October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
248 pages
7h 54m
English
LTE Release 8 has turned out to be a successful technology in terms of practical performance and in terms of commercial network and terminal launches. At the same time the high popularity of smartphones pushes the need for further mobile broadband evolution. LTE-Advanced is designed to enhance LTE capabilities in terms of data rates, capacity, coverage and operational simplicity. The first set of LTE-Advanced specifications was completed in 3GPP during 2011 and the features are expected to be commercially available 2013. LTE-Advanced is backwards compatible with LTE and can co-exist with LTE Release 8 terminals on the same frequency.
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