Issues in emerging 4G wireless networks

Author

Varshney, Upkar ; Jain, Radhika

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Inf. Syst., Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

34

Issue

6

fYear

2001

fDate

6/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

94

Lastpage

96

Abstract

Researchers and vendors are expressing a growing interest in 4G wireless networks that support global roaming across multiple wireless and mobile networks. With this feature, users will have access to different services, increased coverage, the convenience of a single device, one bill with a reduced total access cost, and more reliable wireless access even with the failure or loss of one or more networks. 4G networks will also feature IP interoperability for seamless mobile Internet access and bit rates of 50 Mbps or more. Because deployment of 4G wireless technology is not expected until 2006 or even later, developers will hopefully have time to resolve issues involving multiple heterogeneous networks

Keywords

land mobile radio; open systems; radio access networks; transport protocols; 4G wireless networks; 50 Mbit/s; IP interoperability; access cost; bit rates; convenience; coverage; global roaming; mobile networks; multiple heterogeneous networks; network failure; reliable wireless access; seamless mobile Internet access; service access; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Intelligent networks; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile communication; Quality of service; Satellites; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.953469

Filename

953469