Mobile Broadband Possibilities considering the Arrival of IEEE 802.16m & LTE with an Emphasis on South Asia

Nafiz Imtiaz Bin Hamid1, Md. Zakir Hossain2, Md. R. H. Khandokar3, Taskin Jamal4, Md.A. Shoeb5 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) 1Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Board Bazar, Gazipur-1704, Bangladesh.
Email: nafiz.imtiaz@ieee.org 4 The University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka-1209, Bangladesh.
5 Stamford University, Siddeswari, Dhaka-1217, Bangladesh. 3 School of Engineering and Computer Science. Independent University, Bangladesh. 2 Radio Access Network (RAN) Department, Qubee. Augure Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Limited.

Abstract— This paper intends to look deeper into finding an ideal mobile broadband solution. Special stress has been put in the South Asian region through some comparative analysis. Proving their competency in numerous aspects, WiMAX and LTE already have already made a strong position in telecommunication industry. Both WiMAX and LTE are 4G technologies designed to move data rather than voice having IP networks based on OFDM technology. So, they aren’t like typical technological rivals as of GSM and CDMA. But still a gesture of hostility seems to outburst long before the stable commercial launch of LTE. In this paper various aspects of WiMAX and LTE for deployment have been analyzed. Again, we tried to make every possible consideration with respect to south Asia i.e. how mass people of this region may be benefited. As a result, it might be regarded as a good source in case of making major BWA deployment decisions in this region. Besides these, it also opens the path for further research and in depth thinking in this issue. Keywords-BWA;WiMAX; IEEE 802.16e; IEEE 802.16m; LTE; LTE-Advanced
I. INTRODUCTION Broadband wireless is a technological confluence in bringing the broadband experience to a wireless context, which offers users certain unique benefits and convenience. Broadband is going mass market while consumers are increasingly mobile. Mobile telephony leads the telecommunications market and data services represent an increasing share of total mobile ARPU.Thus, there is a crying need for deploying a cost-effective and scalable wireless broadband technology in this region to meet the broadband hunger of the classes as well as the masses [1]. WiMAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. It is a 4th generation cellular telecommunication technology currently based on IEEE 802.16e standard. Mobile WiMAX based on IEEE 802.16e- 2005 [2] standard is an amendment of IEEE STD 802.16-2004 [3] for supporting mobility [28] [29]. IEEE 802.16-2004 is also frequently referred to as “Fixed WiMAX” since it has no support for mobility [3].The IEEE 802.16m [4] standard is the core technology for the proposed Mobile WiMAX Release 2, which enables more efficient, faster, and more converged data communications. Long Term Evolution (LTE) offers a superior user experience along with a simpler technology for next-generation mobile broadband. LTE is the next major step in mobile radio communications and is introduced in 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) Release 8. It is the last step toward the 4th generation (4G) of radio technologies designed to increase the capacity and speed of mobile telephone networks [5].The world’s first publicly available LTE-service was opened by TeliaSonera in the two Scandinavian capitals Stockholm and Oslo on the 14th of December 2009 [6][7][30]. South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent typically consisting of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Some definitions may also include Afghanistan, Myanmar, Tibet, and the British Indian Ocean Territories. South Asia is home to well over one fifth of the world’s population, making it both the most populous and most densely populated geographical region in the world [8].So, finding an ideal mobile broadband solution for the mass population in this region is really a vital decision and thus requires analyzing from various point of view. In this paper, an organized attempt has been made to facilitate a planned decision making stage for the mobile broadband solution in this region. II. MOBILE BROADBAND – AN OVERVIEW
There are strong evidences supporting predictions of increased mobile broadband usage. Consumers understand and appreciate the benefits of mobile broadband. Broadband subscriptions are expected to reach 3.4 billion by 2014 and 267 http://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/ ISSN 1947-5500 (IJCSIS) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security,
Vol. 7, No. 3, 2010 about 80 percent of these consumers will use mobile broadband shown in Figure 1 [9].

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