A signal too noisy: Operators at risk of signaling traffic deluge

monica.paolini posted on April 29, 2010 15:16

Is the signaling traffic from BlackBerries, iPhones, and Android smartphones creating just as much congestion in cellular networks as actual data traffic is? There is considerable disagreement among those that I talk to, and mobile operators are not too keen to share data–but it is a topic you are likely to hear more about in the future as the implications of signaling traffic in networks dominated by data traffic become better understood.

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Posted in: 3G, 4G, LTE, Mobile broadband, Signaling, WiMAX, Wireless broadband, Wireless data

Expanded version of Yota paper now available

monica.paolini posted on April 07, 2010 20:58

A new version of the white paper on Yota, the Russian WiMAX operator is now available. You can download it here. The new version includes more information on their go-to-market strategy, their business model and their plans for future services.

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Posted in: 4G, Mobile broadband, Mobile devices, WiMAX, Wireless broadband

Compact base stations: Squeezing out cost, volume, and complexity from WiMAX deployments

monica.paolini posted on April 05, 2010 21:02

A new, more varied radio access network (RAN) topology is emerging, driven by the availability of new technologies, more demanding performance, coverage and cost requirements, and innovative business models. The traditional ground-based, multi-sector macro base transceiver station (BTS) is rapidly losing its dominant position to single-sector micro and pico BTSs with a smaller footprint, and to distributed multi-sector BTSs with remote radio heads (RRHs).

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Posted in: 4G, WiMAX, Wireless broadband

Entries for April 2010

A signal too noisy: Operators at risk of signaling traffic deluge

Expanded version of Yota paper now available

Compact base stations: Squeezing out cost, volume, and complexity from WiMAX deployments