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CONTENTS
PREFACE............................................................................ 5
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 9
2 PROGRESS FROM RELEASE 99 TO RELEASE 10 AND BEYOND: UMTS/EVOLVED HSPA (HSPA+) AND LTE/EPC/LTE-ADVANCED ................................................................ 11
3 THE GROWING DEMANDS FOR WIRELESS DATA APPLICATIONS................................................ 28
3.1 WIRELESS INDUSTRY FORECASTS ........................................................................................ 30
3.2 WIRELESS DATA REVENUE ................................... 32
3.3 MOBILE BROADBAND DEVICES ........................................... 34
3.4 MOBILE BROADBAND APPLICATIONS ............................................................... 36
3.5 SMALL CELL GROWTH ................................................................................................................ 39
3.6 SPECTRUM INITIATIVES .................................................................................................................... 42
3.7 SUMMARY ....................................................... 44
4 STATUS AND HIGHLIGHTS OF RELEASE 8 AND RELEASE 9: EVOLVED HSPA (HSPA+) AND LTE/EPC .......................................................45
4.1 VoLTE ......................................... 47
5 STATUS OF RELEASE 10: HSPA+ ENHANCEMENTS AND LTE-ADVANCED ................................. 50
5.1 LTE-ADVANCED FEATURES AND TECHNOLOGIES ...................................................................... 50
5.1.1 Support of Wider Bandwidth ................... 50
5.1.2 Uplink Transmission Enhancements ............... 53
5.1.3 Downlink Transmission Enhancements ............. 55
5.1.4 Relaying ...................................................................................................................................... 57
5.1.5 Heterogeneous Network Support (eICIC) ................................................................................... 61
5.1.6 MBMS Enhancements ....................................... 63
5.1.7 Son Enhancements....................................... 63
5.1.8 Vocoder Rate Adaptation ....................................................... 65
5.2 HSPA+ ENHANCEMENTS FOR RELEASE 10 .......................... 66
5.2.1 Four carrier HSDPA Operation ................................................................................................... 66
5.2.2 Summary of 3GPP Supported Band Combinations for Multicarrier HSDPA .............................. 68
5.3 NETWORK AND SERVICES RELATED ENHANCEMENTS .............................................................. 70
5.3.1 Home NodeB/eNodeB Enhancements ....................................................................................... 70
5.3.2 LIPA/SIPTO ................................................................................................................................ 70
5.3.3 Fixed Mobile Convergence Enhancements ............................. 74
5.3.4 Machine-to-Machine Communications ................................................................... 76
5.3.5 Single Radio Voice Call Continuity ............................................... 78
........................ 80
5.3.7 Interworking with Wi-Fi ................................................................................ 81
5.3.8 UICC ..................................................................................... 82
5.3.9 IP-Short-Message-Gateway Enhancements for CPM-SMS Interworking .................................. 84
5.3.10 Lawful Interception LI10 in Release 10 ...................................................................................... 85
5.4 RELEASE-INDEPENDENT FEATURES ......................................................
5.4.1 Band Combinations for LTE-CA ................................................................ 85
6 RELEASE 11 – HSPA+ AND LTE-ADVANCED ENHANCEMENTS .................................................... 87
6.1 STATUS OF TIMELINE FOR RELEASE 11 ........................................................................................ 87
6.2 LTE-ADVANCED ENHANCEMENTS .................................................................................................. 87
6.2.1 Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission and Reception ............................................................... 87
6.2.2 Carrier Aggregation..................................................................................................................... 92
6.2.3 Further Heterogeneous Networks Enhancements (feICIC) ........................................................ 93
6.2.4 Uplink Enhancements ................................................................................................................. 93
6.2.5 Downlink Enhancements ............................................................................................................ 93
6.2.6 Relaying Enhancements ............................................................................................................. 94
6.2.7 MBMS Service Continuity and Location Information .................................................................. 94
6.2.8 Further SON Enhancements ...................................................................................................... 94
6.2.9 Signalling and Procedure for Interference Avoidance for In-device Coexistence ...................... 99
6.3 HSPA+ ENHANCEMENTS ................................................................................................................. 100
6.3.1 Downlink Enhancements .......................................................................................................... 100
6.3.2 Uplink Enhancements ............................................................................................................... 102
6.3.3 Cell_Fach Improvements .......................................................................................................... 103
6.4 NETWORK AND SERVICES RELATED ENHANCEMENTS ........................................................... 104
6.4.1 Machine-Type Communication (MTC) ...................................................................................... 104
6.4.2 Network Provided Location Information for IMS (NetLoc) ........................................................ 110
