Opportunities for IP in Communications Beyond 3G

  • Authors:
  • Thomas Toftegaard Nielsen;Rune Hylsberg Jacobsen

  • Affiliations:
  • Ericsson Telebit A/S, Denmark;Ericsson Telebit A/S, Denmark

  • Venue:
  • Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Future communication will be based on TCP/IP as common network and transport layers to provide global connectivity to users and applications. IP is used to provide ubiquitous access across different access networks and exploits the benefits of a common connectivity layer while reducing the cost of operation and maintenance of the network. This paper discusses the opportunities for IP in the evolution towards a future broadband, all-IP mobile communication network. In particular, we argue for three opportunities for the future: Interworking access technologies over IP, IP layer transparency, and the ability to manage complexity.