A Verizon Wireless white paper on why it made a choice for Long Term Evolution as its fourth-generation network strategy points out why broadband backhaul has become so important. Where Verizon’s 3G network features typical downlink speeds between 600 kbps and 1.4 Mbps, the LTE network is expected to support typical downlink speeds of 5 Mbps to 12 Mbps.
Where peak 3G speeds reach 3.1 Mbps, LTE will support peak speeds of 100 Mbps. That implies two orders of magnitude more bandwidth on a peak basis and about an order of magnitude increase of average bandwidth consumed.
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A Verizon Wireless white paper on why it made a choice for Long Term Evolution as its fourth-generation network strategy points out why broadband backhaul has become so important. Where Verizon’s 3G network features typical downlink speeds between 600 kbps and 1.4 Mbps, the LTE network is expected to support typical downlink speeds of 5 Mbps to 12 Mbps.
Where peak 3G speeds reach 3.1 Mbps, LTE will support peak speeds of 100 Mbps. That implies two orders of magnitude more bandwidth on a peak basis and about an order of magnitude increase of average bandwidth consumed.
