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Introduction
Enhanced Voice-Data Optimized or Enhanced Voice-Data Only (Ev-DO, EV, EVDO, etc.) is a telecommunications standard for the wireless
transmission of data through radio signals, typically for broadband Internet access.
Technology details of EVDO
It uses multiplexing techniques including code division multiple access
(CDMA) as well as time division multiplexing (TDM) to maximize both
individual users' throughput and the overall system throughput. It is
standardized by 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) as part of
the CDMA2000 family of standards and has been adopted by many mobile
phone service providers around the world, particularly those previously
employing CDMA networks. EV-DO supports high data rates and is
usually deployed alongside a wireless carrier's voice services. An EV-DO
channel has a bandwidth of 1.25 MHz. The channel structure is so
designed that the back-end network is entirely packet-based(packet
switching), and thus is not constrained by the restrictions typically present on a circuit switched network.
Applications
EVDO is used in almost all wireless cellphones as it provides us with the following features:
1. Always available on seamless roaming
2. Provides crystal clear video on demand, live action 3D games, news, sports, music videos and much more
3. Compatible with almost all OS supporting IP
4. Use Adaptive modulation
5. Offers bandwidth efficiency for data traffic that is 3-4 times greater than other voice centric standards
6. Same range as cell phone signals
Evolution:
CDMA2000 has a long-term evolution path which offers significant
benefits such as enhanced technological performance, low-cost delivery
and short time-to-market. Figure demonstrates the evolution path of the
CDMA2000.
The EV-DO protocol uses asymmetric communication, allocating more
bandwidth for downloads than for uploads. The original EVDO Revision
0 standard supports up to 2.4 Mbps data rates down but only 0.15 Mbps (about 150 Kbps) up.An improved version of EV-DO called Revision A
increased download speeds up to 3.1 Mbps and uploads to 0.8 Mbps (800 Kbps). Newer EV-DO Revision B and Revision C technology supports
significantly higher data rates by aggregating bandwidth from multiple wireless channels. The first EV-DO rev B began rolling out in 2010 with
support for downloads up to 14.7 Mbps.
Comparison with other technologies:
Way forward
Japanese telecom operator KDDI plans to offer 1x Advanced services starting from April 2012. 1x Advanced and EV-DO Advanced will offer up to
4x network capacity increase , multi-carrier links, and smart network management technologies.
FRAME STRUCTURE
TDMA uses a 10ms frame divided into 2 sub-frames each of 5ms. Each subframe has 7 time slots, which can
be flexibly assigned to either several users or to a single user who may require multiple time slots. Each time
slot is of 864 chips and consists of
Time-slot #0 is reserved for downlink, and time-slots #1-6 can be used for either uplink or downlink, which can
be flexibly adjusted, while the switching point is the boundary to change from uplink to downlink. Thus,
between two time slots at the switching point there are 3 special time slots Dw-Pts, gap and UpPts.
DwPTS: downlink pilot time is of 96 chips and consists of
Gap of 32 chips
SYNC_DL of 64 chips
IMPROVEMENT IN TD-SCDMA
1. Joint Detection.
2. Power Control
3. Smart Antennas
4. Dynamic Channel Allocation
5. Terminal Synchronization
Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) uses WDM technology to arrange several fiber optic lights to transmit
simultaneously via the same single fiber optic cable. It can transmit different types of data at different speed on the
same channel by multiplexing of 4, 8, 16, 32 or more wavelengths in the range of 1530nm to 1610nm range (C and L
band) with a very narrow separation between the wavelengths. The channel spacing for DWDM is 0.8/0.4 nm (100
GHz/50 GHz grid). This small channel spacing allows transmitting simultaneously much more information. Thus the
technology creates multiple virtual fibers, thus multiplying the capacity of the physical medium. With DWDM
technology, a single optical fiber capacity nowadays could reach 400 GB/s and this capacity may even enlarge with more
channels being added in DWDM.
