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Will small cell hotspots make unreasonable backhaul demands?

A growing number of industry experts are saying that small cell base stations could be central to the shape of future mobile networks. Because they provide their signal close to mobile users, the data speeds are close to maximum, battery … Continue reading

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Femtocells – the new option for macro offload

In a post on the problem with WiFi-based offload, Dean Bubley makes an interesting point: “If I walk 5 minutes from home to my local tube station, I need to switch off WiFi temporarily, if I actually want to use … Continue reading

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