How 4G Technology Works

Jan 26
09:12

2011

Erica Robinson

Erica Robinson

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The development of technology in a world of mobile electronic gadgets and smart cellular phones has created a need for advanced applications to manage these wireless products. The emergence of a 4G system was a necessary step to allow digital products and applications to function at progressive speeds while providing a higher quality of service.

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The development of cutting-edge technology in a world of mobile electronic gadgets and smart cellular phones has created a need for advanced applications to manage these wireless products. The emergence of a 4G system was a necessary step to allow digital products and applications to function at progressive speeds while providing a higher quality of service.

Explaining 4G (fourth generation) wireless systems require a little bit of background information. The “International Telecommunication Union-Radiocommunication Sector,” (ITU-R),How 4G Technology Works Articles regulates 4G technology. They defined the IMT-Advanced (or International Mobile Telecommunications Advanced) cellular system, as a system that must satisfy the specified “principles for 4G standards.” This means that radio frequencies and satellite orbit positions must use regulated procedures “in order to avoid harmful interference between radio stations of different countries.” All 4G system carriers must use this spectrum properly and effectively.

4G was developed to provide secure broadband access for mobile devices such as smartphones, laptops, net books, wireless modems and other electronic devices requiring IP based broadband access. To consumers, this means their newly purchased mobile devices will have faster data speeds and provide a more reliable service experience.

Wireless carriers have been heavily pushing their new 4G technology-based mobile electronic gadgets to the masses this past year. The yearly consumer electronics show held in Las Vegas gives companies a great way to showcase their new 4G-technology products and services, and helps set a precedence of what devices will be hot sellers for the year. Consumers have been enthusiastically waiting to experience the buzz of what 4G has to offer. Hopefully, the anticipation of 4G’s improved performance over its predecessors, 3G and 2G, along with its promise of a superior user experience, will prove to be worth the wait.