Comparison between 3G/4G technology

Comparison Between 3G/$G technology as bellow.

                                             3G

Data Throughput Comparison  | Data up to 3.1Mbps with an average speed range between 0.5 to .5  
                                                      Mbps
Peak Upload Rate Comparison |  5 Mbps
Peak Download Rate                 | 100 Mbps

Switching Technique Standard | packet switching
Network Architecture Standard| Wide Area Cell Based Network
Services And Applications Standard| EDGE,CDMA 2000, UMTS  etc
Forward error correction (FEC)  Standard| 3G uses Turbo codes for error correction as default
Frequency Band  |   Up to 1.8 – 2.5 GHz

                                             4G

Data Throughput Comparison  |  Data up to 2 to 12 Mbps but potential estimated at a range of 100 to 
                                                     300 Mbps.
Peak Upload Rate Comparison |  500 Mbps
Peak Download Rate                 | 1 Gbps
Switching Technique Standard | packet switching or message switching
Network Architecture Standard| Integration of wireless LAN and Wide area Network
Services And Applications Standard| LTE-Advance and Wimax2
Forward error correction (FEC)  Standard| Concatenated codes are used for error corrections in 4G  
                                                                      as  own standard
Frequency Band  |    Up to 2 – 8 GHz