What do you have to know about Wifi Offload

MUNICH - Nov. 29, 2013 - PRLog -- Wifi offloading is also known as mobile data offloading. It involves the offloading of 3G and 4G users onto a wifi network. However, there is more to wifi offloading than just this. Subscribers and devices typically connect to a wifi network whenever one is within reach. Therefore mobile operators need to follow their subscribers into the wifi environment and they are beginning to do this by integrating wifi as another radio network within a 3GPP network. This is known as a heterogeneous network (HetNet).

Up until the iPhone era, mobile subscribers have got used to affordable mobile internet with unlimited usage. However, the average traffic from mobile devices nearly tripled during 2010 and 2011. It is estimated that global mobile traffic will increase 18 times by 2016. Furthermore, an increasing number of mobile devices now come with built in mobile data broadband capabilities that are designed to download at any time from any place. Therefore, mobile operators now require a cost effective way to satisfy their customers need for more bandwidth. As wifi performs better than 3G and 4G and provides speeds of up to 300Mbps, mobile operators are having to improve their customers user experience by incorporating wifi. Many new devices are wifi only, and most wifi enabled devices will attempt to establish a wifi connection first and connect to it if it is available. Also, many applications require a wifi connection in order to work. Therefore, wifi offload has become a priority for global mobile operators.

By offloading users from the 3G 4G network to wifi networks, mobile operators are able to increase capacity in an affordable and flexible way. Many mobile operators have built wifi offload networks in areas where there is a high level of mobile broadband usage and experienced reduced costs and churn. Therefore, wifi offloading is very cost effective, so mobile operators are beginning make wifi offloading a high priority. For more information visit here: http://www.munich-innovation.com/wifi-offload/