4-G system is not going to be introduced over night as it’s in its developmental stage yet. This system shouldn't be treated as something totally new or alien to the users as it has been a result of gradual progression of the previously and presently used communication systems. We can see a marvelous growth in mobile communication systems since the last two decades of 1900s.Digital services started replacing the analog ones. But need for efficient data Transfer had made the users unsatisfied with. The data rates worsen under certain conditions like bad weather or or in case of busy network so these disadvantages gave way to new technologies which have come into picture now. The first is 2.5G (GPRS) technology which allows data transfer at a faster rate than GSM . Further enhancements to GSM networks are provided by Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) technology providing up to three times the data capacity of GPRS .There after 3G (WCDMA/UMTS) technology has come into existence with the maximum data transfer rate of 2Mbps. But the 4th Generation system is ensuring a distinctively higher rate of data transfer, that would be ranging from 100 Mbps to 1Gbps .
Alvin Toffler has once said “ The future always comes too fast,.” This is evident from the evolution of communication system . The 4G technology will be able to support Interactive services like Video Conferencing, ultra-broadband Internet access, IP telephony, gaming services, and Wireless Internet. This system is also a step towards providing services a very less cost. This would be made possible by higher Bandwidth.
The networks will be all IP networks based on IPv6. Improved access technologies like OFDM and MC-CDMA (Multi Carrier CDMA) will likely to be used.
Another remarkable feature of 4G system is its security features which can make data transfer more reliable and safe. Security features will be much better to provide a comprehensive and secure all-IP based mobile broadband solution to smart phones, laptop computers,wireless modems and other mobile devices. More efficient algorithms at the Physical layer will reduce the Inter-channel Interference and Co-channel Interference.
The 4G system's objectives include its latent applications and system requirements, technical challenges, and related standardization activities. It has been revealed that the major capability of the 4G system should be its ultra high speed and IP packet transmission with reduced delay to meet a variety of requirements derived from the two-way enhanced reality communications such as 3D-audio, 3D-video, and biological information media world .We can say that the day is not far away when every existing communication system will be wiped away by the 4G Communication System.
