Cover Page -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- I.1. Mobile communication systems: 0G, 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G -- I.1.1. Rationale -- I.1.2. Short history of mobile communications, milestones -- I.1.2.1. 0G -- I.1.2.2. 1G -- I.1.2.3. 2G -- I.1.2.4. 3G, the need for fast data transmission -- I.1.2.5. 4G -- I.1.2.6. 5G -- I.2. High speed broadband mobile services: what the customers are waiting for -- I.2.1. Customers' expectancies -- I.2.2. Advantages of LTE for fulfilling these expectancies -- I.2.3. How the advent of smartphones impacts customers' expectations -- 1 LTE Standards and Architecture -- 1.1. 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) -- 1.1.1. 3GPP history -- 1.1.2. 3GPP, the current organization -- 1.1.3. 3GPP releases -- 1.2. LTE - numbering and addressing -- 1.2.1. The network IDs -- 1.2.2. The MME IDs -- 1.2.3. The tracking area IDs -- 1.2.4. The Cell IDs -- 1.2.5. The mobile equipment ID -- 1.3. LTE architecture overview -- 1.3.1. Overall high level description of LTE -- 1.3.1.1. LTE network elements -- 1.3.1.2. LTE connection with outside communication networks -- 1.3.1.3. LTE access network -- 1.3.1.4. LTE mobile terminals -- 1.3.1.5. USIM -- 1.3.2. LTE performance -- 1.3.3. LTE - QoS architecture -- 1.3.4. FDD, TDD, LTE advanced -- 1.3.5. Frequencies for LTE -- 1.3.5.1. Frequency allocation for LTE/IMT in ITU world radio conferences (WRCs) -- 1.3.6. Basic parameters of LTE -- 1.4. Radio access subsystem: eUTRAN (also called eUTRA) -- 1.4.1. LTE visualization tool from Rohde and Schwartz -- 1.4.2. eUTRAN characteristics -- 1.4.3. eUTRAN interfaces -- 1.4.3.1. X2 and S1 interface implementation -- 1.4.3.2. Overall architecture [3GPP TS 36.300] -- 1.4.3.2.1. eNB functionality -- 1.4.3.2.2. MME functionality -- 1.4.3.2.3. S-GW functionality. 1.4.4. Signaling on the radio path -- 1.4.4.1. User plane -- 1.4.4.2. Control plane -- 1.4.4.2.1. Physical layer (layer 1) -- 1.4.4.2.2. Medium access layer (MAC) -- 1.4.4.2.3. Radio link control (RLC) -- 1.4.4.2.4. Radio resource control (RRC) -- 1.4.4.2.5. Packet data convergence control (PDCP) -- 1.4.4.2.6. Non-access stratum (NAS) protocols -- 1.4.4.3. Channels -- 1.4.4.3.1. Physical control format indicator channel -- 1.4.5. Physical layer -- 1.4.5.1. Downlink physical channel -- 1.4.5.2. Uplink physical channel -- 1.4.6. RLC and MAC layer -- 1.4.6.1. Radio resource management -- 1.4.6.2. S1 interface -- 1.4.7. Dynamic radio resource management in LTE -- 1.4.8. MIMO -- 1.4.9. Macrocells, microcells and femtocells -- 1.5. Core network -- 1.5.1. LTE network elements -- 1.5.2. LTE interfaces [TS 23.401] -- 1.5.2.1. Control plane interfaces -- 1.5.2.2. User Plane interfaces -- 1.5.3. Functional split between the E-UTRAN and the EPC -- 1.5.4. S1 interface-based handover -- 1.5.4.1. Successful handover -- 1.5.4.2. S1-based handover reject scenario -- 1.5.4.3. S1-based handover cancel scenario -- 1.6. LTE - roaming architecture -- 1.6.1. LTE network mobility management -- 1.7. SIM for communications privacy -- 1.7.1. SIM -- 1.7.2. USIM -- 1.7.3. ISIM -- 1.8. Glossary -- 1.9. Appendix 1 -- 1.9.1. Summary of the candidate submission -- 1.9.2. Classification of the candidate submission -- 1.9.3. Detailed checklist for the required elements for each candidate RIT within the composite SRIT and/or for the composite SRIT of the candidate submission (to fulfill section 3.1 of ITU-R Report M.2133) -- 1.9.4. Additional Supporting information -- 1.9.5. Contact person -- 1.10. Appendix 2 -- 1.11. Appendix 3 -- 1.12. Appendix 4 -- 2 OFDMA -- 2.1. What is OFDM/OFDMA? -- 2.1.1. Claimed OFDMA advantages -- 2.1.2. Recognized disadvantages of OFDMA. 