Understanding LTE and its Performance

✍ Scribed by Tara Ali-Yahiya (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 277
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Mobile communications technology is developing so rapidly that it seems a new breakthrough makes the headlines each week. Aimed at a wide audience, this book guides the reader through the complexities of Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. Advanced LTEs are set to play a central role in the rapid take-up of fourth-generation mobile services able to deliver download speeds of hundreds of megabits a second. Beginning with the basic principles of LTE networks, the text builds to in-depth coverage of more complex topics, including a detailed assessment of LTE release 8, which forms the baseline specification of LTE 3GPP, the set of standards laid down by the Third Generation Partnership Project.

The wealth of subjects discussed includes the network architecture and programming required to ensure 4G LTE compatibility with 2- and 3G systems such as WiMAX, and the ways in which cell interference can be minimized. With faster, multilayered 4G networks set to spread to the remotest areas, this vital resource will be required reading for anyone needing to grasp the fundamentals of mobile communications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Mobile Broadband Wireless....Pages 3-15
Network Architecture and Protocols....Pages 17-39
LTE Radio Layer Design....Pages 41-54
LTE Phyiscal Layer....Pages 55-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Quality of Service....Pages 77-90
Interworking Design for LTE Convergence....Pages 91-104
Mobility....Pages 105-125
LTE and Femtocell....Pages 127-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Downlink Radio Resource Allocation Strategies in LTE Networks....Pages 147-165
Performance Study of Opportunistic Scheduling in LTE Networks....Pages 167-180
Cross-Layer Multiservice Scheduling for LTE Networks....Pages 181-197
Fractional Frequency Reuse in LTE Networks....Pages 199-210
Performance Study of Mobile WiMAX and LTE Interworking....Pages 211-224
LTE Femtocell Integration with Wireless Sensor/Actuator Networks and RFID Technologies....Pages 225-244
Back Matter....Pages 245-250

✦ Subjects

Communications Engineering, Networks; Computer Communication Networks; Signal, Image and Speech Processing