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Long-Term Evolution (Telecommunications) I. Ghosh, Arunabha, 1969– TK5103.48325.F86 2010 621.3845(cid:2)6---dc22 2010021369 Copyright (cid:2)c 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Allrightsreserved.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Thispublicationisprotected bycopyright,andpermissionmustbeobtainedfromthepublisherpriortoanyprohibited reproduction,storageinaretrievalsystem,ortransmissioninanyformorbyanymeans, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permissions, write to: Pearson Education, Inc Rights and Contracts Department 501 Boylston Street, Suite 900 Boston, MA 02116 Fax: (617) 671-3447 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-703311-9 ISBN-10: 0-13-703311-7 TextprintedintheUnitedStatesonrecycledpaperatCourierinWestford,Massachusetts. First printing, August 2010 (cid:2) Dedicated to my wife Debolina —Arunabha To my parents Nanxian and Zhiying, and my sisters Ying and Li —Jun Dedicated to my daughter Jade —Jeff Dedicated to Shalin, Tanaz, and my parents —Rias (cid:2) (cid:2) Contents Foreword xvii Preface xix Acknowledgments xxi About the Authors xxiii List of Acronyms xxv 1 Evolution of Cellular Technologies 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Evolution of Mobile Broadband 3 1.2.1 First Generation Cellular Systems 5 1.2.2 2G Digital Cellular Systems 6 1.2.3 3G Broadband Wireless Systems 10 1.2.4 Beyond 3G: HSPA+, WiMAX, and LTE 15 1.2.5 Summary of Evolution of 3GPP Standards 22 1.3 The Case for LTE/SAE 23 1.3.1 Demand Drivers for LTE 24 1.3.2 Key Requirements of LTE Design 26 1.4 Key Enabling Technologies and Features of LTE 28 1.4.1 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) 28 1.4.2 SC-FDE and SC-FDMA 30 1.4.3 Channel Dependent Multi-user Resource Scheduling 30 1.4.4 Multiantenna Techniques 31 1.4.5 IP-Based Flat Network Architecture 32 iixx (cid:2)