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Monday, 20 April, 2026

What is the fourth generation technology for 4G cellular networks?

What is the fourth generation technology for 4G cellular networks?

This service began in 2009, in the United States of America. It also appeared after the service of the third generation networks (3G) to increase the need for a faster service, as the speed was raised to almost ten times the speed of the third generation networks; Due to the wide use of smartphones and tablets that need high speeds in transferring video, music and other files.

-- Fourth generation technology

The fourth generation (4G) networks are advanced radio networks that depend on the Internet protocols in the process of sending and receiving data in packets. It shows a point of difference from its predecessor networks in that it also transmits voice data using Internet protocols, which makes it completely dependent. on protocols, and data is transmitted over these networks through the connection between the mobile phone and the ground stations (in English: base station); In order to exchange Internet data through the so-called air interfaces, and because there is a lot of similarity and overlap between the fourth and third generation networks, the aerial media that is used with third generation networks is used for the same purpose in fourth generation networks, including: LTE, DMA2000, plus WiMAX.