Comments on: As If 4G Was A Choice http://wireless-stuff.com/2009/07/06/time-for-wimax/ Unique or landscape changing news about the Wireless World Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: josmwalsh http://wireless-stuff.com/2009/07/06/time-for-wimax/#comment-112 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:44:34 +0000 http://wireless-stuff.com/?p=120#comment-112 As with any significant network upgrade, there will be build-out of new hardware. This will likely include adding LTE to existing towers and new towers. This is particularly true for new spectrum that will be used to support LTE.

The more significant issue is backhaul, or the communication link from the tower back to the switch. I believe that the current average backhaul from a 3G tower is around 6 Mbps. If you are looking at providing 30 Mbps per second for each subscriber, you need to have significantly more bandwidth.

]]> By: Fixed Wireless Broadband http://wireless-stuff.com/2009/07/06/time-for-wimax/#comment-111 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:11:47 +0000 http://wireless-stuff.com/?p=120#comment-111 Is LTE going to work on the same GSM infrastructure, or will it require a new build-out of tower networks?

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