LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless

A practical guide to LTE design, test and measurement, this new edition has been updated to include the latest developments

This book presents the latest details on LTE from a practical and technical perspective. Written by Agilent’s measurement experts, it offers a valuable insight into LTE technology and its design and test challenges. Chapters cover the upper layer signaling and system architecture evolution (SAE). Basic concepts such as MIMO and SC-FDMA, the new uplink modulation scheme, are introduced and explained, and the authors look into the challenges of verifying the designs of the receivers, transmitters and protocols of LTE systems. The latest information on RF and signaling conformance testing is delivered by authors participating in the LTE 3GPP standards committees.

This second edition has been considerably revised to reflect the most recent developments of the technologies and standards. Particularly important updates include an increased focus on LTE-Advanced as well as the latest testing specifications.

• Fully updated to include the latest information on LTE 3GPP standards
• Chapters on conformance testing have been majorly revised and there is an increased focus on LTE-Advanced
• Includes new sections on testing challenges as well as over the air MIMO testing, protocol testing and the most up-to-date test capabilities of instruments
• Written from both a technical and practical point of view by leading experts in the field 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: LTE Introduction

Chapter 2: Air Interface Concepts

Chapter 3: Physical layer

Chapter 4: Upper layer Signaling

Chapter 5: System Architecture Evolution

Chapter 6: Design and Verification Challenges

Chapter 7: Conformance and Acceptance Testing

Chapter 8: looking Towards 4G: lTE-Advanced

About the Author

Moray Rumney joined Hewlett-Packard/Agilent Technologies in 1984, after completing a BSc in Electronics from Edinburgh s Heriot-Watt University. Since then, Moray has enjoyed a varied career, spanning manufacturing engineering, product development, applications engineering, and most recently technical marketing. His main focus has been the development and system design of base station emulators used in the development and testing of cellular phones. Moray joined ETSI in 1991 and 3GPP in 1999 where he was a significant contributor to the development of type approval tests for GSM and UMTS. He currently represents Agilent at RAN WG4, developing the air interface for HSPA+ and LTE. Moray has published many technical articles in the field of cellular communications and is a regular speaker and chairman at industry conferences. He is a member of IET and a chartered engineer.