Interview with Vanessa Nacamura, Broadband Forum Ambassador, at the LTEi/EPCi & Converged Mobile Backhaul (6-8 December 2011) event where TR-221 was announced.
4G Networks are happening right now, delivering ever increasing bandwidth and speed to a myriad of devices all over the world. However, when it comes to voice, it is still done the "old fashion way".
The use of multiple vendor technologies and an exponential rise in network elements creates new challenges in gaining end-to-end visibility of performance and availability for 4G LTEi and IMS networks
Andrew Howell, 3GPPi GERANi Chairman, gives some background on the work of the GSM/EDGE RAN groups, including GELTE and the impact of machine type communications over legacy networks in the LTE age.