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The Next Generation: Wireless Communications for Multimedia and Beyond From both a technical and a practical point of view, there is much to examine, evaluate and understand in the new 3GPP LTE cellular technology before its projected deployment in 2010. This book, written by Agilent engineers in collaboration with Anite engineers and LTE expert Dr K. F. Tsang, offers valuable insight into the LTE air interface at the physical layer. Chapters also cover the upper layer signalling and system architecture evolution (SAE). Basic concepts such as MIMO and SC-FDMA, the new uplink modulation scheme, are introduced and explained, and the authors dig into the challenges of verifying the designs of the receivers, transmitters and protocols of LTE systems. The latest information on RF and signalling conformance testing is delivered by authors participating in the 3GPP standards committees.

LTE Introduction	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
LTE System Overview	p. 1
The Evolution from UMTS to LTE	p. 3
LTE/SAE Requirements	p. 4
LTE/SAE Timeline	p. 6
Introduction to the 3GPP LTE/SAE Specification Documents	p. 7
References	p. 9
Air Interface Concepts	p. 11
Radio Frequency Aspects	p. 11
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing	p. 29
Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access	p. 38
Multi-Antenna Operation and MIMO	p. 43
References	p. 58
Physical Layer	p. 59
Introduction to the Physical Layer	p. 59
Physical Channels and Modulation	p. 59
Multiplexing and Channel Coding	p. 74
Introduction to Physical Layer Signalling	p. 86
Physical Layer Procedures	p. 99
Physical Layer Measurements and Radio Resource Management	p. 105
Summary	p. 113
References	p. 113
Upper Layer Signalling	p. 115
Access Stratum	p. 115
Non-Access Stratum	p. 133
References	p. 148
System Architecture Evolution	p. 149
Requirements for an Evolved Architecture	p. 149
Overview of the Evolved Packet System	p. 153
Quality of Services in EPS	p. 181
Security in the Network	p. 188
Services	p. 189
References	p. 195
Design and Verification Challenges	p. 199
Introduction	p. 199
Simulation and Early R&D Hardware Testing	p. 201
Testing RFICs With DigRF Interconnects	p. 226
Transmitter Design and Measurement Challenges	p. 236
Receiver Design and Measurement Challenges	p. 274
Design and Verification Challenges of MIMO	p. 301
MIMO Closed Loop Operation	p. 332
Signalling Protocol Development	p. 340
Network Troubleshooting	p. 356
Battery Drain Testing	p. 376
References	p. 381
Conformance Testing	p. 383
Introduction to Conformance Testing	p. 383
RF Conformance Testing	p. 384
UE Signalling Conformance Testing	p. 401
UE Certification Process (GCF and PTCRB)	p. 406
References	p. 411
Looking Towards 4G: LTE-Advanced	p. 413
Introduction	p. 413
IMT-Advanced: The Real 4G	p. 413
IMT-Advanced High Level Requirements	p. 415
IMT-Advanced Detailed Requirements	p. 415
Improving the Average and Cell-edge Spectral Efficiency	p. 416
LTE-Advanced Solution Proposals	p. 418
Proving LTE-Advanced	p. 425
References	p. 425
List of Acronyms	p. 427
Index	p. 435
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LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless: Design and Measurement Challenges

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