2.1.3. Characteristics and principles of operation -- 2.2. General principles -- 2.2.1. Cyclic prefixes -- 2.3. LTE channel: bandwidths and characteristics -- 2.3.1. LTE OFDM cyclic prefix, CP -- 2.3.2. LTE OFDMA in the downlink -- 2.3.3. Downlink carriers and resource blocks -- 2.3.4. LTE SC-FDMA in the uplink -- 2.3.5. Transmitter and receiver structure of LP-OFDMA/SC-FDMA -- 2.4. OFDM applied to LTE -- 2.4.1. General facts -- 2.4.2. LTE downlink -- 2.4.3. Uplink -- 2.5. OFDMA in the LTE radio subsystem: OFDMA and SCFDMA in LTE -- 2.5.1. The downlink physical-layer processing of transport channels -- 2.5.2. Downlink multi-antenna transmission -- 2.5.3. Uplink basic transmission scheme -- 2.5.4. Physical-layer processing -- 2.5.4.1 Uplink multi-antenna transmission -- 2.5.4.2. Comparison of LTE with Wi-Fi and WiMAX, the latest versions of which also use OFDM techniques -- 2.5.4.3. Carrier aggregation in LTE Advanced -- 2.6. Appendix 1: the constraints of mobile radio -- 2.6.1. Doppler effect -- 2.6.2. Rayleigh/Rice fading -- 2.6.3. Area of service -- 2.6.4. Shadow effect -- 2.7. Appendix 2: Example of OFDM/OFDMA technological implementation Innovative DSP -- 2.8. Appendix 3: LTE error correction on the radio path [WIK14d] -- 2.8.1. Hybrid ARQ with soft combining -- 2.9. Appendix 4: The 700 MHz frequencies in the USA for LTE -- 2.9.1. Upper and lower 700 MHz -- 3 The Full IP Core Network -- 3.1. Fixed mobile convergence -- 3.2. IP multimedia subsystem -- 3.2.1. General description of IMS -- 3.2.2. Session Initiation Protocol -- 3.2.3. IMS components and interfaces -- 3.2.3.1. Access network -- 3.2.3.2. Core network -- 3.3. Evolved packet system in 3GPP standards -- 3.3.1. Policy and charging rules function -- 3.3.2. Release 8 system architecture evolution and evolved packet system -- 3.3.2.1. Mobility Management Entity (MME). 3.3.2.2. Serving Gateway (S-GW or SGW) -- 3.3.2.3. Packet Data Network Gateway (PDN-GW or PGW) -- 3.4. Telephony processing -- 3.4.1. Enhanced voice quality -- 3.4.2. Circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) -- 3.4.3. Simultaneous voice and LTE (SVLTE) -- 3.4.4. Over-The-Top (OTT) applications -- 3.4.4.1. OTT Mobile VoIP -- 3.5. The requirements of VoLTE and V.VoIP applications -- 3.6. Voice and video over LTE are achieved using voice on IP channels (VoLTE) -- 3.7. Cut down version of IMS -- 3.8. Latency management -- 3.9. Appendix 1: VoIP tests in UK -- 4 LTE Security. SIM/USIM Subsystem -- 4.1. LTE security -- 4.1.1. Principles of LTE security -- 4.1.2. LTE EPC security -- 4.1.2.1. Derivation of successive keys -- 4.1.2.2. Handover security -- 4.1.2.3. EPS security -- 4.1.2.4. Security levels and algorithms -- 4.1.3. Interfaces protection -- 4.1.4. Femtocells and relays -- 4.1.5. Specifications -- 4.2. SIM card -- 4.2.1. SIM-lock -- 4.2.2. Electronic component of the UICC -- 4.2.3. Form factor -- 4.2.4. SIM card physical interface -- 4.2.5. UICC communication protocol -- 4.2.6. Operating system (OS) and virtual machines -- 4.2.7. (U)SIM authentication -- 4.2.8. LTE USIM -- 4.2.9. ISIM -- 4.2.10. Over the Air Activation (OTA) -- 4.2.11. Security services -- 4.2.12. USIM directories -- 4.2.13. The UICC/SIM/USIM/ISIM industry -- 4.2.14. EAP-SIM and EAP -- Appendix: Sorting of ETSI/3GPP Specifications -- Bibliography -- Index.