Introduction to LTE Advanced Pro (4.5G)

• 3GPP Releases
• LTE Advanced Pro
• Release 13 Features
• Release 14 Features
• Active Antenna Systems (AAS)
• Self-Organizing Networks (SON)
• Elevation Beamforming
• Inter-eNB CoMP
• Indoor Positioning
• Carrier Aggregation Enhancements
• License Assisted Access (LAA)
• LTE-WLAN Aggregation Enhancements
• Wi-Fi with IP Flow Mobility
• RAN Sharing
• Enhanced D2D Proximity Services (PROSE)
• Dual Connectivity Enhancements
• LTE Cat-M1
• Cat-0 vs. Cat-M1
• Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT)
• Band for NB-IoT
• Signaling Enhancements for MTC
• Carriers for NB-IoT
• NB1 Energy Saving Mechanisms
• MTC Enhancements in R14
• Single-Cell Point-to-Multipoint (SC-PTM)
• Multi-User Superposition Transmission (MUST)
• L2 Latency Reduction
• Cellular Vehicle-to-X (C-V2X)
• D2D vs. V2V
• V2V Extensions
• References

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