Study Project Economics & Informatics 2007 INNOVATIONS OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION STANDARDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR TELECOM COMPANIES What are innovations of mobile communication standards and their applications for telecom companies? Eveline van den Heuvel and Cosmas Fonville

Study Project Economics & Informatics 2007

INNOVATIONS OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION STANDARDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

FOR TELECOM COMPANIES

What are innovations of mobile communication standards and their applications for telecom companies? Eveline van den Heuvel and Cosmas Fonville

0G 1946 MTS 1962 IMTS Connected to the public phone network Has its own telephone number

1946 MTS

1962 IMTS

Connected to the public

phone network

Has its own telephone

number

1G 1982 Analog cell phones Voice traffic only

1982

Analog cell phones

Voice traffic only

2G 1991 Digital networks SMS 1999  2.5G GPRS Data rate up to 128 kb/s EDGE Data rate up to 384 kb/s

1991

Digital networks

SMS

1999  2.5G

GPRS

Data rate up to 128 kb/s

EDGE

Data rate up to 384 kb/s

3G 2002 UMTS HSDPA Internet, e-mail, fax, e-commerce, music, video clips, and videoconferencing

2002

UMTS

HSDPA

Internet, e-mail, fax, e-commerce, music, video clips, and videoconferencing

4G Expected in 2010 M obile multimedia, A nytime anywhere, G lobal support, I ntegrated wireless solution, C ustomized personal service WiMAX

Expected in 2010

M obile multimedia, A nytime anywhere, G lobal support, I ntegrated wireless solution, C ustomized personal service

WiMAX

Generation Overview Technology 1G 2G 2.5G 3G 4G First design 1970 1980 1985 1990 2000 Implementation 1982 1991 1999 2002 2010? Service Analog voice Digital voice, SMS Packaged data Broadband data up to 2 mb/s IP-oriented unlimited multimedia data Standards AMPS TDMA, CDMA, GSM GPRS, EDGE EV-DO, W-CDMA, HSDPA WiMAX, HSOPA Data bandwidth 1.9 kbps 14.4 kbps 384 kbps 2 mbps 200 mbps

Why Innovation Takes Place Why are these standards being improved? Higher demands of applications Comparison with fixed networks Limiting factors Where is it going?

Why are these standards being improved?

Higher demands of applications

Comparison with fixed networks

Limiting factors

Where is it going?

More bandwitdh, more possibilities Technology 1G 2G 2.5G 3G 4G First design 1970 1980 1985 1990 2000 Implementation 1982 1991 1999 2002 2010? Application Analog voice Digital voice, SMS MMS, WAP True internet, videocalling, mobile TV, high speed downloading HD-TV streaming? Standards AMPS TDMA, CDMA, GSM GPRS, EDGE EV-DO, W-CDMA, HSDPA WiMAX, HSOPA Data bandwidth 1.9 kbps 14.4 kbps 384 kbps 2 mbps 200 mbps

Higher Demands of Applications New applications Add more functionality to a device Increase in bandwitdh usage Is this an innovation driver? Few applications use the available bandwidth Not enough users of an application Phone performance

New applications

Add more functionality to a device

Increase in bandwitdh usage

Is this an innovation driver?

Few applications use the available bandwidth

Not enough users of an application

Phone performance

Fixed networks Comparison fixed and mobile network performance Fixed has always been faster First a big gap between speeds, now the gap becomes smaller

Comparison fixed and mobile network performance

Fixed has always been faster

First a big gap between speeds, now the gap becomes smaller

Mobile data standards and applications in the future The ‘speed gap’ will become even more smaller Faster mobile devices Applications usable on all mobile devices

The ‘speed gap’ will become even more smaller

Faster mobile devices

Applications usable on all mobile devices

Future research Will mobile internet replace fixed internet?

Will mobile internet replace fixed internet?

Questions Thank you for your attention Are there any questions?

Thank you for your attention

Are there any questions?

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