G networks offer Wimax2 and LTE-Advance. The applications are where a lotof users get hooked on technology. 3G opened a whole new realm of possibilities withapplications allowing users to stream video and audio, video calling, video conferencing and ahuge array of multimedia applications in the mobile environment.4G applications include
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