6.4.3 SRVCC Enhancements ............................................................................................................ 111
6.4.4 SIPTO Service Continuity of IP Data Session (SIPTO_SC) ..................................................... 114
6.4.5 Policy Control Framework Enhancement: Application Detection control and QoS Control Based on Subscriber Spending Limits (QoS_SSL) ............................................................................. 115
6.4.6 Non-Voice Emergency Services (NOVES) ............................................................................... 117
6.4.7 Fixed Mobile Convergence ....................................................................................................... 118
6.4.8 Interworking with WI-Fi Enhancements .................................................................................... 119
6.4.9 UICC (Smart Card) Enhancements .......................................................................................... 119
6.4.10 Lawful Intercept Enhancements ............................................................................................... 120
6.4.11 Further HomeNB/eNodeB Enhancements ............................................................................... 120
6.4.12 IMS Service Continuity and IMS Centralized Services Enhancements .................................... 120
6.5 RELEASE INDEPENDENT FEATURES ........................................................................................... 120
6.5.1 New Frequency Bands ................................................................................................................ 121
6.5.2 New CA and DC Combinations ................................................................................................... 121
7 PLANS FOR RELEASE 12 ................................................................................................................. 123
7.1 TARGET TIMELINE FOR RELEASE 12 ............................................................................................ 123
7.2 HIGHLIGHTS OF RELEASE 12 PLANNING WORKSHOPS ............................................................ 124
7.2.1 LTE Small Cell/Heterogeneous Networks Enhancements .......................................................... 124
7.2.2 LTE Multi-Antenna/Site Enhancements....................................................................................... 129
7.2.3 New LTE Procedures to Support Diverse Traffic Types.............................................................. 130
7.2.4 Other Areas of Interest ................................................................................................................ 131
7.3 RELEASE INDEPENDENT FEATURES ........................................................................................... 139
7.3.1 New Frequency Bands ................................................................................................................ 139
7.3.2 New CA and DC Combinations ................................................................................................... 139
8 CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................... 140
APPENDIX A: DETAILED MEMBER PROGRESS AND PLANS ON RELEASE 99 THROUGH RELEASE 10: UMTS-HSPA+ AND LTE/LTE-ADVANCED .................................................................... 141
APPENDIX B: UPDATE OF RELEASE 9 STATUS: EVOLVED HSPA (HSPA+) AND LTE/EPC ENHANCEMENTS .................................................................................................................................... 155
B.1 HSPA+ ENHANCEMENTS ................................................................................................................ 155
B.1.1 Non-contiguous Dual-Cell HSDPA (DC-HSDPA) ....................................................................... 155
B.1.2 MIMO + DC-HSDPA .................................................................................................................... 156
B.1.3 Contiguous Dual-Cell HSUPA (DC-HSUPA) .............................................................................. 156
B.1.4 Transmit Diversity Extension for Non-MIMO UES ...................................................................... 157
B.2 LTE ENHANCEMENTS ..................................................................................................................... 157
B.2.1 IMS Emergency over EPS ........................................................................................................ 157
B.2.2 Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) over EPS ............................................................... 159
B.2.3 Location Services over EPS ..................................................................................................... 164
B.2.4 Circuit-Switched (CS) Domain Services over EPS ................................................................... 168
B.2.5 MBMS for LTE .......................................................................................................................... 173
B.2.6 Self-Organizing Networks (SON) .............................................................................................. 180
B.2.7 Enhanced Downlink Beamforming (dual-layer) ........................................................................ 181
B.2.8 Vocoder Rate Adaptation for LTE ............................................................................................. 182
B.3 OTHER RELEASE 9 ENHANCEMENTS .......................................................................................... 184
B.3.1 Architecture Aspects for Home NodeB/eNodeB ....................................................................... 184
B.3.2 IMS Servic IMS .......................................................................................... 188
B.3.4 UICC (Smart Card): Enabling M2M, Femtocells and NFC ....................................................... 189
APPENDIX C: 3GPP MOBILE BROADBAND GLOBAL DEPLOYMENT STATUS - HSPA/HSPA+/LTE190
APPENDIX D: ACRONYM LIST .............................................................................................................. 221
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 233
http://www.4gamericas.org/documents/4G Mobile Broadband Evolution-Rel 10 Rel 11 and Beyond October 2012.pdf
