The FCC has been running the Measuring Broadband America program since 2011. They have released six well-received yearly reports so far, analyzing the data collected from wired broadband providers. In 2012, the FCC announced an analogous Measuring Mobile Broadband Performance effort and they...

Wired and wireless access networks continue to evolve toward higher-capacity, multi-service systems. Recent wireless broadband networks such as 3G LTE and WiMax provide a general-purpose IP platform with over-the-top services at the application layer, which is similar to the design of wired IP...

A new generation of cellular technology has been deployed every decade since the 1980s. We are presently amid the global commercial deployment by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) of the fifth generation (5G) of cellular technology; and concurrently, a flurry of research is engaged in designing...

The explosive growth in mobile broadband traffic, driven by smart phones and tablets that significantly increase traffic per subscriber, has accentuated the spectrum shortage for Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS). The spectrum shortage is driving up the costs of deploying competitive 4G...