A basic DWDM system contains DWDM Terminal Multiplexer, Intermediate Line Repeater, Intermediate Optical
Terminal/ Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer, DWDM Terminal De-Multiplexer and an Optical Supervisory Channel (OSC) The
terminal multiplexer may or may not also support a local EDFA for power amplification of the multi-wavelength optical
signal.
DWDM technology is the order to take full advantage of single mode fiber with low loss area of the enormous
bandwidth resources according to each light wave frequency (or wavelength) different from the low-loss window of the
optical fibers. Today, DWDM is a crucial component of optical networks because of large capacity transmission, saving
fiber resources, access to transparent transmission smooth upgrade and expansion, full use of the TDM technology,
ultra-long haul transmission with the help of EDFAs and fiber dispersion without excessive requirements.
SONET
WIFI
GSM
LTE
G.729
IPTV
PREDECESSOR TECHNOLOGY AND ITS DRAWBACK: In the 21st century, the access with broadband internet and
downstream data rates of several Megabits per second is making a steady progress. With the increasing number of
households are getting used to video streaming and download, use of the Internet Protocol (IP) to enable
interactive retrieval of video content from the Web. This type of IP based television service is known as WebTV.
However WebTV does not provide a guaranteed quality of service (QoS). Therefore now the telecommunication
companies are making an attempt to overcome the deficiencies of WebTV and launched the IPTV.
TECHNOLOGY: Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is a system where a digital television service is delivered over
Internet Protocol network. IPTV works on the TV with a set-top box that accesses channels, subscription services,
on demand and other interactive multimedia services over a secure, end-to-end operator managed broadband IP
data network with desired QoS to the public with a broadband Internet connection. IPTV system may also include
Internet services such as Web access and VOIP where it may be called Triple Play and is typically supplied by a
broadband operator using the same infrastructure. IPTV is not the Internet Video that simply allows users to watch
videos, like movie previews and web-cams, over the Internet in a best effort fashion. Triple Play is delivered using a
combination of optical fibre and digital subscriber line (DSL) technologies to its residential base. Cable television
operators use a similar architecture called hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) to provide subscriber homes with
broadband, but use the available coaxial cable rather than a twisted pair for the last mile transmission standard.
IPTV ARCHITECTURE:
A typical IPTV architecture is comprised of the following functional blocks:
Super head-end: Where most of the IPTV channels enter the network from national broadcasters
Core network: Usually an IP/MPLS network transporting traffic to the access network
Access network: Distributes the IPTV streams to the DSLAMs
Regional head-end: Where local content is added to the network
Customer premises: Where the IPTV stream is terminated and viewed
Video on Demand: The idea of this to allow viewers to watch any programme they desire whenever they want to
watch. The concept of VOD is based on video programming that is stored and then delivered to a viewer when it is
required. This storage can take the form of a centralised server. Individual storage devices for each viewer can be
located in individual STBs.
Delivering IPTV service with QoE: QoE is the overall performance of a system from the point of view of the users.
IPTV provides better QoE as compared to the Analogue and Web TV.
An IP set-top box is a device that serves as an interface between a television set and a broadband network. In
addition to decoding and rendering broadcast live TV signals, a set-top box provides applications that includes
video-on-demand (VOD), electronic program guide (EPG), digital rights management (DRM), and a variety of
interactive and multimedia services. Set-top boxes can support additional features such as Web browsing, e-mail
and viewing e-mail attachments, advanced multimedia codecs, home networking and PC connectivity including
playback and rendering of content stored on the PC (photos, music, and personal videos), gateway functionality,
instant messaging (IM), and real-time voice over IP (VoIP).
IPTV FEATURES: IPTV has number of features including the two-way capabilities of IPTV systems allow service
providers to deliver a whole raft of interactive TV applications such as standard live TV, high definition TV (HDTV),
interactive games, and high speed Internet browsing. IPTV in combination with a digital video recorder permits the
time shifting of programming content. An end-to-end IPTV system supports bidirectional communications and
allows end users personalize their TV viewing habits. IPTV technologies allow to only stream the channel that the
end user has requested. This feature allows network operators to conserve bandwidth on their networks.
