New physical layer features of 3GPP LTE release-13 [Industry Perspectives]

Author

Ping-Heng Kuo

Author_Institution

Ind. Technol. Res. Inst., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

22

Issue

4

fYear

2015

fDate

8/1/2015 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

4

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The worldwide proliferation of versatile mobile devices (e.g., smartphones and tablet computers) over the last few years have clearly changed people´s lifestyles. In parallel, the ever increasing demands of mobile broadband Internet have catalyzed a huge market growth of fourth-generation (4G) cellular services, which is mainly facilitated by radio access technologies including Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long-Term Evolution (LTE), as well as its enhanced version, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A). Generally speaking, LTE-A is referred to as Release-10 of 3GPP standards, and its achievable performance makes it a true 4G technology according to the definitions given by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Keywords

3G mobile communication; 3GPP; 3GPP LTE; 4G cellular services; ITU; International Telecommunication Union; long-term evolution; mobile broadband Internet; mobile devices; new physical layer features; radio access technologies; smartphones; tablet computers; third generation partnership project; 3G mobile communication; Base stations; Downlink; Long Term Evolution; MIMO; Physical layer; Uplink;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Wireless Communications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1284

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MWC.2015.7224718

Filename

7224718