Wireless networks from the beginning have been designed and implemented to satisfy applications. This talk gives the audience an evolutionary view of the challenges, capabilities, and opportunities of networks past, present, and future.
11. The March of the “G”s
More Capacity + More Quality
= BUT Not Enough
Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2012–2017 - Cisco Systems
Figure 1. Cisco Forecasts 11.2 Exabytes per Month of Mobile Data Traffic by 2017
2G – 1991
2.5G – 1993
3G – 2001
4G – 2009
The Asia Pacific and North America regions will account for almost two-thirds of global mo
East and Africa will experience the highest CAGR of 77 percent, increasing 17.3-fold over
17. LTE + WiFi Interop
Public Internet
Private IP nets
EPC
SCGW
BS
BS
BS
18. The Future Network
• Will do what every
predecessor network has
done = satisfy applications
BUT
• You will take the network
and app with you.
Cloud
Services