Abstract
The LTE broadband evolved from an earlier Third Generation Partnership Project system which is known as the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), which evolved from the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). The network architecture of this system has been designed with the aim to support a packet-switched traffic with seamless mobility and great quality of service. The main goal of the LTE is to provide a high data rate with low latency and a packet optimized radio access technology that supports deployment of bandwidth. Hence, this study is based on the evaluation of the LTE network in the south-west region of Nigeria. This study evaluates the LTE network strength in the South-West region of Nigeria. Questionnaires were administered among users in these areas randomly. Thereafter, data were analyzed and research questions were answered from the analyzed results. The results showed that 9Mobile and MTN has the best quality of service of LTE network in South-West, Nigeria, also that the LTE network has not really been active in Osun and Ekiti states.
Highlights
Over the years, networking has evolved from the era of the common wired local area network to the wireless mobile networks, due to the evolution of communication technology, there has been a widespread of smartphones, and this has led to an increase in number of mobile subscribers
The Long Term Evolution (LTE) broadband evolved from an earlier Third Generation Partnership Project system which is known as the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), which evolved from the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
The online questionnaire method is a means of gauging the coverage and quality of service of LTE in the states in the south western geopolitical zone of Nigeria
Summary
Over the years, networking has evolved from the era of the common wired local area network to the wireless mobile networks, due to the evolution of communication technology, there has been a widespread of smartphones, and this has led to an increase in number of mobile subscribers. According to the statistics gotten from the Nigerian communication commission, the rate at which the penetration of mobile phones has grown over ten years is recorded to be 103.91% with an active subscriber base of 145.5 million, as noted in [1], the number of internet users in Nigeria hits 91.6 million as at 2017 Due to this increase in the subscriber rate and high demand of increase internet speed the service providers adopted a new advancement in technology, the Fourth Generation mobile network, which allowed users to get an increased bandwidth, this is an advancement of the Third Generation mobile network. Advance Mobile Phone System laid the foundation to the wireless mobile technology which led to the use of small hexagonal service areas and supported frequency re-use across the mobile phones without interference
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