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3G VS. WIFI

PRESENTED BY
ANSIL.A
APPLIED ELECTRONICS
ROLL NO:9

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

 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.

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

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 serviceprovider 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.

 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.

1. 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.

1. 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.

 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

Any doubt?

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