LTE to 5G: Cellular and Broadband Innovation , a comprehensive 5G Americas technology white paper authored by Rysavy Research outlining industry advances in LTE and 5G. The paper provides detailed descriptions and analysis of the transformational nature of LTE and 5G networks. Although in early stages of standards development and completion at the current time, 5G could be deployed in the “non-standalone” version as early as 2019. For the 530 global commercial LTE networks (GlobalComms, TeleGeography), there are many opportunities for operators to continue to invest in many technological innovations such as Voice-over-LTE, higher-order Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO), Carrier Aggregation, Licensed Assisted Access/LWA/LWIP, Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities in Narrowband-IoT and Category M-1, Vehicle to Everything (V2X) Communications, Small Cell Support, Self-Organizing Networks, Dual Connectivity – all capabilities that will improve performance, efficiency and capacity, while also enabling support for new vertical industries.
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