CONTENTS
PREFACE............................................................................ 5
1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 9
2 PROGRESS FROM RELEASE 99 TO RELEASE 10 AND BEYOND: UMTS/EVOLVED HSPA (HSPA+) AND LTE/EPC/LTE-ADVANCED ................................................................ 11
3 THE GROWING DEMANDS FOR WIRELESS DATA APPLICATIONS................................................ 28
3.1 WIRELESS INDUSTRY FORECASTS ........................................................................................ 30
3.2 WIRELESS DATA REVENUE ................................... 32
3.3 MOBILE BROADBAND DEVICES ........................................... 34
3.4 MOBILE BROADBAND APPLICATIONS ............................................................... 36
3.5 SMALL CELL GROWTH ................................................................................................................ 39
3.6 SPECTRUM INITIATIVES .................................................................................................................... 42
3.7 SUMMARY ....................................................... 44
4 STATUS AND HIGHLIGHTS OF RELEASE 8 AND RELEASE 9: EVOLVED HSPA (HSPA+) AND LTE/EPC .......................................................45
4.1 VoLTE ......................................... 47
5 STATUS OF RELEASE 10: HSPA+ ENHANCEMENTS AND LTE-ADVANCED ................................. 50
5.1 LTE-ADVANCED FEATURES AND TECHNOLOGIES ...................................................................... 50
5.1.1 Support of Wider Bandwidth ................... 50
5.1.2 Uplink Transmission Enhancements ............... 53
5.1.3 Downlink Transmission Enhancements ............. 55
5.1.4 Relaying ...................................................................................................................................... 57
5.1.5 Heterogeneous Network Support (eICIC) ................................................................................... 61
5.1.6 MBMS Enhancements ....................................... 63
5.1.7 Son Enhancements....................................... 63
5.1.8 Vocoder Rate Adaptation ....................................................... 65
5.2 HSPA+ ENHANCEMENTS FOR RELEASE 10 .......................... 66
5.2.1 Four carrier HSDPA Operation ................................................................................................... 66
5.2.2 Summary of 3GPP Supported Band Combinations for Multicarrier HSDPA .............................. 68
5.3 NETWORK AND SERVICES RELATED ENHANCEMENTS .............................................................. 70
5.3.1 Home NodeB/eNodeB Enhancements ....................................................................................... 70
5.3.2 LIPA/SIPTO ................................................................................................................................ 70
5.3.3 Fixed Mobile Convergence Enhancements ............................. 74
5.3.4 Machine-to-Machine Communications ................................................................... 76
5.3.5 Single Radio Voice Call Continuity ............................................... 78
........................ 80
5.3.7 Interworking with Wi-Fi ................................................................................ 81
5.3.8 UICC ..................................................................................... 82
5.3.9 IP-Short-Message-Gateway Enhancements for CPM-SMS Interworking .................................. 84
5.3.10 Lawful Interception LI10 in Release 10 ...................................................................................... 85
5.4 RELEASE-INDEPENDENT FEATURES ......................................................
5.4.1 Band Combinations for LTE-CA ................................................................ 85
6 RELEASE 11 – HSPA+ AND LTE-ADVANCED ENHANCEMENTS .................................................... 87
6.1 STATUS OF TIMELINE FOR RELEASE 11 ........................................................................................ 87
6.2 LTE-ADVANCED ENHANCEMENTS .................................................................................................. 87
6.2.1 Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission and Reception ............................................................... 87
6.2.2 Carrier Aggregation..................................................................................................................... 92
6.2.3 Further Heterogeneous Networks Enhancements (feICIC) ........................................................ 93
6.2.4 Uplink Enhancements ................................................................................................................. 93
6.2.5 Downlink Enhancements ............................................................................................................ 93
6.2.6 Relaying Enhancements ............................................................................................................. 94
6.2.7 MBMS Service Continuity and Location Information .................................................................. 94
6.2.8 Further SON Enhancements ...................................................................................................... 94
6.2.9 Signalling and Procedure for Interference Avoidance for In-device Coexistence ...................... 99
6.3 HSPA+ ENHANCEMENTS ................................................................................................................. 100
6.3.1 Downlink Enhancements .......................................................................................................... 100
6.3.2 Uplink Enhancements ............................................................................................................... 102
6.3.3 Cell_Fach Improvements .......................................................................................................... 103
6.4 NETWORK AND SERVICES RELATED ENHANCEMENTS ........................................................... 104
6.4.1 Machine-Type Communication (MTC) ...................................................................................... 104
6.4.2 Network Provided Location Information for IMS (NetLoc) ........................................................ 110
