4G Focus
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The rule of four
A while back I used an interview with Chuck Byers of Cisco Systems as the basis for a series of columns on the future of optical backplanes (you can find the summer, fall, and winter 2013 articles online at http://bit.ly/1h5cRw9, http://bit.ly/1bP3JY5,...
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Drivers of the optical revolution - Challenges in optical backplanes, Part 3
Why the next five years holds more promise for optical interconnects than the last five.
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) explained
The 'XaaS' paradigm shift and what it means for network infrastructure everywhere.
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Fiber, free space, or silicon? - Challenges in optical backplanes, Part 2
Perspectives on optical interconnects from Chuck Byers of Cisco Systems, Inc.
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"5 years out" - Challenges in optical backplanes, Part 1
In Part 1, Chuck Byers of Cisco Systems comments on the market challenges that have kept optical interconnects from reaching widespread deployment.
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Operators battle for more spectrum as FCC opens new frequencies
Carriers clear spectrum as FCC recognizes small cells and Wi-Fi
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Wireless operators set to blanket U.S. with LTE - Aided by foreign investment
With LTE rollouts reaching maturity, do we have a spectrum crisis?
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LTE networks will enable a new generation of M2M applications
M2M applications are looking forward to the higher bandwidth of LTE as well, but spectrum and standards issues must be resolved before a true Internet of Things (IoT) takes hold.
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Base stations-on-a-chip deliver the lower cost per bit promise of 4G LTE networks
As base stations-on-a-chip proliferate into next-generation eNodeBs, they continue to drive down the cost per bit of the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) architecture.
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4G Focus: U.S. wireless operators prepare to take LTE mainstream in 2012
But questions remain, do operators have sufficient spectrum and network infrastructure to support the transition from 3G?
Brandon Lewis, Technology Editor
