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U.S. Department of
Transportation
Research and Innovative
Technology Administration
Different Ways of Providing Communications: Cellular
•Wide area two-way
mobile communications
•Voice and data-oriented
•Provides high-speed
data transfer rates to a large subscriber
base simultaneously
•Growth expected to
continue at an exponential rate (tenfold in
the next five years)
•Commercially operated. Implies
service contracts or other business
arrangements
Cellular/Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Technology
Technical Review
Typical Cellular System
Arrangement