IPTV BENEFITS:
IPTV signals are 100% digital, so the days of analogue TV are fast becoming a thing of past.
IPTV works on any existing internet connection. So we just need to install the set-top-box and power it on.
IPTV doesnt require to wires to get its signal. The newest IPTV set-top-boxes work on wireless signals.
Programs can be stored on servers and ready to view with the click of a button on IPTV remote
Why LTE-A?
Since LTE wasnt really 4G, the need for a true 4G network was felt. The 3rdGeneration Partnership Project
(3GPP) agreed upon a set of design requirements for E-ULTRA, which was later renamed to LTE-A. Some of
the design requirements were:
It must meet the requirements set forth by ITU-T for 4G technologies.
It must be backward compatible with LTE, i.e. LTE-A base stations can work with LTE radios and vice versa.
A channel/user can occupy more of the spectrum depending on the data rate requirement.
Faster switching between power states (modulation scheme, transmission power).
Improved performance between cell edges.
HSPA
HSPA - High Speed Packet Access is the most widely deployed mobile broadband technology in the world today. HSPA is
the terminology used when both HSDPA and HSUPA technologies are deployed on a network. HSPA+ (Evolved HSPA) is
also part of the HSPA technology and extends an operators investment in the network before the next step to LTE (Long
Term Evolution). HSPA builds on third generation (3G) UMTS/WCDMA and is strongly positioned as the leading mobile
data technology. The original 3G UMTS/WCDMA standard provided a maximum of 2 Mbps in downlink and 384 Kbps in
uplink.
The first step required to upgrade WCDMA to HSPA is to improve the downlink by introducing HSDPA. The improved
downlink provides up to 14 Mbit/s with significantly reduced latency. The improvement in speed and latency reduces
the cost per bit and enhances support for high-performance packet data applications. The second major step in the
WCDMA upgrade process is to upgrade the uplink. Upgrading to HSUPA is usually only a software update. Enhanced
Uplink adds a new transport channel to WCDMA, called the Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH). An enhanced uplink
creates opportunities for a number of new applications including VoIP, uploading pictures and sending large e-mail
messages. The enhanced uplink increases the data rate (up to 5.8 Mbit/s), the capacity, and also reduces latency.
HSPA provided up to five times more system capacity in the downlink and up to twice as much system capacity in the
uplink compared with original WCDMA protocols. The improvement of WCDMA to HSPA is achieved in several ways:
Shared-channel transmission, which results in efficient use of available code and power resources in WCDMA
A shorter transmission time interval (TTI), which reduces round-trip time and improves the tracking of fast
channel variations
Link adaptation, which maximizes channel usage and enables the base station to operate at close to maximum
cell power
Fast scheduling, which prioritizes users with the most favorable channel conditions
Fast retransmission and soft-combining, which further increase capacity
16-QAM and 64-QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation), which yields higher bit-rates
MIMO, which exploits antenna diversity to provide further improvements in bit-rates and system capacity.
A further improved 3GPP standard, Evolved HSPA (also known as HSPA+), was released late in 2008 with subsequent
worldwide adoption beginning in 2010. The newer standard allows bit-rates to reach as high as 168 Mbit/s in the
downlink and 22 Mbit/s in the uplink. Technically these are achieved through the use of a multiple-antenna technique
known as MIMO (for "multiple-input and multiple-output") and higher order modulation (64QAM) or combining
multiple cells into one with a technique known as Dual-Cell HSDPA.
There are some limitations to this technology e.g. the 168 Mbit/s and 22 Mbit/s represent theoretical peak speeds. The
actual speed for a user will be lower. In general, HSPA+ offers higher bitrates only in very good radio conditions (very
close to cell tower) or if the terminal and network both support either MIMO or Dual-Cell HSDPA. Nevertheless this is a
huge success in telecommunication industry; it has increased the data transmission speeds, has overcome the
drawbacks of previous technologies and above all HSPA+ has provided a road towards 4G. It has delivered significant
battery life improvements and dramatically quicker wake-from-idle time, delivering a true always-on connection. It has
allowed the telecom operators to move towards 4G speeds without deploying a new radio interface. 4G LTE requires a
new radio interface i.e. OFDM which will involve complete change of infrastructure.
