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LTEAdvanced
FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

LTEAdvancedisamobilecommunicationstandardandamajorenhancementoftheLongTermEvolution
(LTE)standard.Itwasformallysubmittedasacandidate4GsystemtoITUTinlate2009asmeetingthe
requirementsoftheIMTAdvancedstandard,andwasstandardizedbythe3rdGenerationPartnership
Project(3GPP)inMarch2011as3GPPRelease10.[1]

Contents
1 Background
2 Proposals
3 Timeframeandintroductionofadditionalfeatures
4 Technologydemonstrations
5 Deployment
6 Devices
7 Seealso
8 Bibliography
9 References
10 Externallinks
10.1 Resources(whitepapers,technicalpapers,applicationnotes)

Background
TheLTEformatwasfirstproposedbyNTTDoCoMoofJapanandhasbeenadoptedastheinternational
standard.[2]LTEstandardizationhasmaturedtoastatewherechangesinthespecificationarelimitedto
correctionsandbugfixes.ThefirstcommercialserviceswerelaunchedinSwedenandNorwayin
December2009[3]followedbytheUnitedStatesandJapanin2010.MoreLTEnetworksweredeployed
globallyduring2010asanaturalevolutionofseveral2Gand3Gsystems,includingGlobalsystemfor
mobilecommunications(GSM)andUniversalMobileTelecommunicationsSystem(UMTS)(3GPPaswell
as3GPP2).

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Theworkby3GPPtodefinea4GcandidateradiointerfacetechnologystartedinRelease9withthestudy
phaseforLTEAdvanced.Beingdescribedasa3.9G(beyond3Gbutpre4G),thefirstreleaseofLTEdid
notmeettherequirementsfor4G(alsocalledIMTAdvancedasdefinedbytheInternational
TelecommunicationUnion)suchaspeakdataratesupto1Gb/s.TheITUhasinvitedthesubmissionof
candidateRadioInterfaceTechnologies(RITs)followingtheirrequirementsinacircularletter,3GPP
TechnicalReport(TR)36.913,"RequirementsforFurtherAdvancementsforEUTRA(LTE
Advanced)."[4]ThesearebasedonITU'srequirementsfor4Gandonoperatorsownrequirementsfor
advancedLTE.Majortechnicalconsiderationsincludethefollowing:
ContinualimprovementtotheLTEradiotechnologyandarchitecture
Scenariosandperformancerequirementsforworkingwithlegacyradiotechnologies
BackwardcompatibilityofLTEAdvancedwithLTE.AnLTEterminalshouldbeabletoworkinan
LTEAdvancednetworkandviceversa.Anyexceptionswillbeconsideredby3GPP.
ConsiderationofrecentWorldRadiocommunicationConference(WRC07)decisionsregarding
frequencybandstoensurethatLTEAdvancedaccommodatesthegeographicallyavailablespectrum
forchannelsabove20MHz.Also,specificationsmustrecognizethosepartsoftheworldinwhich
widebandchannelsarenotavailable.
Likewise,'WiMAX2',802.16m,hasbeenapprovedbyITUastheIMTAdvancedfamily.WiMAX2is
designedtobebackwardcompatiblewithWiMAX1devices.Mostvendorsnowsupportconversionof
'pre4G',preadvancedversionsandsomesupportsoftwareupgradesofbasestationequipmentfrom3G.
Themobilecommunicationindustryandstandardsorganizationshavethereforestartedworkon4Gaccess
technologies,suchasLTEAdvanced.AtaworkshopinApril2008inChina,3GPPagreedtheplansfor
workonLongTermEvolution(LTE).[5]AfirstsetofspecificationswereapprovedinJune2008.[6]Besides
thepeakdatarate1Gb/sasdefinedbytheITUR,italsotargetsfasterswitchingbetweenpowerstatesand
improvedperformanceatthecelledge.Detailedproposalsarebeingstudiedwithintheworkinggroups.

