Chapter 1

Requirements for Current and Emergent Multimedia Services

In order to implement the concept of “anywhere” and “anytime,” as well as to support new and emergent services, users are demanding more and more from cellular communication systems. New requirements include increasing throughputs and bandwidths, enhanced spectrum efficiency, shorter delays and greater network capacity, made available by the air interface.* These are the key issues necessary to deliver new and emergent broadband data services.

The long term evolution (LTE) air ...

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