Comparison of Mobile Internet Access Methods

Standard Family Primary use Radio Tech Downlink Uplink Notes

(Mbit/s) (Mbit/s)
LTE UMTS/4GS General 4G OFDMA/MIMO/SCFDMA 360 80 LTE-Advance update expected to offer peak rates of at least 1 Gbit/s fixed
M Speeds and 1000 Mbit/s to mobile users
WIMAX
Flash- OFDM
HIPERMAN

WI-FI

I-BURST
EDGE Evolution
UMTS W.CDMA
HSDPA +HSUPA
UMTS. TDD
1XRTT
EV
DO 1X Rev. O
EV
DO 1X Rev. A
EV -DO 1X Rev. A

Comparison of Wireless and Wire line

Wireless Technologies
2G 3G 4G
EDGE 1 x Ev-DO 1X HPSA WIMAX UMB LTE
Rev. A (Rel.6)

Commercial Now Now 2008 2007/beyond 2009 2009/10

Availability
Channel bandwidth 0.200 1.25 5 1,25,5,10,20,75,7,8,75 1.25 to 20 1.4,1.6,3,5,15,20
(MHz)
FDD/TDD FDD FDD FDD TDD (2.1) FDD FDD

Wireless Technology
FDD/TDD 2G 3G 4G
Performance Metric EDGE DO 1X HPSA WIMAX UMB ETE
Rev. A (Rel.6)

Peak data rate DL 0.384 3.1 10.8 31.68 37.25 29.4

(Mbit/s) UL 0.384 1.8 5.76 5.13 19.5 10.55
Aggregate per DL 0.16 0.95 2.6 7.88 8.1 7.95
carrier -sector UL 0.16 0.45 1.5 3.03 4.0 3.75
through (Mbit/s)
Spectral DL 0.1 0.76 0.52 1.28 1.62 1.59
UL 0.1 0.36 0.3 0.79 0.8 0.75
Efficiency
(bits/Sec/Hz/
Carrier-Sector)