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3G Wireless 3G Wireless
3G Wireless 3G Wireless
3G Wireless
Wireless
Preeti Rana
Introduction
•Capability
to determine geographic position of mobiles
and report it to both the network and the mobile terminal
Entertainment
•Audio on demand
•Games
•Video clips
•Virtual sightseeing
3G / WLAN Integration
Why Integrate ?
– To have access to high-bandwidth access
where WLAN coverage is offered, while
accessing wide area coverage of 3G at
other places.
Problems : -
Continuity of Sessions.
Security.
Implementing 3G and WLAN
Architecture
- Functionalities include reuse of 3G
subscription, network selection, 3G
system based authentication,
authorization and security using
SIM/USIM card
- WLAN access will rely on existing
820.11 standards
Implementing 3G and WLAN
Tightly coupled
- uses a 3G core network to access
WLAN
Loosely coupled (preferred)
- uses a WLAN gateway to directly
access the internet
Key Parameters of 3G and 4G Systems
3G 4G
Frequency
1.8 - 2.5 GHz 2 - 8 GHz
Band
Bandwidth 5 - 20 MHz 5 - 20 MHz
Up to 2 Mbps (384
Data Rate Up to 20 Mbps
Kbps deployed)
W - CDMA / CDMA MC - CDMA or OFDMA
Access
2000 / TD -SCDMA (TDMA)
Switching Circuit / Packet Packet
Mobile top
200 Km/h 200 Km/h
speeds
Conclusion
3G technologies promise to deliver a lot and are
slowly being put into effect.
We have already started seeing the early
features of 3G technologies being implemented in
our phones, i.e., the video phones in the market.
It remains to be seen how much of the promised
features and applications are actually
implemented in today’s economy.
However, they have been slow in coming in.
Let’s see what the future holds…
REFERENCES
Websites
– About/Cellphones
<http://cellphones.about.com/library/glossary/bldef_3g_wireless.htm>
– White Paper on ‘WCDMA’, InterDigital, Inc.
<http://www.interdigital.com/tech_products_wcdma.shtml>
– www.3g-generation.com
– www.fcc.gov
– www.cdg.org
– www.3gsm.org
– www.3g-newsroom.com
Two Questions?