Proposals
Thetargetof3GPPLTEAdvancedistoreachandsurpasstheITUrequirements.LTEAdvancedshouldbe
compatiblewithfirstreleaseLTEequipment,andshouldsharefrequencybandswithfirstreleaseLTE.In
thefeasibilitystudyforLTEAdvanced,3GPPdeterminedthatLTEAdvancedwouldmeettheITUR
requirementsfor4G.Theresultsofthestudyarepublishedin3GPPTechnicalReport(TR)36.912.[7]
OneoftheimportantLTEAdvancedbenefitsistheabilitytotakeadvantageofadvancedtopology
networksoptimizedheterogeneousnetworkswithamixofmacrocellswithlowpowernodessuchas
picocells,femtocellsandnewrelaynodes.Thenextsignificantperformanceleapinwirelessnetworkswill
comefrommakingthemostoftopology,andbringsthenetworkclosertotheuserbyaddingmanyofthese
lowpowernodesLTEAdvancedfurtherimprovesthecapacityandcoverage,andensuresuserfairness.
LTEAdvancedalsointroducesmulticarriertobeabletouseultrawidebandwidth,upto100MHzof
spectrumsupportingveryhighdatarates.
IntheresearchphasemanyproposalshavebeenstudiedascandidatesforLTEAdvanced(LTEA)
technologies.Theproposalscouldroughlybecategorizedinto:[8]
Supportforrelaynodebasestations
Coordinatedmultipoint(CoMP)transmissionandreception
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UEDualTXantennasolutionsforSUMIMOanddiversityMIMO,commonlyreferredtoas2x2
MIMO
Scalablesystembandwidthexceeding20MHz,upto100MHz
Carrieraggregationofcontiguousandnoncontiguousspectrumallocations
Localareaoptimizationofairinterface
Nomadic/LocalAreanetworkandmobilitysolutions
Flexiblespectrumusage
Cognitiveradio
Automaticandautonomousnetworkconfigurationandoperation
Supportofautonomousnetworkanddevicetest,measurementtiedtonetworkmanagementand
optimization
Enhancedprecodingandforwarderrorcorrection
Interferencemanagementandsuppression
AsymmetricbandwidthassignmentforFDD
HybridOFDMAandSCFDMAinuplink
UL/DLintereNBcoordinatedMIMO
SONs,SelfOrganizingNetworksmethodologies
Withintherangeofsystemdevelopment,LTEAdvancedandWiMAX2,canuseupto8x8MIMOand128
QAMindownlinkdirection.Exampleperformance:100MHzaggregatedbandwidth,LTEAdvanced
providesalmost3.3Gbitpeakdownloadratespersectorofthebasestationunderidealconditions.
Advancednetworkarchitecturescombinedwithdistributedandcollaborativesmartantennatechnologies
provideseveralyearsroadmapofcommercialenhancements.
Asummaryofastudycarriedoutin3GPPcanbefoundinTR36.912.[9]

Timeframeandintroductionofadditionalfeatures
OriginalstandardizationworkforLTEAdvancedwasdoneaspartof3GPPRelease10,whichwasfrozen
inApril2011.Trialswerebasedonprereleaseequipment.Majorvendorssupportsoftwareupgradesto
laterversionsandongoingimprovements.
Inordertoimprovethequalityofserviceforusersinhotspotsandoncelledges,heterogenousnetworks
(HetNet)areformedofamixtureofmacro,picoandfemtobasestationsservingcorrespondingsizeareas.
FrozeninDecember2012,3GPPRelease11[10]concentratesonbettersupportofHetNet.Coordinated
MultiPointoperation(CoMP)isakeyfeatureofRelease11inordertosupportsuchnetworkstructures.
Whereasuserslocatedatacelledgeinhomogenousnetworkssufferfromdecreasingsignalstrength
compoundedbyneighborcellinterference,CoMPisdesignedtoenableuseofaneighboringcelltoalso
transmitthesamesignalastheservingcell,enhancingqualityofserviceontheperimeterofaservingcell.
IndeviceCoexistence(IDC)isanothertopicaddressedinRelease11.IDCfeaturesaredesignedto
amelioratedisturbanceswithintheuserequipmentcausedbetweenLTE/LTEAandthevariousotherradio
subsystemssuchasWiFi,Bluetooth,andtheGPSreceiver.FurtherenhancementsforMIMOsuchas4x4
configurationfortheuplinkwerestandardized.
ThehighernumberofcellsinHetNetresultsinuserequipmentchangingtheservingcellmorefrequently
wheninmotion.TheongoingworkonLTEAdvanced[11]inRelease12,amongstotherareas,concentrates
onaddressingissuesthatcomeaboutwhenusersmovethroughHetNet,suchasfrequenthandovers
betweencells.
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Technologydemonstrations

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Company

Country

Date

Note
[12]Theoperatorannouncedthecompletionofa

NTTDoCoMo

Japan

February2007

4Gtrialwhereitachievedamaximumpacket
transmissionrateofapproximately5Gbit/sinthe
downlinkusing12transmitand12receive
antennasand100MHzfrequencybandwidthtoa
mobilestationmovingat10km/h.
[13]ThevendordemonstratedatMobileWorld

