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Signals Ahead: Exploring the World of Wireless. Debbie Downer Does Barcelona - Product Image

Signals Ahead: Exploring the World of Wireless. Debbie Downer Does Barcelona

  • Published: June 2012
  • Region: World
  • 21 Pages
  • Signals Research Group, LLC

In years past, the LTE World Summit and its various regional events, started off with an energetic operator presentation from a first-to-market operator (e.g., “Mr. LTE” from TeliaSonera) that encouraged the industry to follow suit and quickly deploy LTE. These presentations allowed the industry to give itself a proverbial pat on the back while also setting the stage for an upbeat conference agenda. That was then, this is now.

The biggest issue stemming from this year's event was the business case for LTE, or to be more specific the business case for mobile broadband. It is generally recognized that all-you-can-eat or even capped bucket plans are not attractive service offerings for either the consumer or the mobile operator. Consequently, the industry is examining alternative business models that leverage Quality of Service (QoS), policy control, and which actually seek to work directly with OTT providers versus trying to ignore them on the hopes that they will go away. LTE/EPC facilitates QoS and policy control, thus making these new business models possible. The challenge is that they can drive significant amounts of Diameter signaling traffic within the core network. READ MORE >

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Figure 1. Wireless City Planning LTE-TDD Coverage in Tokyo, Japan

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