Why dtac3G?

Source: http://www.dtac.co.th/3g/why.php

Fact of Speed
Transfer rate (Speed) normally measure in Mbps (Megabit per second) Max speed or peak throughput vary during time of measurement (HSPA change resource allocation dynamically every 2ms) It cant reflect real end users experience (unless only app they use is Speed test) User experience relate to Application they are using, each application require different quality of network performance

Factor of Speed
Network equipment capability (Radio, Core, Transmission) User equipment (phone, dongle) Network environment (Radio condition, Transmission capacity, Internet speed etc.) Application requirement (VoIP, FTP, Streaming, Bit torrent, Social etc.) User profile( Max speed setting in HLR, Policy control etc.

42Mbps?

Key to 42Mbps: Dual Carrier HSDPA

Currently, 5 MHz of spectrum can support peak TP @21 Mbps in good radio condition DC-HSDPA aggregates 2 carriers to build virtual data pipe for single user, so peak TP can reach 42 Mbps Peak throughput reach only when all the resource in both carrier dedicate to single user in good radio condition

Dtacs 42Mbps ingredients

Network equipments to support 3GPP R.8 (Phone, NodeB, RNC, SGSN, GGSN,HLR) All IP transmission (Backhaul, Core) with minimum bandwidth of 50 Mbps per BTS 10 MHz Bandwidth on Radio with DC-HSDPA configuration Provisioning peak throughput on HLR user profile to support 42 Mbps No limitation for internet connection

Want to see 42Mbps? You need

Device that support 42 Mbps (SS Hercules, Telstra dongle) Apps that require high speed (multiple FTP session from different server, 15xYouTube VDO Stream or 5x HD VDO stream ) Good radio condition (very near to BTS, <200m) Be only one who use DTAC3G under that cell

Not only 42Mbps, DC-HSDPA also .

- benefit to all users in whole cell

Not only 42Mbps, DC-HSDPA also .

- Enhance burst data capacity

Take away message.

42 Mbps is not just Marketing Hype it has technical background support, and dtac3g network implementation can support it. DC-HSDPA also have other benefit to user beside peak throughput User experience of different application depending on different KPI of network performance, speed is only one of those