Exploration and comparison of different 4G technologies implementations: A survey

Author

Datta, Piyali ; Kaushal, Sakshi

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. & Eng. Dept., Panjab Univ., Chandigarh, India

fYear

2014

fDate

6-8 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Wireless networks avoid the installation costs incumbent in wired networks. Nowadays, users of mobile Internet have grown significantly and require instant accessibility of various high speed Internet applications. This paper presents a review of Fourth Generation (4G) networks and its evolution. A Long Term Evolution (LTE) network provides mobile Internet users with all-IP solutions and seamless connectivity. A detailed analysis of different 4G technologies e.g. WiMAX and LTE network is presented in this paper. In addition, this paper presents a discussion about the architecture of LTE network and various issues faced in LTE technology.

Keywords

4G mobile communication; Internet; Long Term Evolution; 4G technologies implementations; LTE network; Long Term Evolution network; fourth generation networks; high speed Internet applications; mobile Internet users; seamless connectivity; wireless networks; Computer architecture; GSM; Internet; Long Term Evolution; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; WiMAX; EDGE; GPRS; GSM; HSPA; LTE; UMTS; WiMAX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering and Computational Sciences (RAECS), 2014 Recent Advances in

Conference_Location

Chandigarh

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2290-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAECS.2014.6799517

Filename

6799517