This talk gives an overview of SON activities within 3GPPⁱ. It justifies the needs of automatic networking operations in the increasingly heterogeneous wireless technology environment, and highlights latest SON functionalities of LTEⁱ/LTE-A.

The new iPad has a 4G LTEⁱ radio, a lithium-ion polymer battery that lasts up to 10 hours, a new dual core Apple A5X processor and VGA front-facing and 1080p rear-facing cameras designed for FaceTime video calling. The device boasts a QXGA (2048x1536) display, 4 times the resolution of the iPad 2.

RCR Wireless interviews Khurram Sheikh at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Khurram discusses deploying small cell networks.

Andy Germano of the Small Cell Forum talks with RCR Wireless News about how integrating femtocells and Wi-Fi can offer mobile customers a seamless, secure wireless experience on an intelligent network.

Ericsson - Backhaul plays a critical role in mobile broadband, and is rising in importance on account of the introduction of heterogeneous networks, known as hetnets.

Deploying vast numbers of small cells to complement improved and densified macrocell layers will require a range of highly scalable, flexible mobile backhaul solutions that support superior user experience.

Ericsson - Unlike previous 3GPP wireless technologies, LTE has no circuit-switched bearer to support voice, so carrying voice over LTE requires a migration to a voice over IP (VoIP) solution – commonly under the umbrella of IMS. Until this migration occurs, LTE-capable handsets need to revert to 2G or 3G for voice calls: an approach that is not ideal in the long term.