From Marconi to the Future NetworkDick Lynch

The Beginning…

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January 18, 1903

Cape Cod, US

Cornwall, UK

April 15, 1912

RMS Titanic

The Capacity Challenge

Transmitter(noisy)

ChannelReceiver

X Y

Mobile Telephone Service MTS – 1946

• 3 channels• Voice only• Metro coverage with

one site

Improved Mobile Telephone ServiceIMTS - 1964

• 25 channels• Voice only• Direct-Dial Service• Metro coverage with

one/few sites

Advanced Mobile Phone Service“1G” - 1983

• 333 * 2 channels• Voice centric• Modems• Cell site coverage

“Cellular”

Meeting Demand for Capacity and Quality

–Marconi’s Law

–Shannon’s Theorem

The March of the “G”s

2G – 1991 2.5G – 1993

3G – 2001 4G – 2009

More Capacity + More Quality = BUT Not Enough

Spectrum-Expansion Relief

• More Spectrum Allocations

• White Space

A Big Step Toward Filling The Gap

BUT• Spot coverage

• Not integrated with Cellular

• Wi-Fi Pollution

The Future Landscape

LTE - AdvancedHETNET

Interop

LTE - Advanced

MIMO IP

VoLTE Carrier Aggregation

Heterogeneous Networks

Microcells

Macrocell coverage over area

Femtocell

LTE + WiFi Interop

Public Internet Private IP nets

EPC

BS

SCGWBS

BS

WiFi Cells

Fem

tocells

The Future Network

• Will do what every predecessor network has done = satisfy applications

BUT

• You will take the network and app with you.

CloudServices

Personalized Retail

Digital Health

Connected Car

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