Thursday, May 17, 2012

What are the basic Differences between LTE vs LTE Advanced ?



LTE
LTE Advanced
Max downlink speed (bps)
100 M
1000 M (1 G)
Max up speed (bps)
50 M
500 M
Carrier Aggregation
No
Yes
Max Number of Layers (Downlink)
2 (Cat 3), 4 (Cat 4,5)
8
Max Number of Layers (Uplink)
1
4
Max Number of Codewords (Downlink)
2
2
Max Number of Codewords (Uplink)
1
2
Max Number of Transport Block/subframe (Downlink)
2
2
Max Number of Transport Block/subframe (Uplink)
1
2
Simultaneous PUSCH/PUCCH transmission
Not Allowed
Allowed
Non Contiguous Data Transmission in Single DFT (Uplink)
Not Allowed (SC-FDMA)
Allowed (Clustered SC-FDMA)


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