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Report in a Nutshell

The goals of the LTE project include improving efficiency, lowering costs, improving services, making use of new spectrum opportunities, and better integration with other open standards. This report provides the reader with an excellent understanding of LTE functionality and the rationale for deployment.

Key Questions Answered

The WiMAX and LTE vendors are involved in a raging high-stakes battle to claim a share of the broadband wireless market. Who will win this fight? How will vendors decide what to sell and to whom? LTE (Long Term Evolution) appears to have taken the lead but can it deliver? No one knows right now but lab trials indicate it’s faster than WiMAX. What will happen to those vendors who have invested billions of dollars in WiMAX if LTE wins the 4G throne?

More on the Report

Wireless Broadband Services

• What is a Broadband Service?
• What Kinds of Networks Support Broadband Services?
• Why WiFi, WiMAX, LTE, and 4G?
• Network Value Chain
  • Network Value Chain: The Wired Network
  • Network Value Chain: The Wireless Network
  • Network Value Chain: The Handse
• Our Focus: Long Term Evolution - LTE (Part Three of Four)
  

Report Content

1. Introduction
2. What is LTE?
3. LTE Network Architecture - SAE
   
   • Service Architecture Evolution (SAE) - Node Definitions
     • GPRS Support Node (GSN)
     • Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)
     • Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
   • System Architecture Evolution (SAE) - Diagram
   • GPRS Core Network - The Foundation of SAE
   • GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP)
4. LTE Air Interface: E-UTRA
5. Which Carriers are Pursuing LTE
6. Qualcomm and LTE

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