A REVIEW PAPER ON LONG TERM EVALUATION (LTE)

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) Long Term Evolution (LTE), which is being developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). LTE represents the latest step towards the 4th generation (4G) of radio technologies designed to improve mobile communications capability and speed. Particular attention is paid to the specifications and goals of LTE, the use of multiple antenna techniques, and the modulation scheme used in the LTE uplink of the Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA). In addition, new future research areas are suggested here. For both Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) cellular carriers, Long Term Transition is the next-generation 4G technology. Authorized in 2008 with up to 173 Mb/sec download speeds, LTE was specified in the 3GPP Release 8 specification by the 3G Partnership Project