14 DAY TRIAL // It appears that, with all the worries about nearly overworked Internet infrastructure, and with the transitions to 4G technologies, developers are already working on the next-generation LTE specification.
As some may know, over the past year, concerns have arisen regarding the increasingly taxed Internet infrastructure.
Apparently, with all the new smartphones and tablets accessing the web at the same time, providers need to start to seriously reinforce their bandwidth and everything else involved in supplying web connections to all customers.
Verily, the upcoming LTA Backhaul event will be held in order to specifically see if carrier Ethernet really is the most cost-efficient solution for meeting demands of growing bandwidth.
There is also the prediction that, by the time 2014 comes around, LTE will have totally eclipsed the likes of WiMAX in terms of shipments and subscribers.
That said, it is now reported that the ones responsible with advancing the LTE (Long term Evolution) wireless standard are hardworking indeed.
As Digitimes has it, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) general manager Mike Wang for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao said that the LTE-Advanced standard would be done soon.
In fact, if things go according to plan, the specification should be completed and released during the second half of the ongoing year (2011).
NSN intends to integrate separate bands to maximize efficiency and to make sure that the upgrade from LTE to LTE-Advanced can be done through software upgrades. In other words, setting up completely new LTE-Advanced networks won't be necessary.
LTE-Advanced should have a maximum download speed of 1 Gbps but it will take about two years for the standard to actually start being implemented commercially.
Basically, the industry is doing its best to ensure a good rate of technological advancement in this field. What remains to be seen is if telecoms manage to cope with the rising pressure caused by more and more end-users buying web-connected mobile devices.