Traffic Engineering and Quality of Service in Cisco IP/MPLS Mobile Backbones for Enhanced Network Performance, Service Reliability and Manageability
White Papers IP/MPLS can be used by mobile operators as a common backbone for gradually replacing their traditional ATM, Frame Relay, and Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) networks. This paper describes the IP/MPLS traffic engineering and QoS capabilities in...
[January 31, 2009, 4:37]
China developing domestic 3G phone
News The 3G mobile phone is the first to use China's TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous CDMA) standard. China's domestically developed TD-SCDMA standard was recently approved by the International Telecommunications Union of the United Nations, and is...
[November 4, 2003, 9:55]
Ericsson plans job cuts after sales slump
News Its mobile network division sustained heavy losses, though, as network operators slashed infrastructure spending in an attempt to survive the downturn. Ericsson's mobile handset sales division -- now a partnership with Sony -- broke even.
[April 22, 2002, 11:04]
4G gets more serious
News Variable Spreading Factor Orthogonal Frequency and Code Division Multiplexing (VSF-OFCDM) provides the downlink from the network, and Variable Spreading Factor Code Division Multiple Access (VSF-CDMA) is used for the uplink.
[June 11, 2004, 17:55]
Nokia, Ericsson reach mobile milestone
News Wideband code division multiple access (w-CDMA) is the major standard in the worldwide move to third generation or 3G mobile phones. Now we can offer mobile phone manufacturers a complete platform," meaning all the software and equipment involved...
[September 25, 2002, 10:43]
Global 3G data roaming comes closer
News In Britain, as in many other countries, the operators who won 3G licences were allocated two portions of 'paired bandwidth' called FDD (Frequency Division Duplex), to be used for voice calls and data services (such as Vodafone's 3G Mobile Connect...
[May 12, 2004, 18:15]
Chinese cellphone standard attracts German support
News The Chinese government is backing a homegrown technology -- TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous CDMA) -- for the next wave of mobile phones. However, the Chinese standard is not expected to replace better-known international standards such as WCDMA...
[September 2, 2003, 9:40]
Mobile industry looks ahead to 4G
News The digital aspect of the network will be enhanced with the introduction of time division duplex (TDD), which will allow mobile phone calls to operate on the one frequency. What we're using at the moment is frequency division duplex -- so when you...
[May 13, 2003, 15:56]
Logica job cuts predicted
News Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) is understood to believe that 240 employees in Logica's mobile network division are facing the axe. The IT services company has experienced excellent growth in its mobile networks operations over the past few years...
[November 8, 2001, 12:02]
Orlando Policy Management: "On the Move with Orlando Public Safety"
White Papers The City of Orlando's Technology Management Division deployed NetMotion Wireless' Mobility XE Mobile VPN so that their wireless (GPRS) clients could have full access to all of their network resources.
[June 30, 2008, 14:33]
Seamless Roaming: Advantages to Mobile Operators and Their Subscribers
White Papers Seamless roaming enables a mobile operator's data subscribers to remain continuously connected as they cross network boundaries and use different radio access networks, including Wi-Fi, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple...
[April 11, 2008, 2:57]
Mobile WiMAX Performance Improvement Using a Novel Algorithm With a New Form of Adaptive Modulation
White Papers Mobile WiMAX is based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing/ orthogonal frequency division multiplexing Access (OFDM/OFDMA) technology. Mobile WiMAX is a broadband wireless solution that enables convergence of mobile and fixed broadband...
[April 23, 2009, 1:24]
Traffic Engineering and Quality of Service in Cisco IP/MPLS Mobile Backbones for Enhanced Network Performance, Service Reliability, and Manageability
White Papers IP/MPLS can be used by mobile operators as a common backbone for gradually replacing their traditional ATM, Frame Relay, and Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) networks. Moving toward third-generation (3G) mobile network standards and satisfying...
[October 1, 2008, 1:01]
T-Mobile Selects Cisco to Support FLASH-OFDM Services in Slovakia
White Papers T-Mobile Slovakia selected Cisco's mobile operator solutions to process and manage radio access network traffic and FLASH-OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) network layer aggregation. A new era of innovative mobile services is...
[June 6, 2006, 0:00]
Manufacturer Improves Productivity for End Users, IT Staff With Operating System Update
White Papers After mobile employees inadvertently infected their corporate environment with the Blaster computer virus, Furukawa Electric North America Automotive Products Division (FENAAPD) knew that it needed to find a way to help protect users both on and...
[August 30, 2007, 1:00]
GPRS White Paper
White Papers The General Packet Radio System (GPRS) is a new service that provides actual packet radio access for mobile Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and time-division multiple access (TDMA) users.
[September 2, 2008, 7:35]
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
White Papers To satisfy ever-increasing demands for higher data rates, as well as to allow more users to simultaneously access the network, interest has peaked in what has come to be known as wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA).
[October 11, 2005, 3:00]
Nokia launches first phone-based VPN
News Bob Grace, global vice president for Nokia Internet Communications, said the VPN client was developed in house by Nokia's network security division to address inherent weaknesses in mobile security. In an effort to address shortcomings with...
[March 15, 2002, 16:00]
Tokyo gets mobile WiMax trial
News Charles Moon, senior analyst in Yankee Group's Asia-Pacific mobile and wireless division, said DoCoMo's interest in WiMax is likely to be an extension of its research into fourth-generation wireless technologies rather than a commitment to rolling...
[March 31, 2006, 17:50]
LG to fuse PC and mobile divisions
News According to a statement from the company, the transfer of its PC division into the mobile division will "enhance LG Mobile Communications Company's capabilities amid a rapidly changing mobile-communications environment".
[July 15, 2008, 12:36]



