Archive for the ‘wireless’ Category

First-Mile Wireless: Which (G)eneration?

January 8th, 2010 by Robert Lesar


The jungle of acronyms – from 2G (GSM, GPRS, EDGE) through 3G (UMTS) toward 4G (LTE), interleaved with Wi-Fi, WiMAX and similar terms – makes both potential users and specifically service providers offering first-mile wireless service rather uncomfortable. The January IP Corner article provides an overview of first-mile wireless technologies, ...

WiMAX: the next disruptive technology?

July 14th, 2009 by Ivan Pepelnjak


Fifteen years ago, the focus of the “true” service provider was on voice traffic and data offerings based on virtual circuits, implemented with a plethora of semi-compatible technologies slowly developed within the ITU organization: X.25, ISDN, Frame Relay and the all-encompassing ATM. In the meantime, some relatively small companies (including Cisco, ...