Design and implementation of building blocks in LTE-advanced

Abstract

In today's information society, there is a growing need to access data communication services ubiquitously, with mobility and increasingly higher data rates. This society's demand together with the interests of operators, manufacturers and standardization bodies has motivated the development of the fourth generation of mobile communications (4G). This development has required a revolution on the radio interface of the mobile communications systems, and, consequently, has significantly modified their capabilities and their radio resource management. The demand of mobile users with high data-rate services continues to increase. To satisfy the needs of such mobile users, operators must continue to enhance their existing networks. This is the case of the technology known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and its 4G version called LTE-Advanced. The continued increase in the number of users of mobile communications all over the world, motivated researchers to search for a unified wireless platform. This will enable the mobile users to conduct business and exchange data easily while moving elsewhere in the world. The new features of LTE-Advanced made it the promising platform intended for the advancements in mobile communications. LTE-Advanced started with The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 10 can provide up to 1 Gbps as peak data rates in downlink.