Mobile Networks Generations

Laura Milena Castillo Talero

David Santiago Laverde Rojas
 Introduction

As technology advances,
communication networks
evolve in such a way that
they provide more
services to users. This
document will show the
different generations of
mobile networks that exist
and how they differ.

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 First Generation (1G)

The first automated

communication network
was launched in 1979 in
Japan by NTT (Nippon
Telegraph and Telephone).
This generation uses analog
technology and offered
only the voice service
which is bad and has no
security because voice calls
are played on radio towers.

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 Second Generation (2G)
It was launched around 1990
and it uses digital technology
and offers different services
including digital voice, SMS,
call transfer, call blocking,
caller ID, billing based on the
services used, etc. The
generation 2.5 is an extension
of the second generation and
the services offered are push
to talk, multimedia, search,
directory, access to email,
videoconferencing, among
others.

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 Third Generation (3G)
It was launched in 2000 and its
objective was to offer an increase
in data rates, facilitate growth,
increased voice and data capacity,
support for various applications
and high data transmission at low
cost. The services it offers are
mobile voice telephony, high
speed Internet access, Fixed
wireless Internet access, video
calls, chat and conferences,
mobile television, video on
demand, location-based services,
telemedicine, Internet browsing,
email, pagers, among others.

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 Fourth Generation (4G)
Its beginnings are in 2008
where you specify the
requirements for these
systems and it is launched in
2010 based entirely on IP. It
uses IP telephony, wider
frequency channel
bandwidth and provides
services such as mobile web
access, IP telephony, gaming
services, high definition
mobile TV,
videoconferencing, 3D
television, cloud computing,
among others

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 Fifth Generation (5G)
It has its beginning in 2015 and was
looking for a reduction in network
power consumption, broadband
speed, routing based on IP
addresses that are different in each
IP network worldwide. It is an
Open Wireless Architecture (OWA)
technology that overcomes bit loss
through the Open Transport
Protocol (OTP) and advances a true
wireless world Wireless-World
Wide Web (WWWW). It supports
the Internet of Things and M2M -
100 times more connected devices,
indoor coverage and signaling
efficiency.

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