E-pHEMTs gaining favour for 3G wireless

Wireless Multimedia in 3G networks

This chapter describes the support for IP based multimedia services on Third Generation (3G) wireless cellular networks. While earlier cellular networks offered only basic IP connectivity on a best-effort basis, 3G networks provide explicit support for real time multimedia services with guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS). As a result, they can offer traditional voice telephony, rich telephony ...

3G wireless multimedia: technologies and practical issues

This paper provides an overview of the emerging wireless communication standards, end-to-end wireless streaming systems, and relevant wireless multimedia technologies. It highlights some of the challenges in the deployment of 3G wireless multimedia services, using PacketVideo’s solutions as an example.

Wireless Internet Access: 3G vs. WiFi?

This article compares and contrasts two technologies for delivering broadband wireless Internet access services: "3G" vs. " WiFi". The former, 3G, refers to the collection of third generation mobile technologies that are designed to allow mobile operators to offer integrated data and voice services over mobile networks. The latter, WiFi, refers to the 802.11b wireless Ethernet standard that was...

Editorial: 3G Wireless Communications and Beyond

The past few years have seen worldwide standardization activity of third-generation (3G) wireless systems. Standard bodies such as the Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and Third-Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) have been developing 3G standards. The 3G systems are intended to deliver high data rates and are expected to handle data and multimedia applications in addition to vo...

Wireless video applications in 3G and beyond