3G VS Wifi

3G VS.
WIFI
CONTENTS
 Introduction
 3G
 WiFi
 How are 3G and WiFi same
 How are 3G and WiFi Different
 Some implications for industry structure & public policy
 Conclusions
Introduction
 3G refers to the collection of third generation cellular
technologies that are designed to allow mobile cellular
operators to offer integrated data and voice services over
cellular networks.
 WIFI refers to the 802.11b wireless Ethernet standard that

was designed to support wireless LANs .
 Two technology reflect fundamentally
 The Goal of Discussion of these Two technology

3G
 3G is a Technology for Mobile service providers
 M.S.P use licensed spectrum to provide mobile telephone

coverage
• Each Mobile base Station support users up to several kms
• The First mobile Services were Analog
• Wireless Mobile Services has been Telephony

• Data rates : AMPS > 2G >3G
 Implementation
• The first pre-commercial 3G network was launched

by NTT DoCoMo in Japan branded FOMA, in May of
2001 on a pre-release of W-CDMA technology.
• The first commercial launch of 3G was also by NTT

DoCoMo in Japan on October 1, 2001.
• The second network of 3G was launched by

SK Telecom in South Korea on the
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO technology.
Standards
• International Telecommunications Union consists of
Six radio Interfaces.
W-CDMA
CDMA2000
TD-CDMA/TD-SCDMA
UWC
DECT
MOBILE WIMAX
• 3G technologies enable network operators to offer users a

wider range of more advanced services while achieving greater
network capacity through improved spectral efficeincy.
Evolution of 3G
• Cellular mobile telecommunications networks are
being upgraded to use 3G technologies from 1999 to
2010.
• Japan was the first country to introduce 3G nationally,
and in Japan the transition to 3G was largely
completed in 2006.
• Korea then adopted 3G Networks and the transition
was made as early as 2004.
WiFi
 WiFi is the popular name for the wireless Ethernet 802.11b

standard for WLANS.
• WiFi LANS operate using unlicensed spectrum 2.4GHZ band.

• Each base station can support connections only over a range of a hundred meters.
• Number of Service Providers that are offering WiFi services.
 Commercial WiFi
• C.W. services are available in places such
as Internet cafes, Coffee houses and
Airports around the world.
• WiSE Technologies provides commercial hotspots
for airports, universities, and independent cafes in
the US;
• T-Mobile provides hotspots in many Starbucks in the
U.S, and UK;
• Pacific Century Cyber works provides hotspots in
Pacific Coffee shops in Hong Kong
Free WiFi
• Many Groups, Communities, Cities, Municipalities have

set up free WiFi networks.
• Many Smaller Countries and Municipalities provide Free
WiFi hotspots and residential WiFi internet access to
everyone .
• Many Universities provide free WiFi internet access.
• McDonald’s corporation offers WiFi access branded
‘McInternet’
Advantages of WiFi
• Wi-Fi networks support roaming, in which a mobile client

station such as a laptop computer can move from one access
point to another as the user moves around a building or area.
• Many access points and network interfaces support various
degrees of encryption to protect traffic from interception.
• Wi-Fi is a global set of standards. Unlike cellular carriers, the
same Wi-Fi client works in different countries around the
world
How are WiFi and 3G same?
 Both are wireless
 Both are access Technology
 Both offer broadband data service

How are They Different?
 The important ways in which WiFi and 3G

approaches to offering broadband wireless
access services are substantively different.
 Current Business Model is Different

• 3G represents an extension of the mobile service-
provider model. His is the technology of choice for
upgrading existing mobile telephone services to expand
capacity and add enhanced services.
2. Spectrum policy and management
• One of the key distinctions between 3G and WiFi.
• Mobile Technology use licensed spectrum, while WiFi
uses unlicensed shared spectrum.
Important Implications for
1) Cost of service,
2) Quality of Service (QOS) and congestion
management,
3) Industry Structure.
• Licensed spectrum is expensive.
• Unlicensed spectrum used by WiFi imposes strict
power limits on users.
• It easier for a 3G provider to market a service.
• A WiFi network can address the problem of congestion
associated with users on the same WiFi network.
3. Status of Technology development different
The two technology differ with respect to their
stage of development in a number of was.
 Development status3333
 Embedded support for services
Embedded serial-to-Wi-Fi module

• 3G and WiFi is their embedded support for voice
services.
• Potential advantages of 3G over WiFi is that 3G offers
better support for private communications than does WiFi.
 Standardization
 Service/Business model
• 3G is more developed than WiFi as a business and service
model.
• WiFi is more developed with respect to the upstream
supplier markets.
• Both 3G and WiFi access face great supplier.
 Some implications for industry structure
and public policy
1. WiFi is good for competition
• The success of WIFI wireless local access altetives is likely to be good
for local competition
• If both 3G and WiFi survive, then the diversity of visible networking
infrastructure strategies will be conductive to greater facilities-based
competition.
• Success of the WiFi service model could help unlock the substantial
investment in private networking infrastructure that could be used as the
basis for constructing an alternative infrastructure to the PSTN and cable
wire line networks.
• WiFi service model survives, then we would expect this to be inherently
more competitive because of the lower entry barriers for setting up local
property services.
• WiFi model depends on wore line infrastructure to connect to the Internet
Backbone.
2. WiFi and 3G can complement each other for
a mobile provider
• Each of the technology has distinct advantages over the

other that would allow each to offer higher quality
services under disparate.
• 3G and WiFi networks provides the opportunity to offer

both near coverage with good voice telephony support.
3. Spectrum policy is key
• One of the key distinguishing features between 3G and
WiFi is the use of licensed verses unlicensed spectrum.
• 3G secondary markets would allow more flexible

management of property rights.
• WiFi the emergence of spectrum markets may make it

possible o adopt a suitable mechanism for addressing
congestion issues.
4. Success of WiFi is potentially
good for multimedia content
• Multimedia content benefits for higher bandwidth
services so the ability to support higher speed
wireless access may help encourage the
development of broadband multimedia content.
5. Technical progress favors heterogeneous
future
• Technical progress in wireless services favors a

heterogeneous wireless future.
• Once the world accepts the need to coordinate

heterogeneous technologies.
 Conclusions
• This article offers a qualitative comparison of

two wireless technologies that could be viewed
as simultaneously as substitute and/or
complementary paths for involving to broadband
wireless access. The two technologies are 3G,
which is the preferred path for mobile providers,
and WiFi , one of the many WLAN technologies

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 WIFI refers to the 802.11b wireless Ethernet standard that

 Two technology reflect fundamentally

 The Goal of Discussion of these Two technology

 3G is a Technology for Mobile service providers

 M.S.P use licensed spectrum to provide mobile telephone

• Wireless Mobile Services has been Telephony

• The first pre-commercial 3G network was launched

• The first commercial launch of 3G was also by NTT

• The second network of 3G was launched by

• 3G technologies enable network operators to offer users a

 WiFi is the popular name for the wireless Ethernet 802.11b

• WiFi LANS operate using unlicensed spectrum 2.4GHZ band.

• Many Groups, Communities, Cities, Municipalities have

• Wi-Fi networks support roaming, in which a mobile client

 Both are access Technology

 Both offer broadband data service

 The important ways in which WiFi and 3G

 Current Business Model is Different

Embedded serial-to-Wi-Fi module

• Each of the technology has distinct advantages over the

• 3G and WiFi networks provides the opportunity to offer

• 3G secondary markets would allow more flexible

• WiFi the emergence of spectrum markets may make it

• Technical progress in wireless services favors a

• Once the world accepts the need to coordinate

• This article offers a qualitative comparison of

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