4G

FOURTH GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

CONTENTS

History 3G and Its Limitations 4G Concept Key Technologies Benefits Applications Conclusion

Mobile System Generations

First Generation (1G) mobile systems were designed to offer a single service, i.e., speech.
Second Generation (2G) mobile systems were also designed primarily to offer speech with a limited capability to offer data at low rates.

Third Generation (3G) mobile systems are expected to offer high-quality multi-media services and operate in different environments.

SHORT HISTORY of MOBILE TELEPHONE TECHNOLOGIES

THIRD GENERATION (3G)

Major technologies
Bluetooth Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.x standards) WiFi Short range wireless communications Highly utilized and very popular: offices, airports, coffee shops, universities and schools Two basic modes of operations: -Ad-hoc networking: computers send data to one another -Access point: sending data to the base station

Limitations of 3G
Difficulty of CDMA to provide higher data rates Need for continuously increasing data rate and bandwidth to meet the multimedia requirements Limitation of spectrum and its allocation Inability to roam between different services To provide a seamless transport end-to-end Mechanism To introduce a better system with reduces cost

4G Concept
The user has freedom and flexibility to select any desired service with reasonable QoS and affordable price, anytime, anywhere.

Design Objectives

Next Generation will also have specifically needs to resolve its own multiple issues
Heterogeneous networks Access, handover Location coordination, resource coordination Adding new users Support for multicasting QoS, wireless security and authentication Network failure backup Pricing and billing

Heterogeneous Networks

Network Selection
Most Appropriate Network Selection Criteria
Service Type
-Data rate -QoS Available Resources

User Context
- Environment (When and Where) - Mobility - User preferences

Key 4G Technologies
OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)

SDR

(Software Defined Radio)

MIMO (Multiple-input multiple-output)

Interlayer Optimization Handover and Mobility

Benefits
Convergence of Cellular Mobile Networks and WLANs Benefits for Operators Higher bandwidths, Lower cost of networks and equipment,The use of licence-exempt spectrum, Higher capacity and Qos enhancement, higher revenue. Users Access to broadband multimedia services with lower cost and here mostly needed, Inter-network roaming. Convergence of Mobile Communication and Broadcasting Benefits for Operators Cellular operators will benefit from offering their customers a range of new broadband multi-media services in vehicular environments. Users Users will benefit from faster access to a range of broadband multimedia services with reasonable QoS and lower cost.

Wireless System Discovery

A multimode terminal attaches to the WLAN and scans the available systems.
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It can download suitable software manually or automatically.

Applications
Virtual Presence Virtual navigation Tele-geoprocessing applications Tele-Medicine and Education Crisis management Multimedia Video Services

CONCLUSION
As the history of mobile communications shows attempts have been made to reduce a number of technologies to a single global standard. 4G seems to be a very promising generation of wireless communication that will change the peoples life in the wireless world. 4G is expected to be launched by 2010 and the world is looking forward for the most intelligent technology that would connect the entire globe.

REFERENCES
www.google.com www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G www.4g.co.uk www.uscwc.com/4GReport www.four-g.net/

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