ADSL2+
ADSL2+ standardized by the ITU as "G.992.5" is the further development of ADSL. ADSL2+ reaches a maximum
bandwidth of 25 M Bit/s downstream and 1 M Bit/s upstream. This triplication of speed was realized by doubling the used
frequency spectrum from formerly 25-1104 kHz to 25-2200 kHz and some other advancements of the signal modulation.
The bandwidth ADSL2+ is dependent on signal attenuation, that in turn depends on the length of the telephone line from
your ADSL modem to the DSLAM located at the local telephone exchange, the farther one is away from the telephone
exchange, the lower the expectations of ADSL2+. ADSL2+ Reduced cross talk, Allows provision of advanced services
and Builds on all ADSL2 features.
CDMA 2000
CDMA2000 is a third generation (3G) standard developed by the international Telecommunication Union
(ITU). This protocol uses CDMA access to send voice, data and signals between mobile phones and cell sites.
The CDMA2000 technology evolved from CDMAone technology. CDMAone was the first cellular standard to
implement the CDMA multiple access scheme, also known as IS-95. CDMAone is considered as a secondgeneration (2G) mobile wireless technology. Individual channels can be distinguished from one another by
means of unique orthogonal codes. There are two versions of IS-95, called IS-95A and IS-95B. Apart from
voice, the mobile phone system is also able to carry data at rates up to 14.4 kbps for IS-95A and 115 kbps for
IS-95B.
The motivation behind the evolution of CDMA 2000 was comparatively slow data rates of CDMA IS-95
networks whereas CDMA2000 data rates are much faster. CDMA IS-95 was a 2G technology whereas,
CDMA2000 1X is a 3G technology that offers both voice and data capabilities. On the basis of security CDMA
IS-95 had shortcomings like extensive cryptanalysis of algorithms used in 2G systems, 64-bit keys used in 2G
systems are found to be too short for a strong encryption and there were new requirements like the need for
mutual authentication.
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Multiple Access, Orthogonal Code Channelization, Random
Access, Soft Handoff, Scrambling, Speech Regulated Vocoders and Single Frequency Reuse are the
characteristics of CDMA2000 1x that are derived from its CDMA roots and make it backward compatible with
CDMAone.
CDMA2000 is a code-division multiple access (CDMA) version of the IMT-2000 standard developed by the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It is a 3G mobile technology.
CDMA2000 represents a family of standards which includes technologies as listed below.
CDMA2000 has several advantages. It has the ability to use signals that arrive in the receivers with different
time delays (multipath). It uses the multipath signals and combines them to make the cellular signal stronger.
CDMA networks use a scheme called soft handoff, which minimizes signal breakup as a handset passes from
one cell to another. It has a very high spectral capacity and reduces background noise.
Today, CDMA2000 operators offer thousands of applications targeting Consumers, Businesses and Public
service organizations.
MIMO
In Time diversity same information is repeatedly transmitted at sufficiently separated (more than coherence time) time
instances.
In Frequency diversity same information is repeatedly transmitted at sufficiently separated (more than coherence
bandwidth) frequency bands. Polarization diversity combines pairs of antennas with orthogonal polarizations. Reflected
signals can undergo polarization changes depending on the medium through which they are travelling. By pairing two
complementary polarizations, this scheme can immunize a system from polarization mismatches that would otherwise
cause signal fade.
Space diversity techniques do not require any additional time or
resource. space-time diversity employs multiple transmit antennas, not
additional time resource. Space-frequency diversity employs multiple
antennas, which do not require additional frequency resource. MISO is a
space diversity, where there are multiple antennas at the receiver. we
intelligent weighing and sum at receiver to obtain transmitted signal.
type of space diversity used to diminish the effects of fading by
the same information from different antennas.
