Despite the wireless industry’s “best efforts” to keep...
Despite the wireless industry’s “best efforts” to keep up, “overwhelming demand has already led to isolated instances of congestion,” which will become more widespread unless carriers can access more spectrum, said a report by Rysavy Research released by 4G Americas…
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Tuesday. LTE deployments “have been faster than any wireless technology previously deployed” and 5G is on the way, the report said (http://bit.ly/1lunED0). It said computing is rapidly changing from the PC era to a world where many users rely on mobile devices. Cloud computing “is a significant and growing contributor to data demand,” Rysavy said. “Growth drivers include cloud-based data synchronization, backup, applications, and streaming media.” Carriers, meanwhile, are addressing exploding demand through “a combination of spectrally more efficient technology, denser deployments, small cells, Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets), self-configuration, self-optimization, use of unlicensed spectrum with Wi-Fi, and the future possibility of LTE operation in unlicensed bands,” the report said.