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IMT-Advanced or "4G" Technologies Under ITU Consideration
LTE-Advanced Submitted as Candidate for IMT-Advanced
| Source: 4G Americas
BELLEVUE, WA--(Marketwire - October 8, 2009) - "We are turning the page in the wireless
industry as candidate proposals for true '4G' technologies, which will
officially be named IMT-Advanced, are being submitted this week at the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) meeting in Geneva," stated
Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas, a wireless industry trade
association representing the GSM family of technologies including LTE and a
Market Representation Partner of the Third Generation Partnership Project
(3GPP).
The 3GPP Partners, which unite more than 370 leading mobile technology
companies, made a formal submission to the ITU on October 7, proposing that
Long Term Evolution
(LTE) Release10 and beyond
(LTE-Advanced) be evaluated as a candidate for
IMT-Advanced.
"ITU-R (Radiocommunication Sector) is the recognized organization producing
the official definition of Fourth Generation (4G) wireless systems called
IMT-Advanced and as part of the 3GPP family of technologies, it is an
exciting time to see that LTE-Advanced has been submitted," Pearson said.
3GPP addressed the IMT-Advanced requirements in a version of LTE, called
LTE-Advanced or Evolved Universal Radio Access (E-UTRA), for which
specifications could become available in 2011 through Release 10. Other
technologies will apply as candidates for IMT-Advanced technologies, such
as
WiMAX in a version called Mobile WiMAX 2.0, to be specified in IEEE
802.16m.
It is expected to be mid to next decade before
OFDMA-based systems like LTE have a large percentage of subscribers,
and it could be well toward the end of the next decade before any
IMT-Advanced system has a large subscriber base. Needless to say, vendors
and operators will be looking at how to leverage and enhance current OFDMA
systems like LTE and WiMAX to meet the requirements of IMT-Advanced and
future demands of mobile broadband subscribers.
"Spectrum is the oxygen needed to fuel the successful deployment of LTE, so
success is contingent upon operators worldwide obtaining more spectrum,"
Pearson added. "However, LTE will be launched in 2010 and 2011 to address
the market needs over the next decade. Subsequently, operators may deploy
IMT-Advanced '4G' networks using LTE-Advanced technology."
Additional information can be found on the 3G Americas website at:
"4G" or IMT-Advanced
LTE-Advanced
Mobile WiMAX
HSPA to LTE-Advanced: 3GPP Broadband Evolution
to IMT-Advanced (4G)
White Paper. Rysavy Research, September 2009
The 3GPP press release is available online at:
http://www.3gpp.org/3GPP-Partners-propose-IMT-Advanced.
Full details of the 3GPP proposal can also be downloaded from the 3GPP
website at:
RP-090736 (Cover sheet)
http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_ran/TSG_RAN/TSGR_45/Documents/RP-090736.zip
RP-090939 (3GPP Submission Package for IMT-Advanced)
http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_ran/TSG_RAN/TSGR_45/Documents/RP-090739.zip
About 3G Americas: Unifying the Americas through Wireless Technology
3G Americas is an industry trade organization composed of
telecommunications service providers and manufacturers. The organization's
mission is to promote, facilitate and advocate for the deployment of the
GSM family of technologies including LTE throughout the Americas. 3G
Americas has contributed to the successful commercial rollout of GSM across
the Americas and its place as the number one technology in the region, as
well as the global adoption of EDGE. The organization aims to develop the
expansive wireless ecosystem of networks, devices, and applications enabled
by GSM and its evolution to LTE. 3G Americas is headquartered in Bellevue,
Washington, with an office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Dallas,
Texas. More information is available at www.3gamericas.org.