Practical Guide to LTE-A, VoLTE and IoT

Paving the way towards 5G

Ayman Elnashar, Mohamed A. El-saidny, Ayman ElNashar

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781119063308
• eBook ISBN: 9781119063438
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Mobile & Wireless Communications
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Essential reference providing best practice of LTE-A, VoLTE, and IoT Design/deployment/Performance and evolution towards 5G

This book is a practical guide to the design, deployment, and performance of LTE-A, VoLTE/IMS and IoT. A comprehensive practical performance analysis for VoLTE is conducted based on field measurement results from live LTE networks. Also, it provides a comprehensive introduction to IoT and 5G evolutions. Practical aspects and best practice of LTE-A/IMS/VoLTE/IoT are presented. Practical aspects of LTE-Advanced features are presented. In addition, LTE/LTE-A network capacity dimensioning and analysis are demonstrated based on live LTE/LTE-A networks KPIs.  A comprehensive foundation for 5G technologies is provided including massive MIMO, eMBB, URLLC, mMTC, NGCN and network slicing, cloudification, virtualization and SDN.  

Practical Guide to LTE-A, VoLTE and IoT: Paving the Way Towards 5G can be used as a practical comprehensive guide for best practices in LTE/LTE-A/VoLTE/IoT design, deployment, performance analysis and network architecture and dimensioning. It offers tutorial introduction on LTE-A/IoT/5G networks, enabling the reader to use this advanced book without the need to refer to more introductory texts. 

• Offers a complete overview of LTE and LTE-A, IMS, VoLTE and IoT and 5G
• Introduces readers to IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS)Performs a comprehensive evaluation of VoLTE/CSFB
• Provides LTE/LTE-A network capacity and dimensioning
• Examines IoT and 5G evolutions towards a super connected world
• Introduce 3GPP NB-IoT evolution for low power wide area (LPWA) network
• Provide a comprehensive introduction for 5G evolution including eMBB, URLLC, mMTC, network slicing, cloudification, virtualization, SDN and orchestration 

Practical Guide to LTE-A, VoLTE and IoT will appeal to all deployment and service engineers, network designers, and planning and optimization engineers working in mobile communications. Also, it is a practical guide for R&D and standardization experts to evolve the LTE/LTE-A, VoLTE and IoT towards 5G evolution. 

1
LTE and LTE‐A Overview

1.1 Introduction

Cellular mobile networks have been evolving for many years. As the smartphone market has expanded significantly in recent years and is expected to grow more in the years to come, network evolution needs to keep up with the pace of users' demands. This chapter provides an overview for network operators and interested others on the evolution of cellular networks, with particular focus on 3GPP for the main technologies of WCDMA/UMTS and LTE. In addition, it highlights the interaction of 3GPP with non‐3GPP technology (i.e. Wi‐Fi).

The initial networks are referred to collectively as the First Generation (1G) system. The 1G mobile system was designed to utilize analog; it included AMPS (Advanced Mobile Telephone System). The Second Generation (2G) mobile system was developed to utilize digital multiple access technology: TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access). The main 2G networks were GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) and CDMA, also known as cdmaOne or IS‐95 (Interim Standard 95). The GSM system still has worldwide support and is available for deployment on several frequency bands, such as 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 850 MHz, and 1900 MHz. CDMA systems in 2G networks use a spread‐spectrum technique and utilize a mixture of codes and timing to identify cells and channels. In addition to being digital and improving capacity and security, these digital 2G systems also offer enhanced services such as SMS (Short Message Service) and circuit‐switched data. Different variations of the 2G technology have evolved to extend the support of efficient packet data services and to increase the data rates. GPRS (General Packet Radio System) and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution) systems have evolved from GSM. The theoretical data rate of 473.6 kbps enables operators to offer multimedia services efficiently. Since it does not comply with all the features of a 3G system, EDGE is usually categorized as 2.75G.

The Third Generation (3G) system is defined by IMT2000 (International Mobile Telecommunications). IMT2000 requires a 3G system to provide higher transmission rates in the range of 2 Mbps for stationary use and 348 kbps under mobile conditions. The main 3G technologies are [1]:

• WCDMA (Wideband CDMA): This was developed by the 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project). WCDMA is the air interface of the 3G UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System). The UMTS system has been deployed based on the existing GSM communication core network (CN) but with a new radio access technology in the form of WCDMA. Its radio access is based on FDD (Frequency Division Duplex). Current deployments are mainly in 2.1 GHz bands. Deployments at lower frequencies are also possible, such as UMTS900. UMTS supports voice and multimedia services.
• TD‐CDMA (Time Division CDMA): This is typically referred to as UMTS TDD (Time Division Duplex) and is part...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Dedication
• About the Authors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: LTE and LTE‐A Overview
• Chapter 2: Introduction to the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
• Chapter 3: VoLTE/CSFB Call Setup Delay and Handover Analysis
• Chapter 4: Comprehensive Performance Evaluation of VoLTE
• Chapter 5: Evaluation of LTE‐Advanced Features
• Chapter 6: LTE Network Capacity Analysis
• Chapter 7: IoT Evolution Towards a Super‐connected World
• Chapter 8: 5G Evolution Towards a Super‐connected World
• Index
• End User License Agreement