Martha Zemede, Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA

Achieving the ITU's IMT-Advanced 4G target peak data rates of 1 Gbps in the downlink and 500 Mbps in the uplink requires bandwidths that are wider than the maximum 20 MHz bandwidth specified in 3GPP Release 8/9 LTE. To achieve those targets, 3GPP Release 10 LTE-Advanced supports carrier aggregation,...