LTE, LTE-Advanced, and Beyond

Instructor Led | Duration: 1 Day

To counteract the tsunami of wireless data traffic, cellular operators around the world are deploying 4G LTE networks. As the demand continues to push the envelope of the capabilities of LTE, operators are looking at ways to improve the coverage, capacity and user experience while keeping the cost of running the network down. This session provides an overview of the key features of LTE (R8, R9, R10, and beyond) such as Voice over LTE (VoLTE), support for E-911, location services, carrier aggregation, MIMO enhancements, Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) and Heterogeneous Networks (HetNet) to equip participants with an essential understanding of these features. This course assumes that the participant already has understanding of Release 8 LTE.

Intended Audience
This course is intended for those involved in engineering functions such as planning, product management, design and deployment as well as those who need to understand the place of LTE and LTE-Advanced in the 4G wireless landscape.

Course Outline
1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4.

1. Overview of LTE-Advanced
Features and capabilities of LTE R8 Evolution from LTE to LTE-Advanced Performance targets of LTE-Advanced Summary of LTE-Advanced features LTE R8 architecture Enhanced HeNBs Relays UE categories in LTE-Advanced IMS and QoS frameworks for VoLTE End-to-end VoLTE call setup IMS-based E-911 calls Location services in LTE

Learning Objectives
After completing this course, the student will be able to: List the performance targets for IMT-Advanced and LTE-Advanced Describe how VoLTE and E-911 are supported using IMS Illustrate the architectures of Home eNodeBs and Relays Define characteristics of the UE categories in LTE-Advanced Describe the key features of Release 10 LTE-Advanced such as carrier aggregation and MIMO enhancements Explain the key features of LTE-Advanced beyond Release 10 such as heterogeneous networks (HetNets) and Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP).

2. LTE-EPC Network Architecture

3. VoLTE using IMS

4. LTE-Advanced Air Interface

4.1. Carrier Aggregation (CA) 4.2. Enhanced multiple antenna techniques for DL and UL

5. Release 11 and Beyond

5.1. Coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission and reception 5.2. Heterogeneous networks (HetNets) and eICIC

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