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LTE, The UMTS Long Term Evolution: From Theory to Practice |  | Creators: Stefania Sesia, Issam Toufik, Matthew Baker
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 79431
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 648
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Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.9 x 1.6
ISBN: 0470697164
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.38456
EAN: 9780470697160
ASIN: 0470697164
Publication Date: April 13, 2009
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"Where this book is exceptional is that the reader will not just learn how LTE works but why it works."
—Adrian Scrase, ETSI Vice-President, International Partnership Projects LTE - The UMTS Long Term Evolution: From Theory to Practice provides the reader with a comprehensive system-level understanding of LTE, built on explanations of the theories which underlie it. The book is the product of a collaborative effort of key experts representing a wide range of companies actively participating in the development of LTE, as well as academia. This gives the book a broad, balanced and reliable perspective on this important technology. Lucid yet thorough, the book devotes particular effort to explaining the theoretical concepts in an accessible way, while retaining scientific rigour. It highlights practical implications and draws comparisons with the well-known WCDMA/HSPA standards. The authors not only pay special attention to the physical layer, giving insight into the fundamental concepts of OFDMA, SC-FDMA and MIMO, but also cover the higher protocol layers and system architecture to enable the reader to gain an overall understanding of the system. Key Features: - Draws on the breadth of experience of a wide range of key experts from both industry and academia, giving the book a balanced and broad perspective on LTE
- Provides a detailed description and analysis of the complete LTE system, especially the ground-breaking new physical layer
- Offers a solid treatment of the underlying advances in fundamental communications and information theory on which LTE is based
- Addresses practical issues and implementation challenges related to the deployment of LTE as a cellular system
- Includes an accompanying website containing a complete list of acronyms related to LTE, with a brief description of each (http://www.wiley.com/go/sesia_theumts)
This book is an invaluable reference for all research and development engineers involved in LTE implementation, as well as graduate and PhD students in wireless communications. Network operators, service providers and R&D managers will also find this book insightful.
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Comprehensive and unique April 23, 2009
MT (England)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
As a newcomer to standardisation work, this book has proven invaluable and my only regret is that it wasn't available when I first started work on LTE about a year ago. The book has saved me hours of tedious scouring of standards text. In this respect it is valuable both for people who are in telcos management and need an overview of LTE, as well as standards engineers who are well acquainted with the topic as it will prepare them for a more in-depth look into LTE.
Some highlights include:
1. A great introductory overview of the evolution to 4G, impartial and technically sound.
2. An in-depth analysis of the physical layer of LTE. The details include state-of-the-art simulation results and highlight the technical achievements that make the promised transfer rates and quality of service possible. The results are preceded by background theory. I found the parts on OFDM and MIMO as key enablers particularly succinct and useful. Some abstract terms, such as the notion of control channels and antenna ports, are explained in a lucid and easy-to-follow way, showing you not just what LTE mandates, but also why it is designed the way it is and what the engineering drivers behind it are.
3. An overview of higher layers, more than enough to understand how the layered paradigm is implemented in LTE.
4. The consistency of the book throughout. In my opinion you rarely see books with so many contributing authors that flow as well as this one does. Clearly, a lot of effort went into maintaining a unified style and approach, and it was well worth it.
The editors-authors are active contributors to 3GPP standardisation, and so are most of the contributing authors (with some input from academia), representing many different companies. The book therefore has a unique quality of being impartial while coming straight from the source. While only a couple of pages long, the final chapter examines the future evolution of LTE: LTE-Advanced. Thoroughly recommended.
review September 29, 2009
Federico Boccardi (UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this book together with other books on the main topic. In my opinion the unique characteristic of this book is the level of detail. For example, the chapter about channel estimation in LTE is the most complete I have found up to now, and it saved me quite a lot of work in digging into the 3GPP documents. Another special characteristic is the way the editors/authors managed to put together theory and applications. An example is the chapter about Multiple Antenna Techniques, written together by experts coming from the Academia and the standardization world. Here, the fundamentals are firstly described for the single-user and multi-user case. Then, building on that theoretical background, the multiple antenna schemes used in LTE are described. So, the reader can understand the reason for the choices taken in the standard bodies. I really suggest this book for anyone wishing to understand LTE beyond an introductory level.
LTE, The UMTS Long Term Evolution: From Theory to Practice November 6, 2009
Nidal Khrais
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a comprehensive book that covers all essential issues of LTE that are necessary in order to master this fascinating field. Key technologies are presented such as OFDM/OFDMA, SC-FDMA, Radio resource management, MIMO, ......The structure of the book is coherent in the sequence as well as the type of topics it covers: in part 1, the book covers LTE network architecture and protocols for both the control plane as well as the user plan; Part II, III cover the physical layer aspects of the Uplink and the down link in details; part IV talks about the practical deployment aspects. I strongly recommend the book for graduate students and for professionals who are working in this field. The book is an excellent reference to have at your desk for LTE standards and related issues.
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