Is the gap narrowing between download versus upload mobile traffic volume or are both just growing rapidly? We are certainly seeing users trend away from broadcast video and move to more interactive video and user-generated content (UGC). As UGC such as photo and video uploads, interactive video, crowdcasting, collaboration and gaming hits the mobile network on the upstream side, it is creating download and upload traffic spikes that are difficult to absorb in a point-to-point backhaul architecture. How are mobile network operators (MNOs) accommodating these changes in traffic pattern as well as traffic volume? In this session, we examine the evolution of backhaul architectures as MNOs actively pursue ring, point-to-multipoint and mesh backhaul solutions.
Jennifer Pigg, Vice President, Yankee Group’s Network Research Group
