3G LTE Long Term Evolution Tutorial & Basics
LTE, Long Term Evolution, the successor to UMTS and HSPA is now being
deployed and is the way forwards for high speed cellular services.
In its first forms it is a 3G or as some would call it a 3.99G
technology, but with further additions the technology can be migrated to
a full 4G standard and here it is known as LTE Advanced.
There has been a rapid increase in the use of data carried by
cellular services, and this increase will only become larger in what has
been termed the "data explosion". To cater for this and the increased
demands for increased data transmission speeds and lower latency,
further development of cellular technology have been required.
The UMTS cellular technology upgrade has been dubbed LTE - Long Term
Evolution. The idea is that 3G LTE will enable much higher speeds to be
achieved along with much lower packet latency (a growing requirement
for many services these days), and that 3GPP LTE will enable cellular
communications services to move forward to meet the needs for cellular
technology to 2017 and well beyond.
Many operators have not yet upgraded their basic 3G networks, and
3GPP LTE is seen as the next logical step for many operators, who will
leapfrog straight from basic 3G straight to LTE as this will avoid
providing several stages of upgrade. The use of LTE will also provide
the data capabilities that will be required for many years and until the
full launch of the full 4G standards known as LTE Advanced.