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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 February 10, 2012 15:27
The interview is available online. Or if you want to see the detailed TOC analysis, you can read the paper.
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Posted in: 4G, LTE, Mobile broadband, Wireless broadband, Wireless data, RAN, Backhaul, Wireless backhaul, PTP, PMP, point-to-point, point-to-multipoint
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 January 26, 2012 22:32
The wireless industry has settled on a single interface for 4G networks, LTE. Gone are the holy wars, first pitting GSM against CDMA; then W-CDMA against EV-DO; and finally HSPA/LTE against WiMAX. Operators can now focus their resources on new network topologies, and how to increase spectral efficiency and capacity.
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Posted in: 3G, 4G, FDD, LTE, Mobile broadband, TDD, WiMAX, Wireless broadband, Wireless data, Heterogeneous networks, Small cells, RAN, TD LTE, Data traffic
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 November 09, 2011 19:47
Mobile operators have finally come to accept that small cells will be an essential component of their strategy to increase network capacity. As they start planning for small cell deployments, mobile operators have to figure out the business case. And backhaul has become one of the top key issues – and one that is tricky to address.
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Posted in: 4G, LTE, Mobile broadband, Wireless broadband, Wireless data, Heterogeneous networks, Small cells, RAN, Data traffic, Backhaul, Wireless backhaul, PTP, PMP, point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, E-band, sub-6 GHz
monica.paolini posted on November 03, 2011 11:28
Apparently that's possible -- and it is not at all a bad idea. Telekomsel in Indonesia has announced an unlimited Skype plan priced at slightly less than three dollars per month. Why pay for something you can get for free anyway, you can get for free anyway with your data plan? You would not, if you have a multi-GB data plan. But the untapped market for data subscribers -- now that all the deep-pocketed early-users have their fancy iPhones and Android devices -- is among those who are not willing to pay $30+ per month
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