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LTE Insight - LTE-Advanced
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Description:
This insight provides details on mobile carriers plans, it analyses the potential of the latest 3GPP release both on technical and strategic aspects and also presents an overview of the latest vendor developments.

Region:
Europe, Japan, South Korea, USA

Keywords:
3GPP, 4G, 5G, carrier aggregation, CoMP, data rates, eICIC, Heterogeneoux Networks, HetNets, Inter-Cell Interference Coordination, LTE networks, LTE operators, LTE-A, LTE-A handset, LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced chipsets, LTE-Advanced devices, LTE-Advanced market, LTE-Advanced networks, LTE-Advanced perspectives, LTE-Advanced tariffing, MIMO, Relay function, spectrum efficiency, Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T Mobility, Clearwire, CSL Hong Kong, Dish Network, EE, Ericsson, Everything Everywhere, Huawei, LG U+, NSN, NTT Docomo, Samsung, SK Telecom, SKT, Sprint Nextel, Telenor, Telia, Telstra, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone, Yota, ZTE

Our Mobile Broadband programme is specifically designed to provide operators, vendors, government bodies, and regulators with a comprehensive analysis of the issues affecting this promising market.

For a typical 12-month subscription, our clients can expect:
• Strategic & technological analysis : Expert analysis delivered via bimonthly insights and analysts' comments on key LTE market issues
• Five-year forecasts for LTE : Thanks to a primary research on 90+ LTE market players, we provide penetration and subscription data and forecasts for more than 45 countries
• Spectrum tracking : A dedicated service reviews the main issues raised in WRC-12, the regulatory environment, spectrum refarming and new bands, and spectrum valuation.
It features the spectrum database with details of the regulatory situation and updates on spectrum auctions for than 40 countries.

Key issues

Against a backdrop of pioneer rollouts and recent announcements, several questions emerge on the topic of LTE:
• How do commercial LTE networks perform in the "real world"?
• What LTE commercial deployments are scheduled by Tier1 operators?
• Could LTE accelerate the consolidation of the mobile market?
• Will LTE-Advanced be a game-changer ?
• Which type of operator benefits the most?
• Will LTE accelerate changes in pricing plans for mobile data?
• What are the regulatory constraints for LTE deployment?
• When will VoLTE take-off?

Content

1. Key Findings 5

2. Main operator roadmaps 6
2.1. Asian operators 6
2.1.1. South Korea 6
2.1.2. Japan - NTT DOCOMO 8
2.1.3. CSL Hong Kong 9
2.2. USA 10
2.2.1. AT&T Mobility: large small-cell deployment 10
2.2.2. Verizon Wireless 10
2.2.3. Sprint Nextel: partnering with Clearwire 10
2.2.4. Dish Network 11
2.3. European telcos 11
2.4. Other operators 11

3. The real 4G - Up to 150 Mbps downlink in 2013 12
3.1. 3GPP developments 12
3.1.1. LTE-Advanced brings multiple innovations 13
3.1.2. Carrier aggregation is part of answer to rapid growth of asymmetrical traffic 15
3.1.3. HetNets 17
3.1.4. eICIC 18
3.1.5. CoMP 18
3.1.6. Relay function 18
3.2. Future trends: '5G' 19

4. Latest vendor developments 21
4.1. Huawei 21
4.2. ZTE 22
4.3. Ericsson 22
4.4. NSN 23
4.5. Samsung 24
4.6. Alcatel-Lucent 26
4.7. LTE-Advanced chipsets and devices 26
4.7.1. Chipsets 26
4.7.2. Devices 27

5. LTE-Advanced market 28
5.1. LTE-Advanced perspectives 28
5.2. Market forecasts 29

Tables

Table 1: Roadmap of LTE-Advanced implementations 6
Table 2: 3GPP LTE-Advanced freeze dates 12
Table 3: HSPA, LTE and LTE-Advanced performances 12
Table 4: List of new technologies and associated benefits in LTE-Advanced 14
Table 5: Possible UE RF architectures for LTE-Advanced resource aggregation 15
Table 6: LTE-Advanced deployment and features 28
Table 7: SK Telecom LTE-Advanced services 29

Figures

Figure 1: SKT LTE-Advanced service 7
Figure 2: KT - Carrier aggregation 7
Figure 3: LG U+ LTE roadmap 8
Figure 4: Huawei E5776 Hotspot 9
Figure 5: Estimated spectrum holdings of Clearwire and Tier 1 US operators 11
Figure 6: LTE-Advanced improvements – the role of the different components 13
Figure 7: Key features in LTE Release 10 13
Figure 8: Key features in LTE Release 11 – Physical layer aspects 14
Figure 9: Release 10 LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation 15
Figure 10: Carrier aggregation example 16
Figure 11: HetNet using combination of macro and small cells 17
Figure 12: The 4 CoMP 18
Figure 13: Relay function 18
Figure 14: Candidate technology families for 2020 networks 19

Figure 15: METIS objectives – time table 20
Figure 16: METIS objectives 20
Figure 17: Roadmap of future LTE generations 21
Figure 18: ZTE ZXSDR R8978 RRU 22
Figure 19: Soft-cell approach 23
Figure 20: CoMP technology 23
Figure 21: Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station 24
Figure 22: Smart Cloud 24
Figure 23: Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A product specifications 25
Figure 24: lightRadio architecture 26
Figure 25: Future of LTE devices 27
Figure 26: First LTE-Advanced smartphones 27
Figure 27: Smartphone user profile for 4G (Mbps/month/user) 28

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