Blog entries on LTE/SAE
Blog Entries on Release 9
Blog Entries on Release 8
Blog entries on LTE Technical topics
Blog Entries on LTE Voice and SMS Issues
LTE/SAE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
LTE/SAE WHITEPAPERS/TUTORIALS
LTE Release 9 Technology Introduction, White paper, Rhode&Schwarz, Dec. 2011
LTE Transmission Modes and Beamforming, White paper, Rhode&Schwarz, Oct. 2011
LTE Whitepaper, Santosh Kumar Dornal, Oct. 2009
3GPP Long Term Evolution: System Overview, Product Development, and Test Challenges, Agilent, Sep. 2009
Cell search and cell selection in UMTS LTE, Application Note, Rhode&Schwarz, Sep. 2009
The LTE Link-Layer Design, Ericsson/IEEE, April 09
Introduction to Evolved Packet Core, Alcatel-Lucent, March 09
Mobile Broadband Evolution: the roadmap from HSPA to LTE, UMTS Forum, Feb.09
3GPP Release 8 and beyond, HSPA+, SAE/LTE and LTE-Advanced, 3G Americas, Feb. 09
Evolving IP-IP Gateways to Multi-Access Convergence Gateways, Aricent, Dec. 08
Long Term Evolution Protocol Overview, Freescale, Oct. 08
3GPP Release 7 to Release 8: HSPA and LTE/SAE, 3G Americas, June 08
Key features of the LTE radio interface, Ericsson, May 08
Overview of LTE Air-Interface, Motorola, Oct. 07
The Evolution of Rel-7 to Rel-8—HSPA and SAE/LTE, 3G Americas, July 2007
Long Term Evolution (LTE): A Technical Overview, Motorola, June 2007
UMTS Long Term Evolution (LTE) Technology Introduction, Rhode&Schwarz, Mar. 2007
The 3G Long-Term Evolution – Radio Interface Concepts and Performance Evaluation, Ericsson, Feb. 2006
LTE PRESENTATIONS
Key drivers for LTE success: Services Evolution, 3GPP, Sep. 2011
3GPP LTE Channels and MAC Layer, Event Helix, Mar. 2009
LTE Release 8 and beyond, Qualcomm, Feb. 2009
LTE: What, Where, and When, Qasara, Jan. 2009
Long Term Evolution and Enhanced Packet Core, Alcatel Lucent, Oct. 2008
3GPP LTE, Intel, May 2008
Technical Overview of 3GPP LTE, Hyung Myung, May. 08
LTE – Long-Term Evolution, Ericsson, Dec. 07
3G Long Term Evolution, Ericsson, Mar. 07
3GPP’s Long Term Evolution and System Architecture Evolution projects, 3GPP, Dec. 06
3GPP Long-Term Evolution / System Architecture Evolution Overview, Alcatel, Nov. 06
3GPP LTE & 3GPP2 LTE Standardisation, Samsung, June 06
Long-Term 3G Evolution – Radio Access, Ericsson, Nov. 05
3G long-term evolution, Ericsson, Oct. 05
SAE PRESENTATIONS
Standardisation and Developments within SAE, 3GPP, Oct. 2011
3GPP Core Network migration towards the Evolved Packet Core, 3GPP, Sep. 2011
Evolution of the 3GPP Network Architecture,(the Evolved Packet Core - EPC), 3GPP, May 2011
SAE – The Core Network for LTE, Ericsson, Apr. 2008
RELEASE 8/9 PRESENTATIONS
Examining the 3GPP Release 8 Standards:What still needs to be done?, 3GPP, May 09
Exploring 3GPP Rel9, 3GPP, May 09
MIMO
MIMO Transmission schemes for LTE and HSPA Networks, 3G Americas, June 09
Introduction to MIMO and Ten Things You Should Know, Agilent, Mar. 09
Making MIMO Measurements, Agilent, Mar. 09
LTE: MIMO Techniques in 3GPP-LTE, Freescale, Nov. 08
MIMO-LTE: A relevant Step towards 4G, Aug. 07, MimoOn
SC-FDMA
White Paper: De-mystifying Single Carrier FDMA The New LTE Uplink, Agilent, Apr. 08
Presentation: SC-FDMA –the new LTE uplink explained, Agilent, Mar. 08
SECURITY
Presentation: 3GPP LTE Security Aspects, 3GPP, May 2011
Presentation: Security in 3GPP, Jan 2011
White Paper: Security in the LTE-SAE Network, Agilent, July 2009
Presentation: 3GPP Security: LTE/SAE and Home (e)NB, ETSI, May. 2009
VOLTE / VOICE ISSUES IN LTE
Tutorial: An Introduction to Voice and SMS in LTE Networks
White Paper: Voice and SMS in LTE, Rohde & Schwarz, May 2011
Voice over LTE, Ericsson, Dec. 2010
Voice in an LTE Network, Iain Sharp, Nortel, Oct. 2009
VOLGA
White Paper: Voice over LTE via Generic Access, Martin Sauter, Aug. 09
Voice over LTE, T-Mobile International and VoLGA Forum, May 09
Why mobile operators are looking to the 3GPP GAN standard to deliver core telephony and SMS services over LTE, Kineto, Mar 2009,
RESEARCH AND THESIS
Proof of Concept Implementation of UMTS LTE, Lulea University, Nov. 07
LTE/SAE SIGNALLING
LTE UE Registration Signaling
LTE Mobile Originated PS Call Signalling example
3GPP LTE UE Conformance Tests Description and Logs
LTE TRIALS
An Update from the LTE/SAE Trial Initiative, LSTI Forum, May 09
Latest Results from the LSTI, Feb 2009
GELTE
GSM, EDGE & LTE Interworking – What is GELTE?, 3GPP, Sep. 2011
LTE AND WIMAX
LTE vs. WiMAX: 4th generation telecommunication networks, Berlin Institute of Technology, Jan. 2011
LTE and WiMAX - Where did we come from and where are we going?, Alcatel-Lucent, Jan. 2009
LTE and WiMAX Comparison at a Glance, WiMax Forum, Oct. 2008
LTE vs. WiMAX: Complementing or Competing?, Agilent, Oct. 2008
Trends in Mobile Network Architectures, Siemens, Nov. 2006
LTE INTEROPERABILITY
Coexistence of GSM, HSPA and LTE, 4G Americas, May 2011
CDMA2000/ LTE Interoperability, Alcatel-Lucent, April 09
VIDEO TUTORIALS
LTE Radio Primer - Irfan Ali
LTE Architecture - Irfan Ali
LTE Attach Procedure - Irfan Ali
GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP) - Irfan Ali
Rohde & Schwarz LTE Basics Webinar, January 2010
LTE TECHNICAL STUFF (Layer 1 - Layer 3)
LTE Radio Physical Layer, 3GPP, May 2011
Radio Access Network Architecture and Protocols, 3GPP, May 2011
3GPP LTE Channels and MAC Layer, Event Helix, Nov. 2009
3GPP LTE Radio Link Control (RLC) Sub Layer, Event Helix, Nov. 2009
DICTIONARY / ABBREVIATIONS
LTE: A Pocket Dictionary of Acronyms
List of Acronyms - Agilent
EXTERNAL LINKS
3GPP UTRA-UTRAN Long Term Evolution (LTE) and 3GPP System Architecture Evolution (SAE)
RELATED SECTIONS
LTE-Advanced (IMT-Advanced)
Self-Organizing Networks / Self-Optimizing Networks (SON)