LTE Communications and Networks

LTE Communications and Networks

by Masood Ur Rehman, Ghazanfar Ali Safdar
Released June 2018
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781119385226

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Book description

A comprehensive resource to the latest developments of system enhancement techniques of Femtocells, power management, interference mitigation and antenna design

LTE Communications and Networks fills a gap in the literature to offer a comprehensive review of the most current developments of LTE Femtocells and antennas and explores their future growth. With contributions from a group of experts that represent the fields of wireless communications and mobile communications, signal processing and antenna design, this text identifies technical challenges and presents recent results related to the development, integration and enhancement of LTE systems in portable devices.

The authors examine topics such as application of cognitive radio with efficient sensing mechanisms, interference mitigation and power management schemes for the LTE systems. They also provide a comprehensive account of design challenges and approaches, performance enhancement techniques and effects of user’s presence on the LTE antennas. LTE Communications and Networks also highlights the promising technologies of multiband, multimode and reconfigurable antennas for efficient design of portable LTE devices. Designed to be a practical resource, this text:

  • Explores the interference mitigation, power control and spectrum management in LTE Femtocells and related issues
  • Contains information on the design challenges, different approaches, performance enhancement and application case scenarios for the LTE antennas 
  • Covers the most recent developments of system enhancement techniques in terms of Femtocells, power management, interference mitigation and antenna design
  • Includes contributions from leading experts in the field 

Written for industry professionals and researchers, LTE Communications and Networks is a groundbreaking book that presents a comprehensive treatment to the LTE systems in the context of Femtocells and antenna design and covers the wide range of issues related to the topic.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. List of Contributors
  4. Preface
  5. 1 Introduction
    1. 1.1 Evolution of Wireless and Cellular Communication
    2. 1.2 LTE Architecture
    3. 1.3 LTE Antennas
    4. 1.4 LTE Applications
    5. 1.5 Book Organization
    6. References
  6. Part I: LTE Femtocells
    1. 2 LTE Femtocells
      1. 2.1 Introduction
      2. 2.2 Platform for Femtocell Deployment
      3. 2.3 LTE Architecture Overview
      4. 2.4 LTE Femtocell Interference Analysis
      5. 2.5 Interference Mitigation: Current State of the Art
      6. 2.6 Cognitive Femtocells: A Smart Solution to a Complex Problem
      7. 2.7 Summary
      8. References
    2. 3 Interference Mitigation in Cognitive Radio‐Based LTE Femtocells
      1. 3.1 Introduction
      2. 3.2 Femtocells
      3. 3.3 Interference Mitigation in Femtocells using Cognitive Radio
      4. 3.4 Summary
    3. 4 Coverage Area‐Based Power Control for Interference Management in LTE Femtocells
      1. 4.1 Introduction
      2. 4.2 Coverage Radius Based Power Control Scheme (PS)
      3. 4.3 System Model
      4. 4.4 Performance Analysis
      5. 4.5 Summary
      6. References
    4. 5 Energy Management in LTE Femtocells
      1. 5.1 Introduction
      2. 5.2 Architecture of LTE Networks
      3. 5.3 Classification of ES Schemes
      4. 5.4 Energy Efficient Resource Allocation
      5. 5.5 Bandwidth Expansion Schemes
      6. 5.6 Load Balancing Schemes
      7. 5.7 Comparative Analysis
      8. 5.8 Open Research Issues
      9. 5.9 Summary
    5. 6 Spectrum Sensing Mechanisms in Cognitive Radio Based LTE Femtocells
      1. 6.1 Fundamentals of Signal Processing
      2. 6.2 Spectrum Sensing Techniques
      3. 6.3 History Assisted Spectrum Sensing
      4. 6.4 Model‐ and Statistics‐Based Spectrum Sensing Classification
      5. 6.5 Challenges and Issues
      6. 6.6 Summary
      7. References
  7. Part II: Antennas for LTE Femtocells
    1. 7 Antenna Consideration for LTE Femtocells
      1. 7.1 Antenna Fundamentals
      2. 7.2 Antenna Requirements for LTE Femtocells
      3. References
    2. 8 Multiband Antennas for LTE Femtocells
      1. 8.1 Fundamentals of Multiband Antennas
      2. 8.2 Types of Multiband Antennas
      3. 8.3 Multiband Antenna Design: Case Studies
      4. 8.4 Open Research Issues
      5. References
    3. 9 Reconfigurable Antennas for LTE Femtocells
      1. 9.1 Fundamentals of Reconfigurable Antennas
      2. 9.2 Realization of Reconfigurable Antennas
      3. 9.3 Rectangular Patch Reconfigurable LTE Femtocell Antenna
      4. 9.4 Circular Patch Reconfigurable LTE Femtocell Antenna
      5. 9.5 Open Research Issues
      6. References
    4. 10 Multimode Antennas for LTE Femtocells
      1. 10.1 Multimode Antennas: Fundamentals and Types
      2. 10.2 Design of a Compact Multimode LTE Femtocell Antenna for Handheld Devices
      3. 10.3 Design of a Multifunctional Compact Antenna for LTE Femtocells and GNSS Systems
      4. 10.4 Summary
      5. 10.5 Open Challenges and Issues
      6. References
    5. 11 Human Body Effects on LTE Femtocell Antennas
      1. 11.1 Interaction of the Human Body with Antennas
      2. 11.2 Numerical Modelling of the Human Body
      3. 11.3 Evaluation of Human Body Effects on LTE Femtocell Antennas
      4. 11.4 Open Research Issues
      5. References
    6. 12 The Road Ahead for LTE Femtocells
      1. 12.1 Future Prospects and Challenges
      2. References
  8. Index
  9. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: LTE Communications and Networks
  • Author(s): Masood Ur Rehman, Ghazanfar Ali Safdar
  • Release date: June 2018
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781119385226