Long-Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A)

As introduced earlier in Chaps. 1 and 7 , 3GPP Release 10 is the first standard that fully meets the 4G requirements of IMT-Advanced. In this chapter we will focus on Release 10 to introduce the key features and designs of LTE-A. Advanced technologies that were first introduced in later releases of LTE-A, such as CoMP, D2D communication, LAA, etc., will not be covered.