Richard Jhon Advanced Antenna Systems,Transmit diversity and Beamforming in Wimax Advanced Antenna Systems The WiMAX standard provides extensive support for implementing advanced multiantenna solutions to improve system performance. Significant gains in overall system capacity and spectral efficiency can be achieved by deploying the optional advanced antenna systems (AAS) defined in WiMAX. AAS includes support for a variety … Read more
Google is reported to have held preliminary discussions that could lead to it setting up its own wireless network in the USA, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The internet giant, which has just started deploying its own landline internet service in the USA has held talks with satellite-TV provider Dish Network, according … Read more
Handover principles and Handover measurements in LTE Handover principles Lossless Packets are forwarded from the source to the target. Network-controlled Target cell is selected by the network, not by the UE. Handover control in E-UTRAN (not in packet core). UE-assisted Measurements are made and reported by the UE to the network. Late path switch Only … Read more
The Surface RT model with the minimum 32 gigabytes of NAND flash memory and an optional black Touch Cover carries a bill of materials (BOM) of $271.00, according to a preliminary estimate from the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. When the $13.00 manufacturing expense is added in, the total cost to manufacture the Surface rises … Read more
The Android smartphone operating system was found on three out of every four smartphones shipped during the third quarter of 2012. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), total Android smartphone shipments worldwide reached 136 million units, accounting for 75% of the 181.1 million smartphones shipped in 3Q12. The 91.5% year-over-year growth was nearly double the … Read more
The former state telecoms operator filed for protection from its creditors in March to restructure 3.75 billion euros (3 billion pounds) of debt and was taken over by its senior lenders after cutting its debt by 40 percent. Irish telco, Eircom has announced that it is slashing 2,000 of its 5,700 staff over the next … Read more
Last month, Apple announced that the App Store had 700,000 apps. Since 2007, when the iPhone launched, Apple has always had more apps than Android. But five years later, Google has managed to catch up. Google says that its Android apps store, Google Play has now matched the number of downloadable software apps offered by … Read more
PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA. (October 29, 2012) – AT&T, Google and Starbucks today announced that they have joined the Power Matters Alliance (PMA). Founded by Powermat Technologies and Procter & Gamble, the PMA’s Honorary Chairman is Google’s Vint Cerf – one of the fathers of the Internet – and its board now also includes AT&T, Duracell, … Read more
Feature for feature, the iPad mini mainly bests its rivals in the 7-inch tablet market, but it does so at a price that’s 65 percent higher than those competitors. The mini has a larger display than Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD and Google’s Nexus 7. Its screen measures 7.9 inches diagonally, while the Fire and Nexus … Read more
What is AMC & its Algorithm in LTE The effective Eb/No and hence the spectral efficiency depend on BLER. However there are QoS requirements which also have to be considered. Taking both into account leads to a target BLER. AMC is in use in order to tune BLER so that the target value is reached. … Read more