Connecting your homes, offices, businesses, devices, friends and families at one static point and on-the-go with internet connectivity from Wireless devices and data terminals presently uses a standard known as long term evolution (LTE) for wireless broadband communication.LTE is based on GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA technologies. It is a standard initiated by 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).We can call it an upgrade for carriers with GSM/UMTS and CDMA2000 networks. Most phones these days are LTE enabled. In marketing the network by mobile operators, the terms 4G LTE and Advance 4G is normally used as a marketing slogan even though it does not satisfy the technical criteria of a 4G wireless service.LTE can also be referred to as 3.95G.ITU decreed that LTE should be called True 4G in order to show distinction between them and LTE Advanced and WiMAX Advanced. There is now voice over LTE (VoLTE).As a result of the increasing demand for voice calls, LTE carriers introduced circuit switched fallback. This implies that LTE handsets reverts back to 2G or 3G but works during the making and receiving of voice calls.LTE came to being in 2008 while Wi-Fi technology was introduced to the market in 1999 to provide wireless networking to computers and mobile devices using the 802.11a/b/g/n, otherwise known as 802.11a,802.11b,802.11g and 802.11n standards.LTE technology does not need a router to provide wireless network connectivity, but Wi-Fi standards need router before they can provide wireless networks.
Speeds
LTE technology can give out speeds of up to 100 megabits per second (100Mbps) and 1Gbps while Wi-Fi standards transfer data between 11Mbps and 600Mbps.These speed are subject to conditions like bad weather, network traffic and device capabilities.4G LTE speed is faster than your home cable network; especially when your home is not located within the connected paths.4G LTE wireless broadband is 10 times faster than 3G with downloads speed between 5Mbps/12Mbps and uploads speed between 2Mbps/5Mbps.
LTE & Wi-Fi Integration
LTE and Wi-Fi network connectivity can be integrated using a mobile router which allows any computing devices to connect to your wireless service provider’s 4G network using Wi-Fi technology and LTE at each ends. However, there is this WiMAX technology that is classified as LTE technology which is dependent on 802.16 Wi-Fi standard: It stretches the Wi-Fi wireless connectivity from 300ft to as much as 30miles.WiMAX is classified as LTE technology, but its connectivity relies on WiMAX-powered router rather than to a 4G network of a wireless service provider.