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In radio, multiple-input and multiple-output, or MIMO, is the use of multiple antennas at both the transmitter and
receiver to improve communication performance. It is one of several forms of smart antenna technology. Note that the
terms input and output refer to the radio channel carrying the signal, not to the devices having antennas. MIMO
technology has attracted attention in wireless communications, because it offers significant increases in data throughput
and link range without additional bandwidth or increased transmit power. It achieves this goal by spreading the same
total transmit power over the antennas to achieve an array gain that improves the spectral efficiency (more bits per
second per hertz of bandwidth) and/or to achieve a diversity gain that improves the link reliability (reduced fading).
Because of these properties, MIMO is an important part of modern wireless communication standards such as IEEE
802.11n (Wi-Fi), 4G, 3GPP Long Term Evolution, WiMAX and HSPA+.
Spatial multiplexing techniques make the receivers very complex, and therefore they are typically combined with
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) or with Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)
modulation, where the problems created by a multi-path channel are handled efficiently. The IEEE 802.16e standard
incorporates MIMO-OFDMA. The IEEE 802.11n standard, released in October 2009, recommends MIMO-OFDM.
MIMO is also planned to be used in Mobile radio telephone standards such as recent 3GPP and 3GPP2. In 3GPP, HighSpeed Packet Access plus (HSPA+) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) standards take MIMO into account. Moreover, to fully
support cellular environments.
MIMO technology can be used in non-wireless communications systems. One example is the home networking standard
ITU-T G.9963, which defines a power line communications system that uses MIMO techniques to transmit multiple
signals over multiple AC wires (phase, neutral and ground).
Convergence is the process of interconnection of traditional switched circuit networks (the PSTN and mobile
networks) and packet-switched networks based on the Internet Protocol (IP) for routing.
Packet-based network able to provide telecommunication services and able to make use of multiple broadband,
QoS-enabled transport technologies and in which service-related functions are independent from underlying
transport-related technologies. It enables unfettered access for users to networks and to competing service
providers and/or services of their choice. It supports generalized mobility which will allow consistent and
ubiquitous provision of services to users.
The general idea behind the NGN is that one network transports all type of data and provide services (voice,
data, and all sorts of media such as video) by encapsulating these into packets, similar to those used on the
Internet.
NGNs are commonly built around the Internet Protocol (IP), and therefore the term all IP is also sometimes
used to describe the transformation toward NGN.
Next generation networks are not just a PSTN replacement but at a minimum they must provide the equivalent
voice quality and reliability of todays PSTN.
The NGN will be the foundation for the creation of a new range of multimedia applications that take full
advantage of the characteristics of the broadband network.
The creation of the NGN is no overnight transformation, but it is an evolution that is already underway and
gathering pace.
The NGN is the shift from separate application-specific networks to a single network capable of carrying any
and all services.
OFDM
A predecessor to OFDM was FDM. In FDM, the carrier frequencies were spaced such that the signals did not overlap.
Guard bands were placed between the signals to ensure that they could be separated with the use of filters at the receiver.
This resulted to insufficient utilization of the existing spectrum. As years passed, demand of bandwidth increased and in
mid 1960s an idea was proposed to deal with this wastefulness caused by FDM with overlapping sub-channels. This idea
became the basis for OFDM, stating that provided the carriers are orthogonal, sidebands of the individual carriers would
not cause ISI. Later, it was discovered that sub-channels orthogonality in the OFDM system can be preserved through the
QAM technique.
