LTE release 12 and beyond [Accepted From Open Call]

Author

Astely, D. ; Dahlman, Erik ; Fodor, Gabor ; Parkvall, Stefan ; Sachs, Joachim

Volume

51

Issue

7

fYear

2013

fDate

Jul-13

Firstpage

154

Lastpage

160

Abstract

As the specification of Release 11 of the LTE standards is approaching its completion, 3GPP is gradually moving its focus toward the next major step in the evolution of LTE. The drivers of the LTE evolution include the increasing demand for mobile broadband services and traffic volumes as well as emerging usage scenarios involving short-range and machine-type communications. In this article we provide an overview of the key technology areas/components that are currently considered by 3GPP for Rel-12, including support for further enhanced local area access by tight interaction between the wide area and local area layers, signaling solutions for wireless local area network integration, multi-antenna enhancements, improved support for massive MTC, and direct device-to-device communications.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; broadband networks; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; 3GPP; LTE evolution; LTE release 12; MTC; device-to-device communication; local area access; local area layer; machine-type communication; mobile broadband service; multiantenna enhancement; short-range communication; traffic volume; wide area layer; wireless local area network integration; Antenna feeds; Downlink; Energy efficiency; Long Term Evolution; Protocols; Uplink; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2013.6553692

Filename

6553692