archive3GPP Release 8

LTE Tutorial Long-Term Evolution 

3GPP Release 8

3GPP release 8 first time introduce  LTE  Technology.  All following releases  enhanced the technology to next level. 3GPP release 8 provides following feature set for LTE and specifications for this release was frozen in Dec 2008.   High peak data rates : Up to 300 Mbps in Downlink and 75 Mbps in Uplink when using 4×4 MIMO with 20 MHz system bandwidth High spectral efficiency Flexible bandwidths: 1.4 MHz, 3 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz and 20 MHz FDD and TDD Duplexing Support Short round trip time: 5 ms latency...