LTE (Long Term Evolution technology)
LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the technical designation for your 4G or fourth generation, the next generation of radio technologies that will eventually replace the 3G radio that’s dominating the current bandwidth of mobile telephony.
LTE defines a technology specification enhancing the UMTS or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. It is planned to be introduced in the 3GPP or 3rd Generation Partnership Project Release 8. Adopting the new 4G mobile telecommunications technology with an all-IP network architecture will be the focus on the new release. The flat IP network will replace the GPRS network currently used by mobile phone carriers. The LTE specifies standards that will allow seamless mobility and support between it and legacy non 3GPP systems like GPRS and Wi-Max.
As of last August, the European Commission is investing some ₤18 million into exploring the different options for LTE deployment.
What’s the Advantage?
The LTE technical data sheet specifies minimum downlink peak rates of 100 Mbps and uplink rates of 50 Mbps. The main advantages are lower latencies, high data transfer throughput, plug and play, enhanced user experience and a simplified network architecture that costs lower to operate and maintain. LTE will have no problem with older mobile networks as it supports seamless passing to GSM, CDMA and UMTS cell towers. To sum up the benefits, LTE offers utmost flexibility in frequency allocation and efficiency in spectrum utilization.
Going LTE Soon?
Mobile network providers in the US and Europe have already started embarking with plans to upgrade their mobile networks to LTE marking 2009 as the start. Are we seeing the end of 3G? Not in the next 5 years. Even with the spate of 3G-equipped mobile phones out there, the 2G radio technologies such as GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS are pretty much still in use.
LTE (Long Term Evolution technology) for New Mobile Handsets
LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the technical designation for your 4G or fourth generation, the next generation of radio technologies that will eventually replace the 3G radio that’s dominating the current bandwidth of mobile telephony.
LTE defines a technology specification enhancing the UMTS or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. It is planned to be introduced in the 3GPP or 3rd Generation Partnership Project Release 8. Adopting the new 4G mobile telecommunications technology with an all-IP network architecture will be the focus on the new release. The flat IP network will replace the GPRS network currently used by mobile phone carriers. The LTE specifies standards that will allow seamless mobility and support between it and legacy non 3GPP systems like GPRS and Wi-Max.
As of last August, the European Commission is investing some ₤18 million into exploring the different options for LTE deployment.
What’s the Advantage?
The LTE technical data sheet specifies minimum downlink peak rates of 100 Mbps and uplink rates of 50 Mbps. The main advantages are lower latencies, high data transfer throughput, plug and play, enhanced user experience and a simplified network architecture that costs lower to operate and maintain. LTE will have no problem with older mobile networks as it supports seamless passing to GSM, CDMA and UMTS cell towers. To sum up the benefits, LTE offers utmost flexibility in frequency allocation and efficiency in spectrum utilization.
Going LTE Soon?
Mobile network providers in the US and Europe have already started embarking with plans to upgrade their mobile networks to LTE marking 2009 as the start. Are we seeing the end of 3G? Not in the next 5 years. Even with the spate of 3G-equipped mobile phones out there, the 2G radio technologies such as GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS are pretty much still in use.
