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.

2. From Marconi to the Future Network
Dick Lynch

3. The Beginning…
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4. January 18, 1903

5. April 15, 1912

6. The Capacity Challenge
Transmitter
(noisy)
Channel
Receiver

7. Mobile Telephone Service
MTS – 1946
• 3 channels
• Voice only
• Metro coverage with
one site

8. Improved Mobile Telephone Service
IMTS - 1964
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25 channels
Voice only
Direct-Dial Service
Metro coverage with
one/few sites

9. Advanced Mobile Phone Service
“1G” - 1983
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333 * 2 channels
Voice centric
Modems
Cell site coverage

10. “Cellular”
Meeting Demand for Capacity and Quality
–Marconi’s Law
–Shannon’s Theorem

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

12. Spectrum-Expansion Relief
• More Spectrum Allocations
• White Space

13. A Big Step Toward Filling The Gap

14. The Future Landscape

15. LTE - Advanced

16. Heterogeneous Networks

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

19. Personalized Retail

20. Digital Health

21. Connected Car

22. Thank you

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