LTE, EPC & Converged Mobile Backhaul

The Magic of Converged Mobile Backhaul for LTE

 

 
Service providers are revamping their Backhaul strategies with the deployment of  LTE and LTE-Advanced, and with an eye on the real cost of capacity provided by Packet Microwave as one of the most cost-effective and rapid rollout solution to LTE backhaul.

Packet Microwave is the Next Generation microwave radios supporting ‘All-IP"architecture suitable for LTE and LTE-Advanced supporting:

• Native IP transport with built-in Layer 2 Ethernet switching
• Intelligent use of spectrum using Adaptive Coding and/or Modulation, combined with co-channel operation
• Legacy TDM traffic supported natively (hybrid) and/or using emulation technologies such as Pseudowire (PWE)
• Packet synchronization support (e.g., IEEE 1588v2, Synchronous Ethernet)
• Advanced OAM (Operations, Administration, and Management) to ITU-T Y.1731,IEEE 802.1ag and IEEE 802.1ah

Example of Available Channel Size(applied to LTE)

• 10 MHz
• 20 MHz 
• 100 MHZ

Modulation Format

• QPSK
• 16QAM
• 64QAM
•  256QAM

Example of Receiver Sensitivity

•     -62 dBm (256 QAM maximum speed);
•     -88 dBm (QPSK minimum speed)

Features

•     ATPC (Automatic Transmit Power Control)
•     Modulation Shifting
•     Forward Error Correction

True value of LTE (Long Term Evolution) Technology

Benefits of LTE

LTE (Long Term Evolution) is more spectral efficient, scalable and makes excellent usage of the spectrum.  Faster data rates, low latency, lower  transport costs and flat network architecture are other benefits.


The objective for LTE was to provide scalable high performance Radio Access Network (RAN) technology that offers nomadic, pedestrian mobility and full vehicular speed mobility.  Because of scalable bandwidth, operators will be able to easily migrate their networks and users from HSPA to LTE over time

LTE and LTE-Advanced, the latest 3GPP evolution RAN  will significantly improve network performance with peak data rates up to 300Mbps in the 20 MHz allocation scheme.




LTE-Advanced will introduce spectrum aggregation up to 100MHz and data rate up to 1Gbps downlink. With cell-capacity with up to 200 users per cell in 5 MHz allocation, this technology will bring great benefits to users and the operators.

LTE in Year-End 2012 - The End Result

LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the winner of Mobile Broadband. To Learn more about LTE, take one of our LTE Training Courses

LTE and HSPA+Global Statistics Year-End 2012

•6.4 billion total cellular connections
•5.8 billion 3GPP subscriptions (90 percent market share)  (3GPP includes GSM, EDGE, HSPA, HSPA+ plus LTE)
•More than 1.2 billion HSPA-LTE mobile broadband subscriptions
•506 commercial HSPA networks in 188 countries
•291 HSPA+ networks in 123 countries
•68.3 million LTE subscriptions; up from 45.1 million LTE subscriptions at the end of 3Q 2012
•151 commercial LTE networks in 67 countries

So in 2014 there will be LTE-only phones in most of markets and expect device subsidies to decrease in the next few years.

Long Term Evolution Training Courses

LTE, Long Term Evolution, What is it?

Long Term Evolution - LTE

Learn all the Concepts behind Long Term Evolution (LTE) and EPC. LTE (Long Term Evolution) delivers true mobile broadband for the masses with a superior user experience. LTE provides improved performance, lower total cost of ownership and enables a new era of personalized services. TONEX “LTE” (3GPP Long Term Evolution) covers the technical details of the next-generation network beyond 3G.

LTE, Long Term Evolution or the E-UTRAN (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Access Network) is the access part of the Evolved Packet System (EPS). The main requirements for the new access network are high spectral efficiency, high peak data rates, short round trip time and frequency flexibility.

TONEX LTE training 4-day course is a unique crash course, bootcamp style that covers all aspects of LTE.

Topics Included: Motivation behind LTE, major key features, system requirements, network architecture, network engineering, RF planning, security, coverage, performance, required enhancements in HSPA/HSPA+ and migration strategies for LTE deployment.