4ipnet Blog: All About Wireless Networking

With the emergence of smart phones, technical device and tablets, mobile data usage is now threatening to decrease the user’s networking experience. The growth in data revenue cannot cover the decline in voice revenues, threatening mobile operators in a position to upgrade their network capacity. This unexpected growth of smart devices is overloading 3G networks and forcing Telco to take a closer look at the devices’ built in Wi-Fi capabilities to recuperate acceptable browsing, video streaming and other data-intensive experiences. However, a sustainable mobile data business model can only be achieved based on whether the mobile operators can find solutions to: 1) Increase the Revenue per bit, 2) Reduce the Cost per bit, or even 3) both. This is the reason why Wifi networks have become the target many mobile operators are now expecting to offload their data traffic. This solution can prolong the current network life-expectancy while providing a better and flexible user experience...

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In recent years, public perception of wireless Internet access continues to grow. This brings both opportunities and challenges to Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs). For WISPs, the demand for high-speed Internet access deals with how to find faster, easier and more cost-efficient solutions to reach the most possible customers, especially to reach high growth markets such as SMBs, SOHOs and residences.The typical solution for providing customers with high-speed Internet services is to partner with a carrier or cable operator that deploys wired broadband access technologies like xDSL or cable modems. However, the vast majority of WISPs have started to utilize wireless equipments which operate in the license-exempt spectrum, especially the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, to deliver last-mile broadband access. License-exempt means that anyone can deploy an equipment without a license, as long as the equipment conforms to FCC or CE regulations. So it is obvious why wireless Internet ...