(OFDM) is a multi-carrier modulation scheme that extends the concept of single subcarrier modulation by using multiple
subcarriers within the same single channel. Rather than transmit a high-rate stream of data with a single subcarrier,
OFDM makes use of a large number of closely spaced orthogonal subcarriers that are transmitted in parallel but at a lower
rate. Each subcarrier is modulated 16QAM at low symbol rate. However, the combination of many subcarriers enables
data rates similar to conventional single-carrier modulation schemes within equivalent bandwidths. A guard interval is
added to each symbol to minimize the channel delay spread and inter-symbol interference. In a simple OFDM system
there are N sinusoidal input signals. Each subcarrier transmits m bits of information (N*m bits total). The frequency of
each subcarrier is selected to form an orthogonal signal set. These frequencies are also known at the receiver for signal
recovery. To maintain orthogonality, T must be the reciprocal of the subcarrier spacing. In the frequency domain, each
transmitted subcarrier results in a sinc function spectrum with side lobes that produce overlapping spectra between
subcarriers. This results in subcarrier interference except at orthogonally spaced frequencies. At orthogonal frequencies,
the individual peaks of subcarriers all line up with the nulls of the other subcarriers. This overlap of spectral energy does
not interfere with the systems ability to recover the original signal. The receiver multiplies (i.e., correlates) the incoming
signal by the known set of sinusoids to recover the original set of bits sent. The use of orthogonal subcarriers allows more
subcarriers per bandwidth resulting in an increase in spectral efficiency.
OFDM is a modulation format that is finding increasing levels of use in today's radio communications scene. OFDM has
been adopted in the Wi-Fi arena. In addition to this, it is being used for WiMAX and is also the format of choice for the
next generation cellular radio communications systems including 3G LTE and UMB. Its also used for digital terrestrial
television transmissions, Digital Audio Broadcasting, ADSL and Mobile phone 4G.
OFDM is a competitor of CDMA having numerous advantages over it. OFDM is more effective in handling multipath and
its more spectrally efficient. There is no upper limit to the data speed you can achieve with OFDM. ISI is less of a
problem with OFDM because low data rates are carried by each carrier. OFDM can easily adapt to severe channel
conditions without the need for complex channel equalization algorithms being employed. It is robust when combating
narrow-band co-channel interference. As only some of the channels will be affected, not all data is lost and error coding
can combat this. It allows the use of a single frequency network to provide excellent coverage and good frequency re-use.
The PAPR Value of OFDM is an important factor that determines the quality of the connection. The future of OFDM lies
in improving the PAPR value, so that it can be made more efficient and robust. Engineers are doing important research to
improve it, as a result 4G, 5G and future protocols are and will be defined.
WCDMA
W-CDMA TECHNOLOGY: The modulation technique encodes each channel in such a way that a decoder, knowing
the code, can pick out the wanted signal from other signals using the same band, which simply appear as so much noise.
In Europe and Asia, WCDMA was first deployed in the all-new 2100 MHz frequency band . In North America, WCDMA
was deployed in the existing 1900 MHz (PCS) and 850 MHz (cellular) bands, as well as the newer 1700 MHz (AWS)
band. W-CDMA can support mobile/portable voice, images, data, and video communications at up to 2 Mbps (local area
access) or 384 Kbps (wide area access). A 5MHz-wide carrier is used, compared with 200 KHz-wide carrier for
narrowband CDMA.
APPLICATIONS: Microsoft NetMeeting Application, Wireless Video Telephony, achieve higher speeds and support
more users compared to most time division multiple access (TDMA) and time division duplex (TDD) schemes used
before. W-CDMA has become the dominant technology with 457 commercial networks in 178 countries as of April
2012. Several cdma2000 operators have even converted their networks to W-CDMA for international roaming
compatibility and smooth upgrade path to LTE.
BENEFITS OVER COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES: The strong points, also known as selling points, of
WCDMA technology are high bandwidth/transmission speed, plus improvements on 2 and 2.5G GSM/GPRS networks
like better speech quality, more capacity, no frequency planning as such, etc. Also, with the amount of bandwidth
available for WCDMA, each channel is able to support between 170 to 175 users.
WAY FORWARD: The need to allow for high speed data transmission over packet switched wireless networks,
instead of the current circuit switched systems. Plans to use matched filtering technology with WCDMA would also yield
great benefits, such as decreased acquisition time, and increased battery life of wireless devices. It also allows for easy
identification of the multipath components. Another enhancement possible for WCDMA would be the use of signal
processing techniques on the uplink.