Human Factors of XR: Using Human Factors to Design XR Systems
The Mobile Broadband Revolution
1. Deutsche Telekom – T-Mobile. The Mobile Broadband Technology Revolution . Deutsch-Chinesisches Forum für wirtschaftliche und technologische Zusammenarbeit. Berlin, 29 January 2009.
2. Deutsche Telekom Vision. Technology enables Connected Life and Work vision …. no “strings” attached. At home. On the move. At work.
3. T-Mobile. Key indicators show size and success of technology. T-Mobile Group operates in excess of 160 thousand radio access nodes, and serving more than 120 } mn customers generating more than 500 } bn mobile minutes. Mobile data demand taking-off with ca. 2 } TByte /month, more than 10Gbps BH throughput and a projected 60% CAGR over the next 5 years. Across key radio access technologies such as GSM , UMTS , WiFi and WiMax A technology organization of employees ca. 6,000 in Europe alone, covering network and IT design & development , plan , build and operations .
4. The Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Industry-Wide system introduction plans by 2010 with leapfrog speed & quality improvements compared to existing mobile data performance. Multimedia Cellular Enhanced Mobile Services Enhanced Multimedia Mobile Broadband Mobile Communication Optimised Multimedia Mobile Year DL Throughput 2G / GSM GPRS/ EDGE 3G / UMTS Introduction of WCDMA/ FDD 3G + HSDPA Downlink Enhanced WCDMA/FDD 3G + HSPA 1 Downlink / Uplink Enhanced WCDMA/FDD + overall HSPA Improvements NGMN / LTE & WiMax Broadband radio, IP based wideband Peer to Peer Future Wireless Cellular 1 HSPA= HSDPA + HSUPA 2000 - 2003 2003 - 2004 2005 - 2006 2007 - 2009 2010+ 32 - 128kbps 64 – 384kbps 0.384 - 4 Mbps 0.384 – 14.4 Mbps 30 (AVG) to 200+ (PEAK) Mbps GSM (GPRS / EDGE) 3G - UMTS Enhanced UMTS Optimised UMTS True Mobile Broadband 3 10 4 14+