AgilentTechnologies

Spain

February2011

Ericsson

Sweden June2011

Congresstheindustry'sfirsttestsolutionsfor
LTEAdvancedwithbothsignalgenerationand
signalanalysissolutions.
[14]ThevendordemonstratedLTEAdvancedin

Kista.
[15]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedwith

touch

Lebanon April2013

A1

Austria June2013

Turkcell

Telstra

Turkey

Australia

August2013

August2013

ChinesevendorHuaweiandcombined800MHz
spectrumand1.8GHzspectrum.touchachieved
250Mbit/s.
[16]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedwith

EricssonandNSNusing4x4MIMO.A1
achieved580Mbit/s.
[17]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

IstanbulwithChinesevendorHuawei.Turkcell
achieved900Mbit/s.
[18]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedwith

SwedishvendorEricssonandcombined900MHz
spectrumand1.8GHzspectrum.
[19]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedwith

SMART

Philippines

August2013

[20]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedinTokyo

SoftBank

Japan

beCloud/MTS

Belarus October2013

SFR

France

ChinesevendorHuaweiandcombined2.1GHz
spectrumand1.80GHzspectrumbandsand
achieved200Mbit/s.

September2013 withChinesevendorHuawei.Softbankusedthe
3.5GHzspectrumbandandachieved770Mbit/s.

October2013

[21]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedwith

ChinesevendorHuawei.
[22]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

Marseilleandcombined800MHzspectrumand
2.6GHzspectrum.SFRachieved174Mbit/s.
[23]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

EE

United
Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_Advanced

LondonwithChinesevendorHuaweiand
November2013 combined20MHzof1.8GHzspectrumand
20MHzof2.6GHzspectrum.EEachieved300
Mbit/swhichisequaltocategory6LTE.
[24]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

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[24]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

O2

SKTelecom

Germany

South
Korea

MunichwithChinesevendorHuaweiand
November2013 combined10MHzof800MHzspectrumand
20MHzof2.6GHzspectrum.O2achieved225
Mbit/s.
[25]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedand

November2013 combined10MHzof850MHzspectrumand
20MHzof1.8GHzspectrum.SKTelecom
achieved225Mbit/s.
[26]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

Vodafone

Germany

DresdenwithSwedishvendorEricssonand
November2013 combined10MHzof800MHzspectrumand
20MHzof2.6GHzspectrum.Vodafone
achieved225Mbit/s.
[27]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedwith

Telstra

Australia

SwedishvendorEricssonandcombined20MHz
December2013 of1.8GHzspectrumand20MHzof2.6GHz
spectrum.Telstraachieved300Mbit/swhichis
equaltocategory6LTE.
[28]TheoperatortrialedTDLTEAdvancedwith

Optus

Australia

December2013 ChinesevendorHuaweiandcombinedtwo
20MHzchannelsof2.3GHzspectrum.Optus
achievedover160Mbit/s.
[29]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

Unitel

Sunrise

Telstra

Angola January2014

Switzerland

Australia

NokiaNetworks

Spain

January2014

January2014

February2014

LuandawithSwedishvendorEricsson.Unitel
combined900MHzspectrumand1.8GHz
spectrum.
[30]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedwith

ChinesevendorHuawei.Commercialserviceis
plannedforQ32014.
[31]TheSwedishvendorEricssontrialedLTE

AdvancedwithAmericansupplierQualcommon
theTelstranetwork.
[32]AtMobileWorldCongress,thevendor

demonstrated450Mbit/sdataspeedsfor
individualusersbyusingLTEAdvanced.
[33]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedwith

Elisa

Finland February2014

AmericansupplierBroadcomandFinnishvendor
NokiaNetworks.Elisacombined20MHzof
1.8GHzspectrumand20MHzof2.6GHz
spectrum.Elisaachieved300Mbit/swhichis
equaltocategory6LTE.
[34][35]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

DeutscheTelekom

February2014
Germany

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Alzeyusing4x4MIMO.DeutscheTelekom
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Vodafone

Italy

achieved580Mbit/s.Commercialserviceis
plannedforsummer2014.
February2014

[36]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedinNaples

andcombined1.8GHzspectrumand2.6GHz
spectrum.Vodafoneachieved253Mbit/s.
[37]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

Vodafone

EtaDevices
(http://etadevices.com/)
Base

Spain

Spain

February2014

February2014

Belgium February2014

Barcelona.Vodafonecombined50megahertzof
FDDspectruminthe800MHz,1800MHzand
2600MHzbandswithits20megahertzofTDD
spectruminthe2600MHzband,foratotalof70
MHzofspectrum.Vodafoneachieved540
Mbit/s.
[38]ThesupplierdemonstratedattheMobile

