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(More customer reviews)After the very successful "3G Evolution -- HSPA and LTE for Mobile Broadband" (hereafter denoted as 3GEvolMB) the same authors come to continue their contribution on today's most important mobile broadband technology that has already taken its way into the latest 3G and 4G standardization efforts run by 3GPP and other standardization bodies.
While the main target of 3GEvolMB was to describe the WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+ and LTE (Release 8) standards --all being part of the IMT-2000 family of 3G radio interfaces-- this book provides a deep description of the LTE-based radio access technology, covering all the related published standards by 3GPP, namely LTE Releases 8-9 and LTE Release 10 also referred to as LTE-Advanced. Furthermore, it provides the behind-the-scenes procedures related to the formal submission of "LTE Release 10 & beyond (LTE-Advanced)" to ITU-R as an IMT-Advanced candidate technology and its recent approval as a true 4G system in late 2010.
What is really amazing about this book is its contemporary and detailed content in the sense that once the reader finishes the book is immediately aware of the exact features of LTE/LTE-Advanced and not just familiar with concepts and technologies related to that. In order to make this more understandable, I will make a distinction between the terms "LTE-Advanced technology" and "LTE-Advanced standard". With the term LTE-Advanced technology somebody can refer to all the candidate concepts/technologies that have so far been proposed by 3GPP partners as part of the associated standardization procedures. Additionally, one can find a lot of scientific papers in on-line databases proposing or assessing the performance of specific functionalities targeting LTE-Advanced. However, this doesn't mean that these technologies have already been included in the first LTE-Advanced standard (Release 10) or even that they are intended to be included in the forthcoming releases. 3GPP is an adaptive standardization body with several ongoing interactive activities serving the formation of each standard. This means that many technologies are proposed in general, fewer are agreed to be evaluated together with other candidates and only a very small number is finally decided to be included in the standards. But even then, it is quite unsure that a selected technology will be finally included in the very next or in a later release instead. On the other hand, the LTE-Advanced standard(s) may refer to all the features that have already been included in the latest release and version of 3GPP E-UTRA specifications. The authors of this book know well how to distinguish between these concepts. As an example, they refer to the Coordinated Multi-Point transmission and reception (CoMP) technology only in the last Chapter "Final Thoughts" since this feature is still under discussion in the 3GPP forum for possible inclusion in one of the forthcoming releases (Release 11 or beyond). However, the majority of the related to LTE-Advanced papers, books and even commercial leaflets consider this already as a feature of LTE-Advanced (thus not being aware of the "last minute" decisions made by 3GPP consortium). Therefore, I would say that this 2011-published book reflects exactly the 2011 progress in the LTE-Advanced arena leaded by 3GPP.
Very positive impression has also made to me the fact that the material of this book is actually separated into two categories. The first one provides all the academic or theoretical background required to understand the LTE-Advanced "ingredients". As an example I would like to highlight Chapter 2 "High Data Rates in Mobile Communication" and Chapter 5 "Multi-Antenna Techniques" [though equations (5.1) and (5.2) seem to have mistakenly been reproduced] that provide an excellent description of the role of bandwidth and power in the capacity (or maximum achievable data rate) and how the multi-layer spatial multiplexing technique --being very popular within the LTE context-- contributes toward higher data rates without additional resources (e.g. bandwidth expansion) in a multi-antenna system. The second part of the book deals with all the embedded in LTE and LTE-Advanced features individually, bridging the gap between theory and practice. It is worth mentioning that references to already commercial deployments are pointed out when applicable, thus enriching the reader's perception with technology examples in more realistic scenarios.
The above considerations made me really appreciate this book and further recommend it to students, researchers and engineers as an easy and efficient means to understand the real LTE-based technology. I could characterize it as a stable first step before (reading) the 3GPP specifications.
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Based on the bestseller "3G Evolution - HSPA and LTE for mobile broadband" and reflecting the ongoing success of LTE throughout the world, this book focuses on LTE with full updates including LTE-Advanced to provide a complete picture of the LTE system. Overview and detailed explanations are given for the latest LTE standards for radio interface architecture, the physical layer, access procedures, broadcast, relaying, spectrum and RF characteristics, and system performance.
Key technologies presented include multi-carrier transmission, advanced single-carrier transmission, advanced receivers, OFDM, MIMO and adaptive antenna solutions, advanced radio resource management and protocols, and different radio network architectures. Their role and use in the context of mobile broadband access in general is explained. Both a high-level overview and more detailed step-by-step explanations of the LTE/LTE-Advanced implementation are given. An overview of other related systems such as GSM/EDGE, HSPA, CDMA2000, and WIMAX is also provided.
This book is a 'must-have' resource for engineers and other professionals in the telecommunications industry, working with cellular or wireless broadband technologies, giving an understanding of how to utilize the new technology in order to stay ahead of the competition.
The authors of the book all work at Ericsson Research and have been deeply involved in 3G and 4G development and standardisation since the early days of 3G research. They are leading experts in the field and are today still actively contributing to the standardisation of LTE within 3GPP.
Includes full details of the latest additions to the LTE Radio Access standards and technologies up to and including 3GPP Release 10
Clear explanations of the role of the underlying technologies for LTE, including OFDM and MIMO
Full coverage of LTE-Advanced, including LTE carrier aggregation, extended multi-antenna transmission, relaying functionality and heterogeneous deployments
LTE radio interface architecture, physical layer, access procedures, MBMS, RF characteristics and system performance covered in detail
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