LTE Features List

Release 7: (2005-07)
=> Feasibility Study

Release 8(LTE): (2006-09)

=> LTE/SAE (System Architecture Evolution)
=> Configurable Bandwidth between 1.4 Mhz to 20 Mhz
=> DL/UL Packet Data Rate >= 100/50 Mbps
=> UE Category (1,2,3,4,5)
=> Max number of downlink Antenna 4 with Cat 5
=> UL-64QAM supported with Cat5
=> TDD DL-UL Config (0,1,2,3,4,5,6)
=> Special Subframe config((0-8: Normal CP, 0-6: Extended CP)
=> Transmission mode (1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
=> Tx Diversity, MIMO, Beam Forming, MBMS
=> MCS(0-31, where MCS 29,30 and 31 are reserved)
=> Modulation scheme(QPSK, 16QAM and 64QAM)
=> Access Scheme (DL: OFDMA, UL-SC-FDMA)
=> Peak Data Rate(DL-64QAM-2X2MIMO: 150Mbps, 4x4 MIMO: 300 Mbps, UL-
16QAM: 50Mbps, UL-64QAM: 75Mbps)
=> Support for Voip/VoLte
=> Modulation(PDSCH/PMCH: QPSK/16QAM/64QAM, PBCH/PCFICH/ PDCCH:
QPSK,PHICH: BPSK)
=> PDCCH DCI Format(0,1,1A,1B,1C,1D,2,2A,3,3A)
=> PDCCH Format->Number of CCEs(0->1,1->2,2->4,3->8)
=> PUCCH Format->Modulation Scheme->bits per SF (1->NA->NA, 1a->BPSK- >1, 1b-
>QPSK->2, 2->QPSK->20, 2a->QPSK+BPSK->21, 2b->QPSK+QPSK >22)
=> 64 PRACH Preamble Sequence for each Cell
=> ICIC(Inter Cell Interference Coordination)
=> SNOW 3G Confidentiality and Integrity Algorithms UEA2 & UIA2

Release 9(LTE): (2009-11)

=> LTE MBMS enhancement (eMBMS)
=> SON(Self organising Network)
=> Further Improvements for VoIP support in LTE
=> Multi Carrier/Multi-RAT base station
=> Enhanced Mobility support
=> Enhanced Position support
=> Dual Layer beamforming
=> Enhanced DL Transmission
=> Home-(e)NB
=> PWS- Public Warning System
=> New FDD band 18,19,20,21

Release 10(LTE-A): (2010-13)

=> Carrier Aggregation (CA)
=> DL MIMO (8x8)
=> Relaying
=> eICIC
=> UL MIMO (4x4)
=> Enhanced SC-FDMA
=> SON enhancement
=> New UE Category 6,7,8
=> Supoort for UL-64QAM with Cat5 and 8
=> PUCCH format 3
=> Machine-Type Communication (MTC)
=> PUCCH Format->Modulation Scheme->No.of bits per subframe (3->QPSK- >48)
=> New FDD band 22,23,24,25
=> New TDD band 41,42,43

Release 11(LTE-A): (2012-14)

=> New UE Category 9,10,11,12
=> Service continuity improvements for eMBMS
=> CA enhancement
=> Nw-Based Positioning (UTDOA)
=> RAN Enhancement for Diverse Data application
=> In-device co-existence
=> RAN overload control for MTC
=> Enhanced DL Control Channel (E-PDCCH)
=> Further enhanced ICIC(feICIC)
=> Coordinated Multi Point Operation-CoMP(DL/UL)
=> Network Energy Saving
=> MDT (Minimization of Drive Test)
=> New FDD band 26,27,28,29
=> New TDD band 44
=> ZUC Confidentiality and Integrity Algorithms EEA3 & EIA3

Release 12(LTE-A): (2013-15)

=> New UE Category 13,14,15
=> Small Cell Enhancements-Support for 256QAM with Cat11,12,13,,14,15
=> Supoort for UL-64QAM with Cat5,8 and 150
=> Small Cell Enhancements-Dual Connectivity
=> A New Carrier Type (NCT)
=> 3D MIMO Beamforming
=> LTE-Wifi Integration at radio level(WLAN/3GPP Interworking)
=> Public Safety inc. device to device communication (D2D)
=> LTE FDD/TDD joint Operation (FDD-TDD CA)
=> Active Antenna Array Systems(FD-MIMO)
=> Network Assisted Interference Cancellation and Suppression (NAICS)
=> New FDD frequency bands and carrier aggression(Band 30,31,32)
-> where Band-32 is SSD(Second Supplement Downlink only) carrier
aggression band like Band-29
=> Inter-eNB CoMP (eCoMP)
=> TDD: Enhanced Interference Mitigation & Traffic Adaption(eIMTA)
=> BeiDou Navigation Satellite System