From LTE to LTE-Advanced Pro and 5G

Rahnema and Dryjanski describe in detail the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE Advanced air interface at the physical and link layer protocol levels; the evolved packet core network architecture and protocols; the network planning and optimization with the many design trade-offs, performance analysis, and results; and the self-organizing network feature specification and realizations. Other topics include the new features under LTE-Advanced Pro, the transition to fifth-generation, the requirements and the technology options, the standardization efforts, and related issues and challenges. They also provide a detailed chapter on the end-to-end data transfer optimization mechanisms based on the transmission control protocol. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)