http://jimmachi.ulitzer.com/ Latest News from Jim Machi en Copyright 2012 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.com Thu, 17 May 2012 16:24:10 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss 360 http://jimmachi.ulitzer.com/node/1911823 The rapid growth of smartphones, tablets and netbooks are forcing mobile service providers to consider how best to meet the growing demands for rich data services that are straining mobile network capacity and eroding profits. Because their networks were originally designed for the low bandwidth requirements of voice traffic, mobile service providers today have only a limited set of options for increasing capacity to accommodate data services. However, most of these options are expensive and often time-consuming to deploy, and include adding more leased lines, moving to fiber, increasing the microwave spectrum, and using Ethernet ring. How can mobile service providers better design mobile backhaul networks to solve these issues? To answer this question, let’s first dive into the many factors that shaped today’s capacity requirements.<p><a href="http://jimmachi.ulitzer.com/node/1911823" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EDT http://jimmachi.ulitzer.com/node/1911823 http://jimmachi.ulitzer.com/node/1911823#feedback