All you ever wanted to know about LTE but were afraid to ask

Stuart Corner
Saturday, 06 February 2010 19:31

Business IT - Technology

3G Americas, a wireless industry trade association representing the GSM family of technologies including LTE, has published what is says is a "highly anticipated resource report" on the evolution of mobile technologies to LTE and beyond and designed to be read by "interested members of the general public."

The 240 page white paper, "3GPP Mobile Broadband Innovation Path to 4G: Release 9, Release 10 and Beyond: HSPA+, SAE/LTE and LTE-Advanced," provides "in-depth examination of 3GPP technology standards from a technical, business and applications standpoint."

It is billed as "a comprehensive resource intended to assist members of the wireless industry as well as interested members of the general public in understanding details of the work in 3GPP on Release 9 and Release 10." It is available as a free download from www.3gamericas.org.

3GPP Release 9, which is targeted for completion by March 2010, will provide increased feature functionality and performance enhancements to both HSPA (which provides the wireless broadband services operated by all Australian cellular networks) and LTE.

The report reviews additional multi-carrier and MIMO options for HSPA and features and enhancements to support emergency services, location services and broadcast services for LTE.

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