LTE Advanced ENB Small Cell System Design Challenges, Network Topologies and Applications for Rural Communications, Venkat Rayapati, SAI Technology, USA

This presentation provides an in-depth view on the technologies and network topologies for rural communications. LTE-Advanced Small Cell System design and development details are analyzed. LTE System design challenges, research areas related to LTE advanced critical applications addressed. LTE Advanced technologies covers channel aggregation, advanced MIMO antenna techniques, Voice Over LTE (VoLTE), Positioning and tracking, CoMP and HetNets etc., design challenges specific to LTE eNB small cells are presented. The core technologies for LTE-Advanced have been analyzed, together with possible improvements from system design perspective, and technical gaps in the 3GPP LTE standards have been provided. LTE Advanced Network System applications for rural communications are presented.