Title :
GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA networks performance measurements in the State of Kuwait
Author :
Almutairi, Ali F. ; Al-Jame, Fahad ; A-Buraikan, Abdullah
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Kuwait Univ., Safat, Kuwait
Abstract :
GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSDPA are wireless data services that are deployed by Mobile operators to provide higher data rate. This paper provides a set of measurements that are used to evaluate, from user perspective, these types of data services in the State of Kuwait. The Measurements are taken in different areas of Kuwait. Measurements show that HSDPA is the best wireless data connection offered by the mobile operators in the state of Kuwait. The measurements are based on measuring the Quality of Service (QoS) experienced by one mobile user running applications such as FTP and WWW on laptops connected to GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA networks.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; Internet; Web sites; cellular radio; laptop computers; packet radio networks; quality of service; FTP; GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA networks; QoS; State of Kuwait; WWW; World Wide Web; laptops; mobile operators; mobile user; performance measurements; quality of service; wireless data connection; wireless data services; Ground penetrating radar; IP networks; Multiaccess communication; Protocols; Spread spectrum communication; Throughput; World Wide Web; 3G; Cellular Networks; EDGE; GPRS; HSDPA;
Conference_Titel :
GCC Conference & Exhibition, 2009 5th IEEE
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3885-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEEEGCC.2009.5734321
