HSDPA PERFORMANCE in BASIC E-LEARNING - A PRELIMINARY STUDY in EAST MALAYSIA

SIM YAN SUN Master of Information and Communication Technology Management (MICTM)

Asia e University June !"#!

HSDPA performance in Ma#a$!ia

a!ic E-Learnin" - A pre#iminar$ !%&'$ in Ea!%

ABSTRACT (!$# %&'(S)

)*+earning is a solution to narro, the ga- of digital divides .et,een affluent cities and the less e/-osed su.ur.s0 Many -arts of )ast Malaysia are still not accessi.le ,ith high s-eed .road.and hence it is the o.1ective of this mini -ro1ect to find out if 23 4S(5A may .e a solution to e/tend )*+earning reach to these areas0

&-erators of 23 6road.and have advertised connectivity and s-eed reaching 70!M.-s 4S(5A ho,ever it may not .e true as s-eed is 86est )ffort9 .asis0 Thus ,e evaluate 4S(5A connectivity in various functionalities of )*+earning li:e ;ile and A--lication (o,nloading <ideo Streaming and ;ile U-load throughout ma1or to,nshi-s in )ast Malaysia0 %e em-loyed the use of US6 Modem 4ua,ei )!!" connected to +a-to- com-uter and utili=ing Net,or/ as tool of .and,idth measurement0

&ur finding sho,ed that there is .ig dis-arity in service level .et,een )ast and %est Malaysia0 Most of the readings on Average Transfer 'ate sho,ed lo,er through-ut in )ast Malaysia than that registered in >lang <alley0 <ariation of service level registered the .iggest dis-arity for (i3i as the com-any may have its strategy for 5re*5aid <oice leadershi- .ut not for 6road.and (ata segment0

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Most )*+earning activities could .e carried out ,ith ease ,ith 4S(5A service level -rovided .y Celcom and Ma/is in )ast Malaysia0 <ideo Streaming is im-ossi.le ,ithout 23 4S(5A and similar too for file larger than !?M60 U-loading s-eed is a.out #" times slo,er than do,nlin: s-eed0 This is a limitation to )* +earning if there are large files ().oo: or gra-hics) to .e u-loaded for sharing0

To conclude at the time of data gathering 23 4S(5A is .eing e/tended to most -arts of )ast Malaysia .y all 23 o-erators0 4o,ever the service level still a,aits much im-rovement0 Not,ithstanding the 23 4S(5A -enetration level and ca-acity is a.le to fulfil .asic )*+earning re@uirements0 US6 Modem 4ua,ei )!!" is ca-a.le and cost effective to connect to 23 4S(5A for )*+earning0

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AC)NO*LEDGEMENT

;irst of all I ,ould li:e to than: my family .ecause ,ithout their understandingsA it ,ould not have .een -ossi.le to carry out the ,riting of this mini -ro1ect0

I am furthermore inde.ted to my ,ife ,ho ,as very hel-ful ,ith carrying out the household chores and ta:ing care of the children during the time of my ,riting0 I also ,ant to than: my su-ervisor 5rof0 (r0 Syed Male: ;a:ar (uani Syed Musta-ha (ean of School of ICT Asia e University for his scientific in-ut and motivation during the entire -rocess of this mini -ro1ect0

I ,ould also li:e to than: Ci: Anis 4asa=a of School of ICT for hel-ing me on communication ,ith the school on deadlines and su.mission of assignments0

+ast .ut not least I ,ant to than: all my friends and my family for their su--ort on a -ersonal .asis0 Than: youB

Sim Yan Sun #" June !"#!

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