Harri Holma & Antti Toskala 
LTE Advanced 
3GPP Solution for IMT-Advanced

From the editors of the highly successful LTE for UMTS:
Evolution to LTE-Advanced, this new book examines the main
technical enhancements brought by LTE-Advanced, thoroughly covering
3GPP Release 10 specifications and the main items in Release 11.
Using illustrations, graphs and real-life scenarios, the authors
systematically lead readers through this cutting-edge topic to
provide an outlook on existing technologies as well as possible
future developments.

The book is structured to follow the main technical areas that
will be enhanced by the LTE-Advanced specifications. The main
topics covered include: Carrier Aggregation; Multiantenna MIMO
Transmission, Heterogeneous Networks; Coordinated Multipoint
Transmission (Co MP); Relay nodes; 3GPP milestones and IMT-Advanced
process in ITU-R; and LTE-Advanced Performance
Evaluation.

Key features:

* Leading author and editor team bring their expertise to the
next generation of LTE technology

* Includes tables, figures and plots illustrating the concepts or
simulation results, to aid understanding of the topic, and enabling
readers to be ahead of the technological advances

关于作者

Harri Holma and Antti Toskala are both with Nokia
Siemens Networks (NSN), Finland, working on cutting edge
technologies for mobile communications today. They are
actively involved with 3GPP Standardisation and product
development.