Showing posts with label LTE Advanced. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LTE Advanced. Show all posts

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)