FEATURES |
3G |
4G |
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Data Throughput |
UP to 3.1Mbps With an average speed range between 0.5 to 1.5 Mbps. |
Practically speaking, 2 to 12 Mbps (Telstra in Australia claims up to 40 Mbps) but potential estimated at a range of 100 to 300 Mbps. |
Peak Upload Rate |
5 Mbps |
500 Mbps |
Switching Technique |
Packet Switching |
Packet Switching,Message Switching |
Network Architecture |
Wide Area Cell Based |
Integration of wireless LAN and Wide area. |
Services And Applications |
CDMA 2000, UMTS, EDGE etc |
Wimax2 and LTE-Advance |
Forward error correction (FEC) |
3G uses Turbo codes for error correction. |
Concatenated codes are used for error corrections in 4G. |
Peak Download Rate |
100 Mbps |
1 Gbps |
Frequency Band |
1.8 – 2.5 GHz |
2 – 8 GHz |