Nishith

Coming to a Theater near You… If you came here in search of an action-packed thriller starring LTE and WiMAX, you are at the right place! In this movie flick, the stakes are high…the winner will dominate the 4G...

For those who are too picky on the definition of "true 4G," hold your breath...4G version of LTE is taking shape as LTE-Advanced! LTE-Advanced is a Release 10 feature of 3GPP. Recall that Release 8 defined LTE. Release...

LTE supports voice over IP (Internet Protocol) (VoIP) to provide voice services. A simplified analysis is carried out next to approximately estimate the achievable VoIP capacity per cell in case of 10 MHz downlink channel bandwidth...

Voice over LTE (VoLTE) is expected to become the mainstream solution for providing voice services in commercial LTE networks in the coming years. VoLTE integrates voice over IP (VoIP), LTE radio network (i.e., E-UTRAN), LTE core...

By Dr. Nishith D. Tripathi While initial commercial deployments have focused on FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) version of LTE (Long Term Evolution), interest in the TDD (Time Division Duplex) version of LTE has been rising...

There has been a lot of action in Release 8 and Release 10 of UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System). Release 8 introduces LTE (Long Term Evolution), while Release 10 defines LTE-Advanced. Release 9 does not get much...

We have seen all these terms, 4G, LTE, and WiMAX, floating around. Then, we hear that ITU has not yet “accepted” any technology as 4G. We will try to define, as clearly as we can, the relationship between 4G and...