6.4.3 SRVCC Enhancements ............................................................................................................ 111
6.4.4 SIPTO Service Continuity of IP Data Session (SIPTO_SC) ..................................................... 114
6.4.5 Policy Control Framework Enhancement: Application Detection control and QoS Control Based on Subscriber Spending Limits (QoS_SSL) ............................................................................. 115
6.4.6 Non-Voice Emergency Services (NOVES) ............................................................................... 117
6.4.7 Fixed Mobile Convergence ....................................................................................................... 118
6.4.8 Interworking with WI-Fi Enhancements .................................................................................... 119
6.4.9 UICC (Smart Card) Enhancements .......................................................................................... 119
6.4.10 Lawful Intercept Enhancements ............................................................................................... 120
6.4.11 Further HomeNB/eNodeB Enhancements ............................................................................... 120
6.4.12 IMS Service Continuity and IMS Centralized Services Enhancements .................................... 120
6.5 RELEASE INDEPENDENT FEATURES ........................................................................................... 120
6.5.1 New Frequency Bands ................................................................................................................ 121
6.5.2 New CA and DC Combinations ................................................................................................... 121
7 PLANS FOR RELEASE 12 ................................................................................................................. 123
7.1 TARGET TIMELINE FOR RELEASE 12 ............................................................................................ 123
7.2 HIGHLIGHTS OF RELEASE 12 PLANNING WORKSHOPS ............................................................ 124
7.2.1 LTE Small Cell/Heterogeneous Networks Enhancements .......................................................... 124
7.2.2 LTE Multi-Antenna/Site Enhancements....................................................................................... 129
7.2.3 New LTE Procedures to Support Diverse Traffic Types.............................................................. 130
7.2.4 Other Areas of Interest ................................................................................................................ 131
7.3 RELEASE INDEPENDENT FEATURES ........................................................................................... 139
7.3.1 New Frequency Bands ................................................................................................................ 139
7.3.2 New CA and DC Combinations ................................................................................................... 139
8 CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................... 140
APPENDIX A: DETAILED MEMBER PROGRESS AND PLANS ON RELEASE 99 THROUGH RELEASE 10: UMTS-HSPA+ AND LTE/LTE-ADVANCED .................................................................... 141
APPENDIX B: UPDATE OF RELEASE 9 STATUS: EVOLVED HSPA (HSPA+) AND LTE/EPC ENHANCEMENTS .................................................................................................................................... 155
B.1 HSPA+ ENHANCEMENTS ................................................................................................................ 155
B.1.1 Non-contiguous Dual-Cell HSDPA (DC-HSDPA) ....................................................................... 155
B.1.2 MIMO + DC-HSDPA .................................................................................................................... 156
B.1.3 Contiguous Dual-Cell HSUPA (DC-HSUPA) .............................................................................. 156
B.1.4 Transmit Diversity Extension for Non-MIMO UES ...................................................................... 157
B.2 LTE ENHANCEMENTS ..................................................................................................................... 157
B.2.1 IMS Emergency over EPS ........................................................................................................ 157
B.2.2 Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) over EPS ............................................................... 159
B.2.3 Location Services over EPS ..................................................................................................... 164
B.2.4 Circuit-Switched (CS) Domain Services over EPS ................................................................... 168
B.2.5 MBMS for LTE .......................................................................................................................... 173
B.2.6 Self-Organizing Networks (SON) .............................................................................................. 180
B.2.7 Enhanced Downlink Beamforming (dual-layer) ........................................................................ 181
B.2.8 Vocoder Rate Adaptation for LTE ............................................................................................. 182
B.3 OTHER RELEASE 9 ENHANCEMENTS .......................................................................................... 184
B.3.1 Architecture Aspects for Home NodeB/eNodeB ....................................................................... 184
B.3.2 IMS Servic IMS .......................................................................................... 188
B.3.4 UICC (Smart Card): Enabling M2M, Femtocells and NFC ....................................................... 189
APPENDIX C: 3GPP MOBILE BROADBAND GLOBAL DEPLOYMENT STATUS - HSPA/HSPA+/LTE190
APPENDIX D: ACRONYM LIST .............................................................................................................. 221
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 233
http://www.4gamericas.org/documents/4G Mobile Broadband Evolution-Rel 10 Rel 11 and Beyond October 2012.pdf