LTE – The UMTS Long Term Evolution: From Theory to Practice, 2nd Edition

“Where this book is exceptional is that the reader will not just learn how LTE works but why it works”
Adrian Scrase, ETSI Vice-President, International Partnership Projects

Following on the success of the first edition, this book is fully updated, covering the latest additions to LTE and the key features of LTE-Advanced.

This book builds on the success of its predecessor, offering the same comprehensive system-level understanding  built on explanations of the underlying theory, now expanded to include complete coverage of Release 9 and the developing specifications for LTE-Advanced. The book is a collaborative effort of more than 40 key experts representing over 20 companies actively participating in the development of LTE, as well as academia. The book highlights practical implications, illustrates the expected performance, and draws comparisons with the well-known WCDMA/HSPA standards. The authors not only pay special attention to the physical layer, giving an insight into the fundamental concepts of OFDMA-FDMA and MIMO, but also cover the higher protocol layers and system architecture to enable the reader to gain an overall understanding of the system.

Key New Features:

• Comprehensively updated with the latest changes of the LTE Release 8 specifications, including improved coverage of Radio Resource Management RF aspects and performance requirements
• Provides detailed coverage of the new LTE Release 9 features, including: eMBMS, dual-layer beamforming, user equipment positioning, home eNodeBs / femtocells and pico cells and self-optimizing networks
• Evaluates the LTE system performance
• Introduces LTE-Advanced, explaining its context and motivation, as well as the key new features including: carrier aggregation, relaying, high-order MIMO, and Cooperative Multi-Point transmission (CoMP).
• Includes an accompanying website containing a complete list of acronyms related to LTE and LTE-Advanced, with a brief description of each (http://www.wiley.com/go/sesia_theumts)

This book is an invaluable reference for all research and development engineers involved in implementation of LTE or LTE-Advanced, as well as graduate and PhD students in wireless communications. Network operators, service providers and R&D managers will also find this book insightful.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction and Background

Part I Network Architecture and Protocols
Chapter 2 Network Architecture
Chapter 3 Control Plane Protocols
Chapter 4 User Plane Protocols

Part II Physical Layer for Downlink
Chapter 5 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)
Chapter 6 Introduction to Downlink Physical Layer Design
Chapter 7 Synchronization and Cell Search
Chapter 8 Reference Signals and Channel Estimation
Chapter 9 Downlink Physical Data and Control Channels
Chapter 10 Link Adaptation and Channel Coding
Chapter 11 Multiple Antenna Techniques
Chapter 12 Multi-User Scheduling and Interference Coordination
Chapter 13 Broadcast Operation

Part III Physical Layer for Uplink
Chapter 14 Uplink Physical Layer Design
Chapter 15 Uplink Reference Signals
Chapter 16 Uplink Physical Channel Structure
Chapter 17 Random Access
Chapter 18 Uplink Transmission Procedures

Part IV Practical Deployment Aspects
Chapter 19 User Equipment Positioning
Chapter 20 The Radio Propagation Environment
Chapter 21 Radio Frequency Aspects
Chapter 22 Radio Resource Management
Chapter 23 Paired and Unpaired Spectrum
Chapter 24 Picocells, Femtocells and Home eNodeBs
Chapter 25 Self-Optimizing Networks
Chapter 26 LTE System Performance

Part V LTE-Advanced
Chapter 27 Introduction to LTE-Advanced
Chapter 28 Carrier Aggregation
Chapter 29 Multiple Antenna Techniques for LTE-Advanced
Chapter 30 Relaying
Chapter 31 Additional Features of LTE Release 10
Chapter 32 LTE-Advanced Performance and Future Developments