The infrastructure of an LTE cellular network comprises the E-UTRA/E-UTRAN air interface and the Evolved Packet Core (EPC), which includes the gateways, mobility management and subscriber databases.

In the subsequent 4G/LTE architecture, voice and data are both based on IP packets. The GERAN (GSM EDGE Radio Access Network) is the 2G air interface, and the UTRAN (Universal Terrestrial Radio ...

This two-part article series reviews new developments in the Fourth Generation Long Term Evolution (4G-LTE) cellular standard. The series explores LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Release-12 (Rel-12) features and ...

3GPP LTE is a step towards 4G, evolved over cellular radio access technologies ... scalable bandwidth capacity and backward compatibility with the existing wireless technologies. LTE architecture ...