Research and Markets: LTE for UMTS: Evolution to LTE-Advanced, 2nd Edition

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/67a9b6/lte_for_umts_evol) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "LTE for UMTS: Evolution to LTE-Advanced, 2nd Edition" to their offering.

“LTE for UMTS: Evolution to LTE-Advanced, 2nd Edition”

Written by experts actively involved in the 3GPP standards and product development, LTE for UMTS, Second Edition gives a complete and up-to-date overview of Long Term Evolution (LTE) in a systematic and clear manner. Building upon on the success of the first edition, LTE for UMTS, Second Edition has been revised to now contain improved coverage of the Release 8 LTE details, including field performance results, transport network, self optimized networks and also covering the enhancements done in 3GPP Release 9. This new edition also provides an outlook to Release 10, including the overview of Release 10 LTE-Advanced technology components which enable reaching data rates beyond 1 Gbps.

Key updates for the second edition of LTE for UMTS are focused on the new topics from Release 9 & 10, and include:

• LTE-Advanced;
• Self optimized networks (SON);
• Transport network dimensioning;
• Measurement results.

Key Topics Covered:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 LTE Standardization
• 3 System Architecture Based on 3GPP SAE
• 4 Introduction to OFDMA and SC-FDMA and to MIMO in LTE
• 5 Physical Layer
• 6 LTE Radio Protocols
• 7 Mobility
• 8 Radio Resource Management
• 9 Self Organizing Networks (SON)
• 10 Performance
• 11 LTE Measurements
• 12 Transport
• 13 Voice over IP (VoIP)
• 14 Performance Requirements
• 15 LTE TDD Mode
• 16 LTE-Advanced
• 17 HSPA Evolution

Author:

• Harri Holma and Antti Toskala are both with Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) in Finland working on the cutting edge technologies for mobile communications today. They are involved with 3GPP Standardisation, ensuring they are in key positions to write such a timely publication.

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