LTE
Qualcomm leading the global success
Crossing over 100 Million LTE/3G multimode connections in May 2013, LTE’s rapid global growth continues unabated. LTE being a common standard covering both FDD and TDD flavors, enables the industry to build common FDD/TDD infrastructure, common devices, and a large common ecosystem. LTE and its evolution LTE Advanced play a critical role in addressing the 1000x increase in mobile data.
Qualcomm has been leading LTE proliferation from the very beginning— from the industry-first Gobi LTE/3G multimode, common FDD/TDD modems to the current Qualcomm Technologies' third-generation solutions that powered the world’s first LTE Advanced carrier-aggregation launch in June 2013.
Common global LTE Ecosystem
Common global LTE Ecosystem
Initially, the selection between LTE FDD and TDD is a matter of spectrum availability, but eventually most of the operators are expected to deploy both the modes.
Seamless LTE/3G interworking
Seamless LTE/3G interworking
Voice will gradually evolve to richer, packet-based VoLTE (voice over LTE). However, in the meanwhile, LTE devices will continue to rely on circuit-switched (CS) 3G/2G for voice (through CSFB).
Supporting true heterogeneous networks
Supporting true heterogeneous networks
Adding to the complexity is the anticipated hyper-dense deployment of small cells (pico, femto, metros and more) as well as new deployment models such as neighborhood small cells, which are crucial to solve the 1000x mobile data challenge.
The device is at the center of all of this complexity. Hence its ability to solve the complexity, while providing a seamless user experience is critical for the continued success of LTE.
Qualcomm solves LTE complexities
Qualcomm solves LTE complexities
Ever since the launch of the industry-first LTE/3G multimode, common FDD/TDD solutions, we have been leading the proliferation of LTE. In Feb 2013, we announced RF360 Front End, a comprehensive, system-level solution that addresses spectrum band fragmentation and enables a single, global 4G LTE design for mobile devices.
In June 2013, the Snapdragon 800 chipsets with the third-generation Gobi LTE modem powered the world’s first LTE Advanced carrier aggregation launch.
Leading the evolution to LTE Advanced
Leading the evolution to LTE Advanced
LTE Advanced is the next step in the evolution of LTE that incorporates multiple dimensions of enhancements. Carrier aggregation, the first of these features, was launched in June 2013. That will be followed by advanced antenna techniques and soon after that HetNet enhancements, which bring more out of small cells and enable hyper-dense small cell networks. These are key to address the 1000x mobile data challenge.
Supported by its vast and ever growing ecosystem, LTE technology is poised to extend its dominance into many new horizons beyond mobile broadband, be it new industries, new applications/services, or new, unexplored spectrum bands. LTE technology is versatile and robust enough to morph itself to suit the needs of these areas, while still maintaining its basic tenets of high efficiency and excellent user experience.
The 1000x Data Challenge
