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If WiMax Can Gain a Loyal Customer Base with Revenue Projections, the Cellular Companies Will Merger Quickly With Them - Face-Off: 4G vs. WiMax vs. Wifi.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c44490) has announced the addition of Face-off: 4G vs. WiMax vs. WiFi to their offering.

Moving from 3G to 4G should simplify making applications available to mobile users because of the faster data rates. This will make the middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a  used to adapt applications for the slower speed of wireless systems obsolete. The availability of a complete IP based service with the security of a VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks.  (Virtual Private Network) to the mobile end-user will be a major benefit. The access to the network will be continuous.

The face off between 4G verses Wi-Fi verses WiMAX will be a globally adopted network of shared applications, resources and standards meeting a minimum delivery requirement of VoFi, broadband, and multimedia services to all 4G enabled end-users.

The best in performance will be the solution of choice. If WiMAX can gain a loyal customer base with revenue projections, the cellular companies will merger quickly with them.

Audience for this Publication

* Operators: Fixed, mobile and next generation network operators that need to make informed decisions about the trade-offs, issues, and challenges between 4G cellular, WiFi, and WiMax.

* Suppliers: Equipment vendors and software providers will benefit from a comparison of technologies and business issues.

* Investors: All stake holders in broadband wireless See wireless broadband.  will benefit from an informed decision about 4G vs. WiMax vs. WiFi

Content Outline:

The Cellular Generational Roll-out Plan (1G to 4G)

Wi Fi / WiMAX Developments

WiFi, VoFi, WLAN See wireless LAN.

WLAN - wireless local area network
 and UMA (1) (Unlicensed Mobile Access) See GAN.

(2) (Upper Memory Area) Memory in a PC between 640K and 1M. More relevant in the days of DOS, this region was broken into Upper Memory Blocks (UMB) reserved for video memory and other
 Solutions

Developing 4G Standards

Conclusions

Tables and Illustrations

Table 1: A comparative analysis of 3G to 4G

Figure 1: The ultimate goal of 4G is to increase data rates along with mobility.

Table 2: Wireless Applications Compared (3G+4G, Wi-Fi and WiMAX)

Figure 2: Intel's vision for WiMAX deployment includes phases for fixed access, portability with simple mobility, and full mobility.

Figure 3: Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology allows dual-mode handsets A cellphone that supports two types of services such as analog and digital, two types of digital or cellular and non-cellular service. See fixed mobile convergence, GAN and dual-band handset. , roaming The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection.  between cellular networks, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth operating in an unlicensed spectrum.

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