xenophon
join:2007-09-17
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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Re: LTE2
The speed of the device has almost no meaning. It's all about backhaul and spectrum. WiMAX devices already can do 35Mbps (in a lab). The backhaul to the site needs to be enough to get high speeds to every user. MIMO antennas will also probably be needed to get past 10Mbps at distances.
LTE has virtually no technology advantage over WiMAX as they are essentially the same core technology at the physical layer. It's about how the carrier actually delivers it.
Sprint has enough spectrum (about 100mhz per market) to actually deliver ultra high speeds. I believe ATT/Verizon only get about 25Mhz of spectrum in the 700mhz space for LTE. It also depends on how much backhaul they will provide to every site.
WiMAX currently has no cap and if it does, it will probably be more comparable to cable/dsl caps. But will Clearwire have enough capital to roll out nationwide? |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| True - WiMAX has no 'real' advantages over LTE... with the exception of the 'mass scale' of GSMA and its subscriber base. The carrier delivery and roaming agreements are where its being tied up, much as the CDMA ANSI core vs GSM MAP core did. At one time there was an attempt to bridge the CDMA physcial layer to the map core with GSM 1x.
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JRglasgow
@btcentralplus.com | Re: LTE2 no real advantage?
running off battery then LTE is clear advantage over Wimax, uplink is the key to the winner and loser for mobility |
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