CIOTechOutlook >> Magazine >> May - 2016 issue
Quality over Quantity in Wireless Infrastructures
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For a few years now the trend among wireless carriers was to expand in geographies and increase network coverage. In such situations the performance was directly measured according to signal strength, reliability and quality of the conversation. Fast forward to a few years and we can clearly see the trend shift from coverage to capacity. This trend is slowly picking up in India as the introduction of 4G and expanding 3G services which brought about the requirement and processing of large amounts of data and content. Nowadays, at least in major metropolitan cities the focus has shifted from getting a good phone signal, good sound quality to how fast can your mobile device play videos online and how fast can you download, say an Mp3 track. 2016 is the year wherein India will plunge head-on into the 3G and internet craze as the usage of internet on mobile handsets increases exponentially. This will lead to Airtel, Vodafone and other providers in relentless pursuit of expanding capacity to meet network data forecasts. Additionally, on the other end of the spectrum communication equipment manufactures and other organizations constantly vouch for better technologies as they want to introduce 5G technologies and expand on IoT offerings.
In India, although it might seem like a tough task, increasing the network’s physical capacity might be the only long term network solution to the rise in network traffic. These can be only done by increasing the speed data can move through pipes, ultimately needing us to increasing the capacity of already installed pipes. In major metropolitan cities of India, wherein infrastructure already poses a huge issue, it will be quite a challenge to implement the same and build new technologies into the networks infrastructure. In overseas markets, especially USA, LTE has established itself as the go to 4G wireless network. India is slowly adapting this technology widely today and will continue to do so for a few more years with the usage of radio spectrums and implementing LTE as a VoIP and wireless solution.
India is also waiting to witness advanced 4G LTE solutions that can enhance interference capabilities. This can lead to lower turn around latencies, improved spectrum efficiencies and better download speeds.
Do write to us as we at CIOReview are interested to know what do you feel will change the 4G spectrum to deliver better data access in our phones and everyday lives.
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