T minus 1 week/Practical 8

For this week practical:

• Had to compile resources for Assignment 2.
• Do you think its easy to compile..............................................................................................NOT!
• Summarize, prioritize and compile all our Wiki.
• Tgats riughky all, I'm preyyu jnockef out now, goig 2 b uncoincious =......

Regrads,

Mr Roduculous

Practical 7, woots!

Time files, its Practical 7 already. I'm starting to like UIR more and more. Its definitely an easy subject.

Anyways, lets get on with today's work! I used Practical 7 to do up some research for my assignment 2 and learnt a lot from it.

I started researching on 3.5G, a.k.a HSDPA, and 3.75G, a.k.a HSUPA.

So, what exactly is HSDPA/HSUPA?
This is why I'm blogging here, cos I'm like the smart one who knows all and your, the sheep will follow me to learn more!

Without further ado,

Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), also known as 3.5G, is a mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) family, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity. Current HSDPA deployments support down-link speeds of 1.8, 3.6, 7.2 and 14.4 Mbit/s. Applications with high data demands such as video and streaming music are the focus of HSDPA

In layman's term you pay more each month to Singtel/StarHub/M1 if you want to enjoy faster mobile surfing, video and music streaming.

High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) also known as 3.75G is a mobile telephony protocol in the HSPA family with up-link speeds up to 5.76 Mbit/s. The 3GPP does not support the name 'HSUPA' created by Nokia, but instead uses the name Enhanced Uplink (EUL).The technical purpose of the Enhanced Uplink feature is to improve the performance of uplink to increase capacity and throughput and reduce delay.

In layman's term you pay more each month to Singtel/StarHub/M1 if you want to enjoy faster mobile surfing, video and music streaming.

More can be found at Wikipedia and Wikipedia

Mr Ridiculous

e-Learning 6 BB

e-Learning 6 BB <- *wink wink*

Time for another evaluation.

URL: http://www.3g4g.co.uk/
WARNING: THE ABOVE WEBSITE IS SO BADLY DONE, I ALMOST WET MY PANTS.
Its the same yada yada as the last evaluation so if you hate the last one, I'm pretty damn sure you won't like this one at all *wink wink*

• Purpose
  The aim of the website is stated clearly. It aims to provideinformation to both experienced telecom engineers and beginners, vital knowledge of this developing telecommunication field.
  
• Coverage
  The coverage of the site is quite comprehensive; Tutorials, blog links, FAQs, news, statistics, applications, devices, books, jobs and training from 3G, 4G and beyond are provided for reference.
  There are also a lot of links to other websites and resources available.
  
• Authority
  This is not an authoritative source as it not the homepage of any association whatsoever. There are no reviews about this site and it is not included in any gateway or virtual libraries, but the information provided are very detailed and well written. It could be done by a knowledgeable person or a person in the industry.
  
• Accuracy
  The fact seems to be accurate. It does not involve or contain any form of political, ideological, biasness, opinions or errors. Not all articles are linked and referenced as some might be the owner’s own research.
  
• Currency
  The information contained in the website is not well maintained. The article on HSPA is dated 11/05/06.
  
• Accessibility
  The site is easily accessible. It does not require any registration or logins. All information and resources are free for all.
  
• Presentation and Arrangement
  Information is poorly presented with no visible effort. Contents are slapped onto the blue and white background.
  Neither search facility nor Contact Us page is visibly present.
  
• Usability
  It is somewhat easy to navigate around. Content are presented in a really ancient way. The color scheme for the website poorly executed which indicates a lack of design and planning.
  Non-intrusive advertisements presents and visible lack of user support facilities.
  
• Overall
  Unimpressed with the quality of the website. Content are categorized in an ancient way which reminds me of surfing the web in the 1990s. The color scheme for the website really simple, almost non-existent.
  The information contained is not well maintained but it does not require any registration or logins. All information, are free for all.
  Overall, just a poorly executed website with no visible planning or planning.

I repeat again, THE ABOVE WEBSITE IS SO BADLY DONE, I ALMOST WET MY PANTS.

Mr Ridiculous

e-Learning 6a

e-Learning,
e-Learning is,
e-Learning is good,
e-Learning means more time for my girlfriend and family (not so much of family) ::)<-alien

Being the lazy and usual me, I decided its about time I blogged about e-learning 6a.
After all, its for my assignemnt. So here it goes people, just bear with me.

Practical 6A...:

• Title of Internet Resource: Discuss the developments in the market for 3G mobile devices
• URL: http://hspa.gsmworld.com/

FYI, THERE ARE NO PICTURES, JUST READ MY 1337 EVALUATION!

• Purpose
  Yes, the aim of the website is High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) Technology is enabling the delivery of High Speed mobile broadband today.

• Coverage
  The coverage of the site is comprehensive; HSDPA, HSUPA and HSPA+ technologies are covered. Case studies, news, operator lists and etc are present to enhance the coverage.
  There are links to other websites such as Qualcomm and Ericsson which are industry partners of the GSM association.

• Authority
  This is an authoritative source as it the de-facto homepage of HSDPA, HSUPA and HSPA+. There are no reviews about this site and it is not included in any gateway or virtual libraries.

• Accuracy
  The facts are 100% accurate. It does not involve or contain any form of research, political, ideological, biasness, opinions or errors. All articles are linked and referenced clearly to their respective source sites.

• Currency
  The information contained in the website is extremely well maintained and up to date with latest news regarding HSDPA and HSUPA deployment etc. Refer to figure 2 above for latest news

• Accessibility
  The site is easily accessible and well-formed. It does not require any registration or logins. All information, including resources such as white papers and presentations are free for all.

• Presentation and Arrangement
  Information is extremely well presented and arranged into separate categories for easy viewing. Contents are contained within text boxes which makes it uniform and clean.
  No search facility is present but the website compensates for it with a well thought out category-and-box design which enables user to easily obtain information.

• Usability
  It is extremely easy to navigate around. Content are categorized using headers and are present in a clean and simple way. There is not flashy animation or irritating sounds to distract and annoy the user. The color scheme for the website is also well executed and suits the professionalism of the organization.
  There is a visible lack of user support facilities, but a Contact page is present for questions and enquiries.

• Overall
  Extremely impressed with the quality of the website. Content are categorized using headers and are contained within text boxes which makes it uniform and clean. There is not flashy animation or irritating sounds to distract and annoy the user. The color scheme for the website is also well executed and suits the professionalism of the organization.
  The information contained in the website is extremely well maintained and up to date and It does not require any registration or logins. All information, including resources such as white papers and presentations are free for all.
  Overall, well executed website with professional color scheme and design.

Thats all people!

Signing off,
Mr Ridiculous