INTRODUCTION TO LTE AND ITS UNIQUE TECHNOLOGIES.

WHAT IS LTE??
The 3GPP LTE is acronym for long term evolution of UMTS . In order to ensure the competitiveness of UMTS for the next 10 years and beyond, concepts for UMTS Long Term Evolution (LTE) have been introduced in 3GPP release 8. LTE is also referred to as EUTRA (Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access) or E-UTRAN (Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network) The architecture that will result from this work is called EPS (Evolved Packet System) and comprehends E -UTRAN (Evolved UTRAN) on the access side and EPC ( Evolved Packet Core) on the core side. Can be considered the real 3.9G & invited to join the 4G family. Also considered a competitive system to mobile WiMAX as we will show

LTE DESIGN TARGETS

Scalable BW: 1.25, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0 and 20.0 MHz. Peak data rate:
Downlink (2 Ch MIMO) peak rate of 100 Mbps in 20 MHz channel Uplink (single Ch Tx) peak rate of 50 Mbps in 20 MHz channel

Supported antenna configurations:

Downlink: 4x4,4x2, 2x2, 1x2, 1x1 Uplink: 1x2, 1x1 Duplexing modes: FDD and TDD

Number of active mobile terminals:

LTE should support at least 200 mobile terminals in the active state when operating in 5 MHz. In wider allocations than 5 MHz, at least 400 terminals should be supported

LTE DESIGN TARGETS (CONT.)

Spectrum efficiency Downlink: 3 to 4 x HSDPA Rel. 65bits/s/Hz Uplink: 2 to 3 x HSUPA Rel. 62.5bits/s/hz Latency C-plane: <50 100 msec to establish U-plane U-plane: <10 msec from UE to server Mobility Optimized for low speeds (<15 km/hr) High performance at speeds up to 120 km/hr Maintain link at speeds up to 350 km/hr Coverage Full performance up to 5 km Slight degradation 5 km 30 km Operation up to 100 km should not be precluded by standard

INTRODUCTION TO LTE KEY TECHNOLOGIES

(1) OFDM and OFDMA: ONE OF THE KEY TECHNOLOGIES USED IN LTE SYSTEMS. OFDMA IS A MULTIPLE ACCESS METHOD BASED ON OFDM SIGNALING THAT ALLOWS SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSIONS TO AND FROM SEVERAL USERS ALONG WITH THE OTHER ADVANTAGES OF OFDM. OFDMA USED IN LTE FOR DL

INTRODUCTION TO LTE KEY TECHNOLOGIES

(2) SC-FDMA: LTE uplink requirements dif fer from downlink requirements. power consumption is a key consideration for UE terminals. The high PAPR and related loss of ef ficiency associated with OFDM signaling are major concerns . As a result, an alternative to OFDM was sought for use in the LTE uplink.