WorldCongressEnvelopeTrackingAdvanced
(ETAdvanced)forLTEAover80MHzchannels.
[39]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

HasseltwithChinesevendorZTE.Baseachieved
over250Mbit/s.
[40]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

Orange

Spain

March2014

Valenciaandcombined10MHzof1.8GHz
spectrumwith20MHzof2.6GHzspectrum.
Orangeachieved222Mbit/s.
[41]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedinAbu

Etisalat

UAE

April2014

ChinaMobile

China

April2014

MagyarTelekom

Huawei

Hungary April2014

China

April2014

DhabiwithFrenchvendorAlcatelLucent.
Etisalatcombined20MHzof800MHzspectrum
and20MHzof1.8GHzspectrum.Etisalat
achieved300Mbit/swhichisequaltocategory6
LTE.
[42]TheoperatortrialedTDLTEAdvancedin

ChengduwithChinesevendorHuawei.
[43]TheoperatordemonstratedLTEAdvancedin

BudapestwithSwedishvendorEricsson.Magyar
Telekomachieved250Mbit/s.
[44]TheChinesevendorHuaweitrialedLTE

AdvancedwithQualcomm.Huaweiachieved300
Mbit/swhichisequaltocategory6LTE.
[45]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

Mobistar

Belgium

January2014 MechelenwithChinesevendorHuawei.Mobistar
combined10MHzof800MHzspectrumand
April2014
20MHzof1.8GHzspectrum.Mobistarachieved
213Mbit/s.
[46]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

HrvatskiTelekom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_Advanced

Croatia May2014

Varadin.HrvatskiTelekomcombined10MHz
of800MHzspectrumand10MHzof1.8GHz
spectrum.HrvatskiTelekomachieved136Mbit/s.
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spectrum.HrvatskiTelekomachieved136Mbit/s.
[47][48]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedwith

Telstra

Australia

May2014

SwedishvendorEricssonandcombined20MHz
of1.8GHzspectrumand40MHzof2.6GHz
spectrum.Telstraachieved450Mbit/s.
[49]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedagainin

Orange

Spain

May2014

Valenciaandcombined10MHzof1.8GHz
spectrumand20MHzof2.6GHzspectrum.
Orangeachieved225Mbit/s.
[50]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

New
TelecomNewZealand
Zealand

May2014

AucklandwithChinesevendorHuawei.
TelecomNewZealandcombined20MHzof
1.8GHzspectrumand20MHzof2.6GHz
spectrum.TelecomNewZealandachievedupto
260Mbit/s.
[51]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedwith

LGU+

South
Korea

June2014

ChinesevendorHuawei.LGU+combined
10MHzof850MHzspectrum,10MHzof
2.1GHzspectrumand20MHzof2.6GHz
spectrum.LGU+achieved300Mbit/swhichis
equaltocategory6LTE.
[52]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedand

Elisa

Estonia June2014

Vodafone

Portugal June2014

combined20MHzof1.8GHzspectrumand
20MHzof2.6GHzspectrum.Elisaachieved300
Mbit/swhichisequaltocategory6LTE.
CommercialserviceisplannedinTallinnforthe
secondhalfof2014.
[53]TheoperatorunveiledanLTEAdvanced

router(VodafoneB4000)fromHuawei(Huawei
E5186).
[54]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

Vodafone

The
June2014
Netherlands

O2

Czech
Republic

Amsterdamandcombined10MHzof800MHz
spectrumand20MHzof1.8GHzspectrum.
Vodafoneachieved225Mbit/s.
Commercialserviceintencities,including
Amsterdam,Rotterdam,TheHague,Utrecht,
Leiden,Eindhoven,DenBoschandSchiphol,
andreachanother50mediumandsmallcitiesis
plannedaroundyearend.
[55]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedinthe

July2014

southeasternpartofVysoinaRegion.O2
achieved185Mbit/s.
[56]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedinTurin

TelecomItalia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_Advanced

Italy

July2014

withSwedishvendorEricsson,Chinesevendor
HuaweiandQualcomm.TelecomItaliacombined
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HuaweiandQualcomm.TelecomItaliacombined
1.8GHzspectrumand2.6GHzspectrum.
O2

Czech
Republic

August2014

[57]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

Prague.
[58]Theoperatorclaimstodemonstratedthe

ChinaTelecom

China

September2014 worldfirstFDDTDDcarrieraggregation
includingauserdevicechipsetwithNokia
Networks.ChinaTelecomachieved260Mbit/s.
[59]Theoperatorclaims300Mbit/sinworld's

