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Wi-Fi Offload
monica.paolini posted on May 02, 2012 20:03
We all love a fight, and for a long time small cells and Wi-Fi offload have been presented as competing approaches, mostly with Wi-Fi as the initial, cheap-and-cheerful solution to be eventually by carrier-grade small cells. But this is not what is happening.
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monica.paolini posted on February 28, 2012 00:30
The article in the Mobile World Daily at MWC covers the results. of the mobile operators survey. Here are the numbers, global and by region, showing some interesting variation.
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Posted in: 3G, 4G, FDD, LTE, Mobile broadband, Mobile devices, TDD, Wi-Fi, Wireless broadband, Wireless data, Heterogeneous networks, Small cells, Core network, RAN, TD LTE, Wi-Fi Offload, SON, Data traffic
monica.paolini posted on February 22, 2012 13:25
Backhaul is one, if not the biggest, challenge to small cell deployments, both in terms of performance and business plan. Many solutions are available, but operators are still debating. What are your views?
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Posted in: 3G, 4G, LTE, Mobile broadband, Wireless broadband, Wireless data, Heterogeneous networks, Small cells, Wi-Fi Offload, Backhaul, Wireless backhaul, PTP, PMP, point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, E-band, sub-6 GHz
monica.paolini posted on February 22, 2012 12:38
What will drive disruption in the wireless industry over the next three years? In a survey sponsored by Radisys, we posed this question to decision makers and thought leaders at mobile operators worldwide to get their personal insights. This is what we found...
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Posted in: 3G, 4G, FDD, LTE, Mobile broadband, Mobile devices, TDD, Wi-Fi, Wireless broadband, Wireless data, Heterogeneous networks, Small cells, Core network, RAN, TD LTE, femto cells, Wi-Fi Offload, SON, Data traffic, Wireless backhaul
monica.paolini posted on February 10, 2012 17:34
In our first conversation, we talk to Stephen Rayment of BelAir about the role of cable operators in in helping mobile operators address the increase in data usage that they are seeing among smartphone, tablet and laptop users, and that it is causing congestion. We look at this from a network infrastructure viewpoint, and more specifically focus on Wi-Fi offload and small cells.
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monica.paolini posted on January 26, 2012 23:07
LTE does not only deliver more capacity to mobile operators overwhelmed by traffic growth. It is also brings innovation in the RAN, where operators have started to experiment with new topologies, new ways to leverage existing equipment in new deployments, and more flexible network planning and managing tools and interference.
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Posted in: 4G, FDD, LTE, Mobile broadband, Mobile devices, TDD, Wireless broadband, Wireless data, Heterogeneous networks, Small cells, Core network, RAN, TD LTE, Wi-Fi Offload, SON, Data traffic, Backhaul
monica.paolini posted on December 20, 2011 01:14
In a recent report, I argued that data caps are not effective as a traffic management tool as they may encourage peak traffic, and thus increase congestion, instead of containing it. Fairly enough, one question that I often get is what works then, if data caps don't. Mobile operators have different tools--Wi-Fi and small-cell offload, policy, content optimization, QoS-based tiering to name a few--and they will have to employ many of them to manage traffic effectively.
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Posted in: 3G, 4G, LTE, Mobile broadband, Mobile devices, Wi-Fi, Wireless broadband, Wireless data, Heterogeneous networks, Small cells, RAN, femto cells, Wi-Fi Offload, Data traffic
monica.paolini posted on December 16, 2011 18:02
A paper I wrote on the future of Wi-Fi in the enterprise just came out on GigaOM Pro. It was fun to write as it gave me the opportunity to think not only about the future of Wi-Fi, but also about its past. It is really impressive how flexible Wi-Fi as a technology has been to adapt to an increasingly diverse set of requirements in the market.
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monica.paolini posted on October 12, 2011 14:00
New report available at GigaOM Pro
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Posted in: 3G, 4G, LTE, Mobile broadband, Mobile devices, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Wireless broadband, Wireless data, Heterogeneous networks, Small cells, Core network, RAN, femto cells, Wi-Fi Offload, SON, Data traffic, QoS, QoE
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