Analysis of 3G and 4G download throughput in pedestrian zones

Turniski, Filip; Lackovic, Sinisa; Pilinsky, Sonja Zentner; Tekovic, Alberto

doi:10.1109/elmar.2016.7731743

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“…Others apply custom performance measurement tools that better fit their research aims [40,41]. The MBB data measurement can be conducted in indoor environments [42,43], within university campuses [44][45][46][47], along roads [48,49], in different locations of the same city [41,50], in several cities [6,51], in different countries [52] or at specific large-scale events [53]. To preserve the privacy of the measurement analysis outcomes, the names of MBB service operators may be coded to conceal their identities [44], while others choose to surprisingly declare the findings of operators' measurement results, as in [45,46], or as by Ofcom in the United Kingdom (UK) [6].…”

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“…The measured data referred to MBB performance metrics such as the Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP)/received signal strength [44-46, 48, 49, 53], downlink/uplink data rate [6,40,42,50,52,53], latency/Round Trip Time (RTT) [6,40,42,45,51], etc. Some works categorised the measurement datasets as either during the weekdays or weekends [49,50], while others classified datasets during peak or off-peak hours [45,51]. Most studies in the literature revealed that Long-Term Evolution (LTE)/4G networks provide better services than those of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)/3G networks, with only marginal differences from the target figures as set by 3GPP.…”

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Performance Analysis of Mobile Broadband Networks With 5G Trends and Beyond: Urban Areas Scope in Malaysia

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The performance of Mobile Broadband (MBB) services of Fourth Generation (4G) and Third Generation (3G) mobile networks over urban morphology is studied in Malaysia based on experimental measurements of drive test data. The aim of this study is to provide a roadmap for service providers to establish a realistic plan for future Fifth Generation (5G) networks. This work is a continuation of our previous work for the scope of rural areas in Malaysia. The MBB measurement data have been gathered through drive tests conducted in the urban areas of four states throughout Malaysia (namely, Klang Valley/Selangor, Johor, Sarawak and Sabah) to characterise and analyse MBB performances. The gathered data are from the cities, highways and federal roads of the chosen states, and encompasses three main Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). Data has been collected in a time span of 2 months, from January to February, using the Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone handsets. Four MBB Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are considered in this study (coverage, latency, satisfaction and speed) for two MBB services (web browsing and video streaming). The measurement data for characterising the performance of each MBB service has been collected using a dedicated smartphone handset. YouTube videos with 720p and 1080p resolutions have been sequentially streamed to assess the performance of MBB video-streaming services. Three distinct websites (Google, Instagram and mStar) have been accessed to evaluate the performance of MBB web-browsing services. The experimental methodology of this study integrates several diversified elements including four different urban states, four distinct KPIs, three main MNOs, two MBB services and two radio networks (4G and 3G), which are both accessible by the smartphones when available to mimic real-world scenarios. The results of this study reveal that the performance of 4G radio networks is generally superior to that of 3G . For instance, 4G networks achieved a vMOS score of more than 3 for both MBB video-streaming and web-browsing services, while 3G networks scored less than 3 across all four study areas. The analysed experimental results confirmed that compared to 3G networks, 4G technology presents an enhancement factor of up to 1.6 and 4.2 in download speed when streaming a video and browsing a web page, respectively. The study outcomes can contribute to the efficient planning of nonstandalone (NSA) 5G networks in Malaysia where 5G networks will be aided by existing 4G infrastructures. Analysing the 4G coverage performance is the first step towards deciding the deployment rate of NSA 5G in Malaysia.INDEX TERMS Mobile Broadband, urban areas, Malaysia, 3G and 4G networks, plans for 5G technology in Malaysia

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Performance Analysis of Mobile Broadband Networks With 5G Trends and Beyond: Urban Areas Scope in Malaysia

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Mobile Cellular Technology Forecast for the Indonesian Telecommunications Industry

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Alaydrus

2020

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Current mobile telecommunications deployment in Indonesia, based on 2G, 3G and 4G technologies, lags behind many other developing countries because of Indonesia’s larger territory. This paper presents recent data on revenue growth (%) and the number of Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) in Indonesia, divided among 2G, 3G and 4G technologies, and forecasts future revenue growth and numbers of BTSs for the next few years. The results show that, while revenue growth from 2G operation is decreasing and 4G deployment is significantly increasing, there are still significant revenues from 2G services and many 2G BTSs in operation at the end of the forecast period, making it difficult to shut down the 2G networks in the near future.

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Mobile Broadband Adoption, Performance Measurements and Methodology: A Review

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Mobile broadband (MBB) penetration has deepened globally over the last twenty years. This is largely due to the adoption of smart devices, improved mobile communications network coverage, and the perpetual drive to develop ever faster mobile and wireless communication technologies. However, information on the quality of service (QoS) delivered by MBB operators to the end users remains an issue of concern. This has driven independent researchers and mobile communication industry regulators to develop methodologies for independent and unbiased evaluation of the QoS offered by MBB networks. This paper provides a detailed review of MBB adoption and penetration across several regions of the world. It also includes the existing methodologies for evaluating the performance of MBB systems as experienced by the end user. Specifically, methodologies such as the drive and walk tests, crowd-sourced mobile device-based methods and the software applications they employ, and the dedicated measurement testbeds are reviewed. Based on this, the challenges of adopting each of the methods are discussed in order to make a case for the development of more robust, partially autonomous and scalable MBB measurement platforms for the future.

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Analysis of 3G and 4G download throughput in pedestrian zones

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Performance Analysis of Mobile Broadband Networks With 5G Trends and Beyond: Urban Areas Scope in Malaysia

Performance Analysis of Mobile Broadband Networks With 5G Trends and Beyond: Urban Areas Scope in Malaysia

Mobile Cellular Technology Forecast for the Indonesian Telecommunications Industry

Mobile Broadband Adoption, Performance Measurements and Methodology: A Review

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