The practice of network sharing has been a recurring topic of interest in the wireless industry since it was introduced in the early 2000s. The first network sharing agreements were conceived as a way to help European wireless operatorsoffset the high cost of launching 3G service...
In 2015 the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance published a white paper of 5G requirements, codifying for all intents and purposes the objectives of 5G. The paper includes things like consistent user experience, higher speed, lower latency, greater spectrum efficiency and support for Internet...
Progress has been swift since the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance published its influential 5G whitepaper at Mobile World Congress 2015. Just recently, significant steps forward were announced in the US. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to open spectrum in the millimeter wave bands...
As traffic growth soars in mobile networks, operators and network infrastructure vendors face two related but distinct challenges. First, they must seek ways to improve network efficiency in an attempt to transport as much data as possible in limited spectrum. Second, they must do so...
