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 Objective

LTE Advanced Features

 LTE-Advanced with 3GPP Rel10
LTE-Advanced Goals
LTE-A fulfills or exceeds the Meet and exceed capabilities
requested for IMT-Advanced
requirements of
IMT-Advanced defined by ITU
Meet 3GPP operators’
requirements for LTE evolution

Mobility Enhance macro network

performance
Enable efficient use of small cells

More Bandwidth available

Able to achieve higher data rates (

up to 1Gbps in downlink for
stationary users)

Enhance the coverage by

Data rates increasing data rates on the cell
edge
Backward compatibility
 1 Gbps

UE Downlink [Mbps] Uplink [Mbps]

antennas

8 1102
1 Gbps target for
The larger data
DL is exceeded
rate for UL is due to
with 8x8 and 40
less overhead
MHz bandwidth
555
4
610
64QAM with
The 500 Mbps maximum effective
code rate of 9/10 is
304 target for uplink is
assumed for both
2 exceeded with 4x4
and 40 MHz uplink and downlink.
305 bandwidth Data rate scales
linearly with number
161 of component
carriers.
1
152
eNB
1 2 4 8 antennas
LTE-A Peak Data Rates with MIMO Extension
Assuming 2x20 MHz Carrier Aggregation
 LTE-Advanced Features
Key aspects in Carrier Bandwidth extension by carrier aggregation
3GPP Rel.10 Carrier Aggregation Downlink: Up to 100 MHz bandwidth with 2 Release
8 carriers from different frequency bands
…..
Carrier1 Carrier2 Carrier n
Uplink: Only single band carrier aggregation
New codebook for downlink (DL) 8TX MIMO
8x MIMO 4x
Feedback enhancements for DL 2TX/4TX Multiuser
MIMO
2TX/4TX Uplink Single/Multiuser MIMO
Coordinated Multipoint
Coordinated multipoint transmission (CoMP), also
known as cooperative system
Receiving transmission from multiple sectors (not
Relaying necessary visible for UE)

Single Relay Node architecture based on self-backhauling eNB

Heterogeneous
networks Simple intercell interference coordination in time domain
Enhancements for office Femto handovers
 Carrier Aggregation

 Up to 100 MHz
 Flexible component carrier aggregation
• Different frequency bands
• Asymmetric in UL/DL

Component Carrier
Mobility
(LTE rel. 8 Carrier)
20 MHz 10 MHz

Aggregated BW: 30MHz

20 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz
in June 2009 Aggregated BW: 5x20MHz = 100MHz

300Mbps 300Mbps 300Mbps 300Mbps 300Mbps

1.5Gbps
MIMO
 Features

Coordinate Multipoint
 Cooperation of antennas of
multiple sectors / sites
 Interference free by coordinated
transmission / reception
•Service Area
 Highest performance potential

Relaying

 Fast deployment
 Coverage with low infrastructure
costs
 Heterogeneous Networks

Heterogeneous Networks – The

Combined Benefit of Wide & Local Area

Wide Area sites

Medium Medium
area sites area sites

Local Local Local Local Local

area area area area area

WLAN WLAN

WLAN
WLAN
WLAN
 Summary
Technology Building Blocks
Cooperative Transmission
Relaying
Requirements Enhanced MIMO, Beamforming
 Exceeds all ITU-R Carrier Aggregation
requirements and meets time
line
 Fulfilling 3GPP requirements Beyond 3GPP Rel 10
 Smooth evolution path from Flexible Spectrum Use
LTE New Spectral Territory
D2D communication
3GPP Standardization
 Starting with Release 10
 Study Item in final phase Self Organizing
 ITU-R submission Networks
 LTE-A meets all  Auto-Configuration
requirements  Auto-Tuning
 Auto-Repair
Timing
 2010 LTE 3GPP R9 gets ready
 2011 ITU will select RITs Operator Benefits
 2011 R10 gets cast in stone  Full backwards
compatibility
 2014+ 1st networks with LTE-
A  Future proof long term
evolution
 extreme efficiency
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