History of Wireless Network
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Wireless network technologies have existed since late 1800’s. Although the concept of cellular communications is less than a century old, wireless network technologies started with the invention of the wireless telegraph created by Marconi. Ever since the deployment of the wireless telegraph system in 1896, there has been continuous innovation in wireless networks including the Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) in 1977, Bluetooth in 1998, and the popularization of 802.11 networks in the 21st century. Wireless cellular networks have been continuously developing and expanding since the 1940s.
In 1940 Motorola and Bell systems pioneered the mobile radio telephone. This was considered “pre-cellular” or “0G” for Zero generation. The main purpose of this new innovation in technology was for commercial telecommunications services. This pre-cellular invention inspired the future generations of cellular networks. This allowed business decision makers to interact with their stakeholders in places such as cars and also had their mobile phones connected to their briefcases during travel.
1G cellular network was introduced in 1979 and was the first generation in cellular mobile phone technology. It used analog radio signals for wireless transmission. Countries across the world were constantly investing and innovating the wireless communication networks and Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone launched the world’s first automated cellular network for commercial use, while USA introduced the first 1G network for the Motorola DynaTAC cellular phone (Dubendorf, 2003).
2G-4G resulted in consistent improvements in reliability in transmission and fewer latency from 1990 to 2019. 2G improved data intricacies, but lacked the speed of its succeeding generations when it came to data transfer rates. 2G was also pivotal due to its ability to offer short messaging service (SMS) text messaging. Although there were other variations of generations between 2G and 3G (2.5 and 2.75) that introduced MMS messaging, allowing mobile based games, 3G, the third generation in cellular mobile phone technology created a platform that consumers currently are used to, a mobile broadband capable wireless network (Dubendorf, 2003). This generation increased data transmission to 200 Kbps, creating a high-speed data transfer and more data capacity.
3G network also allowed for smartphones to have a space in the tech industry. 3G enabled phones to browse the web, email, video call and stream, and share and download multimedia. Without the wireless network platform of 3G, the powerhouses of cellular phones like Apple and Samsung wouldn’t be able to thrive. 3.5G and 3.75G, subcomponents of the third-generation wireless network are known as the High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) becoming 5 times faster than 3G prior to its successor 4G network (Dubendorf, 2003).
In 2009, the 4th generation of cellular mobile phone technology was introduced. The main differentiator from 3G is that 4G provided the first “true Internet broadband data transmission rates” (Dubendorf, 2003). First introduced in Norway and Sweden, 4G promised speeds 10 times faster than its predecessor. This network expanded over a few years to cover major areas and developing countries. 4G opened the ability of mobile devices to support cloud computing. 4G LTE, standing for “Long Term Evolution” enabled capable phones to have high-speed wireless internet and access to better speeds and data transmissions. 4G and 4G LTE were a huge success in the adoption rate of consumers since 2009. Currently there is development in the 5th generation, 5G, to push the network technology space into new heights.
In 1940 Motorola and Bell systems pioneered the mobile radio telephone. This was considered “pre-cellular” or “0G” for Zero generation. The main purpose of this new innovation in technology was for commercial telecommunications services. This pre-cellular invention inspired the future generations of cellular networks. This allowed business decision makers to interact with their stakeholders in places such as cars and also had their mobile phones connected to their briefcases during travel.
1G cellular network was introduced in 1979 and was the first generation in cellular mobile phone technology. It used analog radio signals for wireless transmission. Countries across the world were constantly investing and innovating the wireless communication networks and Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone launched the world’s first automated cellular network for commercial use, while USA introduced the first 1G network for the Motorola DynaTAC cellular phone (Dubendorf, 2003).
2G-4G resulted in consistent improvements in reliability in transmission and fewer latency from 1990 to 2019. 2G improved data intricacies, but lacked the speed of its succeeding generations when it came to data transfer rates. 2G was also pivotal due to its ability to offer short messaging service (SMS) text messaging. Although there were other variations of generations between 2G and 3G (2.5 and 2.75) that introduced MMS messaging, allowing mobile based games, 3G, the third generation in cellular mobile phone technology created a platform that consumers currently are used to, a mobile broadband capable wireless network (Dubendorf, 2003). This generation increased data transmission to 200 Kbps, creating a high-speed data transfer and more data capacity.
3G network also allowed for smartphones to have a space in the tech industry. 3G enabled phones to browse the web, email, video call and stream, and share and download multimedia. Without the wireless network platform of 3G, the powerhouses of cellular phones like Apple and Samsung wouldn’t be able to thrive. 3.5G and 3.75G, subcomponents of the third-generation wireless network are known as the High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) becoming 5 times faster than 3G prior to its successor 4G network (Dubendorf, 2003).
In 2009, the 4th generation of cellular mobile phone technology was introduced. The main differentiator from 3G is that 4G provided the first “true Internet broadband data transmission rates” (Dubendorf, 2003). First introduced in Norway and Sweden, 4G promised speeds 10 times faster than its predecessor. This network expanded over a few years to cover major areas and developing countries. 4G opened the ability of mobile devices to support cloud computing. 4G LTE, standing for “Long Term Evolution” enabled capable phones to have high-speed wireless internet and access to better speeds and data transmissions. 4G and 4G LTE were a huge success in the adoption rate of consumers since 2009. Currently there is development in the 5th generation, 5G, to push the network technology space into new heights.