Android Marks 4th Anniversary with 75% Market Share in Q3

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

Eircom Going to Cut 2,000 Jobs in Ireland

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

Google Android Catches Up with Apple in Mobile Apps Volumes

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

What’s New or Different in iPAD Mini

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

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

A Blind can use Touch Screen Smart phone

A Blind can use Touch Screen Smart phone Designed by blind spouses Roger and Margaret Wilson-Hinds, Georgie is a comprehensive smartphone app using a combination of voice recognition software, haptic capability and customized controls. The simple, tailored app lets blind users operate handsets with ease, essentially creating a platform to transform regular smartphones into mobile … Read more

UL and DL cell based scheduler

UL and DL cell based scheduler The scheduling is performed on cell basis. The two main functions are to decide which UE(s) shall be scheduled, the number of resources and the MCS to be  applied. Furthermore the scheduler needs to be QoS aware. There is priority given to random access responses, control data, HARQ retransmissions. … Read more

Scheduler types in LTE

Scheduler types in LTE A variety of scheduling strategies is available in LTE. The scheduling strategy is based on a certain metric. – Round-Robin. No quality indication is taken into consideration. The resources are mainly shared in an equal manner. – Max C/I. The UE with the best channel conditions gets the highest priority. The … Read more

Scheduling Principle,Frequency and time domain in LTE

Scheduling Principle,Frequency and time domain in LTE Deployment of shared channels offers the possibility for scheduling. In this way information on varying channel conditions can be exploited to increase the overall throughput. Fast scheduling in time (1 ms) and frequency domain reduces latency and improves peak rate. Adaptive Modulation and Coding leads to higher data … Read more