Some considerations about the development of LTE- ADVANCED systems

Abstract

Today the vertiginous development of mobile communications, promoted by the growing traffic demand, fosters networks performance with better throughputs and less latency, like the case of LTE-A networks - Long Term Evolution Advanced-, already deployed and the future 5G networks.

In this research, the author made a study of the system LTE-A architecture and technologies, which have allowed the appreciation of its powers. With this purpose, a series of simulations were carried out at a system level where the author studied the performance of an LTE-A network in different scenarios. By doing this, it has been possible to identify a series of strengths related to this kind of systems, as well as some predictable trends in the future 5G systems.