Gsm’s achievements

TOWARDS ‘ALL IP’ AND SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS This concluding chapter provides first an introduction to some of the planned release 5 enhancements to UMTS and the GPRS/EDGE RAN (GERAN). These can be seen as the first step towards ‘all IP’. The challenges when having to deliver real-time IP services over an air interface, in particular voice over IP services, are summarised and possible solutions to achieve spectrum efficiencies similar to those of optimised cellular voice services are outlined.

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