The last presentation on this topic couple of months back has reached nearly 7K views so here is another one from a recent article on the same topic from IEEE Communications Magazine
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
From M2M Communications to IoT
M2M was again in the news recently when a new report suggested that it would be $1 Trillion industry. Back in december I posted a detailed presentation on M2M that has now crossed over 6K views. This shows that there is an appetite for this topic. So here is a three part presentation on M2M and IoT. In fact as I pointed out in a post last year, it is very often referred to as IoE (Internet of Everything) rather than IoT (Internet of Things). If this is a topic close to your heart then please do come to the Future of Wireless International Conference (FWIC) organised by Cambridge Wireless on 1st and 2nd July 2013. Details here.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
What is WebRTC and where does it fit with LTE and IMS
This simple video from MWC should give an idea on what WebRTC is and can do:
So what exactly WebRTC is in technical terms. Here is a recent presentation from WebRTC Conference and Expo
And here is another presentation that explains where it fits in with the LTE Architecture.
Dean Bubley from Disruptive Analysis has writted extensively on this topic and his recent post "Is the telephony "threat" from VoIP & WebRTC about competition or contextualisation?" is an interesting read.
Iain Sharp from Netovate recently pointed out that 3GPP have 'nearly' approved a work item for WebRTC access to IMS.
It would be interesting to see how operators will view WebRTC. As an opportunity or as a threat. Please feel free to air your opinions via comments.
So what exactly WebRTC is in technical terms. Here is a recent presentation from WebRTC Conference and Expo
And here is another presentation that explains where it fits in with the LTE Architecture.
Dean Bubley from Disruptive Analysis has writted extensively on this topic and his recent post "Is the telephony "threat" from VoIP & WebRTC about competition or contextualisation?" is an interesting read.
Iain Sharp from Netovate recently pointed out that 3GPP have 'nearly' approved a work item for WebRTC access to IMS.
It would be interesting to see how operators will view WebRTC. As an opportunity or as a threat. Please feel free to air your opinions via comments.
Monday, March 11, 2013
DAS or 'Small Cells' and What is DAS anyway?
Its been a while I posted something on DAS (a.k.a. Distributed Antenna System). The articles I have posted have been mainly from AT&T and are here, here and here.
Recently I read something interesting from IDG here:
This is an interesting point because the Small Cells are still not evolved enough so that a single one can serve multiple operators, etc. Note that I am differentiating the closed residential femtocells from the public access small cells. Maybe a service such as FaaS or 'Femto as a Service' can help solve this problem. Based on my previous sentences, some of you may say that it should be called Small Cell as a Service (SCaaS) rather than FaaS but unfortunately that term has come to mean something else as can be seen here.
While initially the in-building solutions were mainly for coverage reasons, this may no longer be the only reason. Capacity is also an issue, especially in-building. Small cells can certainly help in the capacity area much more than DAS. Fortunately as most new phones are coming with inbuilt Wi-Fi chipsets and WiFi is available indoors in plenty, the capacity issue may no longer be a problem indoors. Again this is an area where we can have lots of discussions and each party with a vested interest can argue their case.
Here are couple of interesting videos from youtube that explain DAS:
There is also an interesting presentation by NEC in the Small Cell Americas event, embedded below:
Picture source: The IET
Recently I read something interesting from IDG here:
Complete article is available here.According to Rob Bruce, Chief Operating Officer at distributed antenna system (DAS) vendor Axell Networks, a building is an asset, and that asset wants to deliver all the services it can in the simplest and most economical way."You wouldn't put five separate lighting systems into a building because there are five separate tenants in that building. You would put one in, and it becomes a utility for that building," Bruce told Techworld."Our view of life is it's the same for cellular coverage. You put one system in which covers the building. That is then a utility for the building, and operators can then connect into that infrastructure - that's how a DAS system works."Bruce said that small cells are very good for single operator environments, when a single operator wants to add some capability into a particular area. But if they want to put multiple technologies into that environment then they have to put in multiple small cells.So if a company in the UK wants to put GSM, UMTS and LTE into an office block, it has to install three small cells. If it wants to make that truly operator agnostic, it will probably have to put in 12 units, because each of the four operators uses at least three spectrum bands.Axell Wireless recently installed a multi-operator DAS in The Shard in London, using 20 remote units to cover the whole building. Bruce claimed that, if the same thing had been done using small cells, it would involve over 100 units."So the building owner is saying I've got 100 lumps of intelligent electronics gadgetry that is scattered all over my building, and there's 4 different operators wanting access to all those different things in private flats, hotels and offices - it's just an operational nightmare," said Bruce.
This is an interesting point because the Small Cells are still not evolved enough so that a single one can serve multiple operators, etc. Note that I am differentiating the closed residential femtocells from the public access small cells. Maybe a service such as FaaS or 'Femto as a Service' can help solve this problem. Based on my previous sentences, some of you may say that it should be called Small Cell as a Service (SCaaS) rather than FaaS but unfortunately that term has come to mean something else as can be seen here.
While initially the in-building solutions were mainly for coverage reasons, this may no longer be the only reason. Capacity is also an issue, especially in-building. Small cells can certainly help in the capacity area much more than DAS. Fortunately as most new phones are coming with inbuilt Wi-Fi chipsets and WiFi is available indoors in plenty, the capacity issue may no longer be a problem indoors. Again this is an area where we can have lots of discussions and each party with a vested interest can argue their case.
Here are couple of interesting videos from youtube that explain DAS:
There is also an interesting presentation by NEC in the Small Cell Americas event, embedded below:
Friday, March 8, 2013
802.11u, Passpoint and Hotspot 2.0 (HS 2.0)
Came across this interesting Video on Youtube explaining 802.11u that is embedded below.
A bit more detailed presentation on the same topic by Ruckus is also embedded below:
Related posts:
A bit more detailed presentation on the same topic by Ruckus is also embedded below:
Related posts:
- Wi-Fi & Packet Core (EPC) Integration
- Hotspot 2.0, Next Generation Hotspot (NGH), etc.
- Cellular-Wi-Fi Integration - technology and standardization roadmap
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Mobile Service status and Trends in the USA - 2012
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Technologies from Mobile World Congress 2013 (#MWC13)
If you liked the Gadgets roundup from yesterday then you would like this one as well:
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Gadgets from Mobile World Congress 2013 (#MWC13)
Finally, if you have enough patience, here is Nokia keynote:
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