TCom

SingTel
SKTelecom
Ooredoo
Omnitel

Slovakia September2014

Singapore
South
Korea
Maldives
Lithuania

October2014
October2014
October2014
November2014

firstovertheairtrialforintrabandcontiguous
CarrierAggregationinB7/2600MHz
20+20MHzinfieldenvironment.
[60]TheoperatordemonstratedFDDTDDcarrier

aggregationwithEricsson.SingTelachieved260
Mbit/s.
[61]TheoperatordemonstratedLTEAdvanced

TriBandCarrieraggregationwithEricsson.
[62]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvanced.
[63]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedin

Kaunas.
[64]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedwith

Polkomtel

Poland

SwedishvendorEricssonandcombined20MHz
November2014 of1.8GHzspectrumand20MHzof2.6GHz
spectrum.Polkomtelachieved300Mbit/s.
[65]TheSwedishvendortrialedLTEAdvanced

Ericsson

November2014 withAmericansupplierQualcommandachieved
450Mbit/s.
[66]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvanced.Cosmote

Cosmote

Greece

November2014 combines800MHzspectrumand2.6GHz
spectrum.

Vodafone

Portugal November2014

Alfa

Lebanon August2015

Entel

Chile

September2015

[67]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvanced.

Vodafoneachieved450Mbit/s.
[68]TheoperatortrialedLTEAdvancedatABC

Ashrafieh(ABCGroup).Alfaachieved300
Mbit/s.
[69]ThetrialdemonstratedovertheairLTE

Advancedwithspeedsupto250Mbps.

Deployment
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AcompletecoverageofcommercialLTEAdvanceddeployments(Cat.4withCAandCat.6onwards)
includinglaunchdatescanbefoundinListofLTEnetworks.

Devices
Atthetimeofitslaunchin2007,LTEAdvancedwasnotsupportedbyanysmartphone,butonlybyasmall
numberofrouters.Thefirstcapablesmartphoneswouldn'tarriveuntillate2013.Whilenosmartphoneis
currentlycapableof1Gbit/s+,therearesmartphonesthatcanreach300Mbit/sto500Mbit/sunderideal
conditions.

Seealso
4GLTEfilter

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Externallinks
LTEAdvanced(http://www.qualcomm.com/products_services/airlinks/lte_advanced.html)pageon
Qualcommsite
3GPPOfficial3GPPStandardisationPageonLTEAdvanced(http://www.3gpp.org/article/lte
advanced)
LTEAdvancedoverview(http://www.radioelectronics.com/info/cellulartelecomms/ltelongterm
evolution/3gpp4gimtlteadvancedtutorial.php)
FutureuseofLTEAfemtocells(http://www.ictbefemto.eu/)
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LTEPortal(http://www.lteportal.com)3GPPLTE/LTEAdvancedTechnology,dedicatedportal
createdforinformationsharing,collaboration,andnetworking
LTE3GPPonlinedecoders(http://lte3gpp.info/)3GPPLTE/LTEAdvancedonlineL3messages
decoders(24.008,44.018,44.060,etc.)

Resources(whitepapers,technicalpapers,applicationnotes)
LTEBlog(http://www.teletopix.org/category/4glte)LTEBlog
ITURConfersIMTAdvanced(4G)Statusto3GPPLTE
(http://lteportal.com/MediaChannel/Articles/LTE__LTE
Advanced6/Regulation,_Standards,_Spectrum31/ITUR_Confers_IMT
Advanced_%284G%29_Status_to_3GPP_LTE1735?2)LTEAdvancedisofficially4G
TheLTE/LTEAdvancedGuide(http://lteportal.com/LTE_Business_Guide)asemiannual
publicationonLTE/LTEAdvanced,MayandNovember2010publicationsarenowavailable
LTEAdvancedTechnologyIntroduction(http://www.rohdeschwarz.com/appnote/1MA169.pdf)
thiswhitepapersummarizesimprovementsonLTEknownasLTEAdvancedRel.10
IntroducingLTEAdvanced(http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/59906706EN.pdf)
ApplicationNote
IntroductiontoLTEAdvancedRel.11(http://www.rohdeschwarz.com/appnote/1MA232.pdf)
SummarizationofimprovementsspecifiedinLTEAdvancedRelease11.
LTETransmissionModesandBeamforming(http://www.rohdeschwarz.com/appnote/1MA186.pdf)
thiswhitepaperdiscussesthebasicsofbeamformingandexplainstheeightMIMOtransmission
modesforLTERelease9onwards.
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