4G: LTE/LTE-Advanced for Mobile Broadband

This book focuses on LTE with full updates including LTE-Advanced (Release-11) to provide a complete picture of the LTE system. Detailed explanations are given for the latest LTE standards for radio interface architecture, the physical layer, access procedures, broadcast, relaying, spectrum and RF characteristics, and system performance.

Key technologies presented include multi-carrier transmission, advanced single-carrier transmission, advanced receivers, OFDM, MIMO and adaptive antenna solutions, radio resource management and protocols, and different radio network architectures. Their role and use in the context of mobile broadband access in general is explained, giving both a high-level overview and more detailed step-by-step explanations.

This book is a must-have resource for engineers and other professionals in the telecommunications industry, working with cellular or wireless broadband technologies, giving an understanding of how to utilize the new technology in order to stay ahead of the competition.

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• In-depth description of CoMP and enhanced multi-antenna transmission including new reference-signal structures and feedback mechanisms

• Detailed description of the support for heterogeneous deployments provided by the latest 3GPP release

• Detailed description of new enhanced downlink control-channel structure (EPDDCH) **

• New RF configurations including operation in non-contiguous spectrum, multi-bands base stations and new frequency bands

• Overview of 5G as a set of well-integrated radio-access technologies, including support for higher frequency bands and flexible spectrum management, massive antenna configurations, and ultra-dense deployments

  Autorentext

  Ecosystem Services: Global Issues, Local Practices covers scientific input, socioeconomic considerations, and governance issues on ecosystem services. This book provides hands-on transdisciplinary reflections by administrators and sector representatives involved in the ecosystem service community. Ecosystem Services develops shared approaches and scientific methods to achieve knowledge-based sustainable planning and management of ecosystem services.

  Professionals engaged in ecosystem service implementation have two options: de-emphasize the ecological and socioeconomic complexity and advance in the theoretical, abstract field, or try to develop research that is policy relevant and inclusive in an uncertain environment. This book provides a wide overview of issues at stake, of interest for any professional wishing to develop a broader view on ecosystem service science and practice.

  Klappentext

  Reflects the success of LTE throughout the world, and focuses on LTE with updates including LTE-Advanced (Release-11) to provide a complete picture of the LTE system. This book includes updates related to inter-band TDD aggregation with different UL-DL configuration, virtual cell ID, and, multiple TAGs in case of Carrier Aggregation.

  Zusammenfassung
  Reflects the ongoing success of LTE throughout the world and focuses on LTE with full updates including LTE-Advanced (Release 11) to provide a complete picture of the LTE system. This book also covers a complete update to the 3GPP's Release 11.

  Inhalt

1. Background of LTE2. High Data Rates in Mobile Communication3. OFDM Transmission4. Wider-Band "Single-Carrier" Transmission5. Multi-Antenna Techniques6. Scheduling, Link Adaptation, Hybrid ARQ7. LTE Radio Access: An Overview8. Radio-Interface Architecture9. Physical Transmission Resources10. Downlink Physical-Layer Processing11. Uplink Physical-Layer Processing12. Retransmission Protocols13. Scheduling and Rate Adaptation14. Access Procedures15. Multi-Point Coordination and Transmission16. Heterogeneous Deployments17. Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Services18. Relaying19. Spectrum and RF Characteristics20. Performance21. Future Radio Access- Final Thoughts