In this paper, we discuss the applications of physicallayer security in LTE cellular networks. In particular, we consider three application areas of physical-layer security: authentication, key generation, and confidentiality. We present a few physicallayer security extensions targeting aforementioned application areas and demonstrate how they can be implemented in LTE systems. We also present ...

Enhanced Mobile Broadband, Massive Machine Type Communication, Ultra-reliable and low latency communication have been identified as the requirements to be supported by the 5th Generation of Mobile Communication, short 5G. 5G is extensively discussed in the wireless industry. A lot of research and pre-development is being conducted worldwide, including an analysis of the waveforms and access pri...

LTE is known as long term evolution, and it is fourth generation (4G) wireless network for mobile communication networks. LTE provides higher data rate, lower latency, and a simplified architecture. LTE system uses OFDMA-based multicarrier modulation, MIMO techniques, and other advanced features to greatly improve wireless services. WIFI stands for Wireless Fidelity, and refers to any type of W...

This paper investigates the effect of SINR in LTE downlink transmission. 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the evolution of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) which will make possible to deliver next generation high quality multimedia services according to the users’ expectations. The results of this simulation can be used to evaluate the OFDM-MIMO LTE performance in differen...

This paper addresses the performance targets and the technology components being studied by 3GPP for LTE-Advanced. The high level targets of LTE-Advanced are to meet or exceed the IMT-Advanced requirements set by ITU-R. A short history of the LTE standard is offered, along with a discussion of its standards and performance. The technology components considered for LTE-Advanced include extended ...

Recently, several researchers have proposed adopting software-defined networking (SDN) concepts for mobile network architectures, particularly for LTE-evolved packet core (LTE/EPC). Although several new designs have been introduced for architectures based on SDN or its concrete realization, Openflow, few studies have presented in-depth discussions of real procedures that are relevant to such ar...

Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a 4G wireless broadband technology developed by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) release 8, and it's represent the competitiveness of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) for the next 10 years and beyond. The concepts for LTE systems have been introduced in 3GPP release 8, with objective of high-data-rate, low-latency and packet-optimized...

Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the initial version of fourth-generation (4G) networks which provides ubiquitous broadband access. LTE supports multimedia Quality of Service (QoS) traffic with high data transfer speed, fast communication connectivity, and high security. Multimedia traffic over LTE networks is one of the highest percentages of mobile traffic and it has been growing rapidly in recen...

Two wireless technologies, WiMAX based on IEEE standards and LTE standardized by 3GPP, are two competing technologies, nevertheless, are very technically similar. This competition started with the advent of their pre-4G versions (802.16e for Mobile WiMAX and 3GPP release 8 for LTE) and continued with the advent of their 4G versions (WiMAX 2.0 based on IEEE 802.16 m and LTE-Advanced standardized...

Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a significant project of 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), initially proposed on the Toronto conference of 3GPP in 2004 and officially started as LTE work item in 2006. LTE, as a transition from the 3rd generation (3G) to the 4th generation (4G), has achieved great capacity and high speed of mobile telephone networks without doubt. It defines a new packet-o...