Difference between 3G and 4G

	3G	4G
Data Throughput	Up to 3.1Mbps	2 to 12 Mbps .
Peak Upload Rate	5 Mbps	500 Mbps
Peak Download Rate	100 Mbps	1 Gbps
Switching Technique	packet switching	packet switching, message switching
Network Architecture	Wide Area Cell Based	LAN and Wide area.
Services And Applications	CDMA 2000, UMTS, EDGE etc	Wimax2 and LTE-Advance
Forward error correction (FEC)	3G uses Turbo codes for error correction.	Concatenated codes are used for error corrections in 4G.
Frequency Band	1.8 – 2.5 GHz	2 – 8 GHz