RECENT ADVANCES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS
Many exciting impacts on our daily life are shortly anticipated due to recent advances
in wireless communication networks that enable real-time multimedia services to be
provided via mobile broadband Internet on a wide variety of terminal devices. The
trend is mainly driven by the evolution of wireless networks and advanced wireless
information and communication technology (ICT). The progression to fourthgeneration
(4G) or IMT-advanced systems is expected to significantly change usage
habits and introduce new services, such as the services supported by higher spectralefficiency
communication technology and self-configurable, high-feasibility networks.
The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long-Term Evolution (LTE)
continues to be enhanced as this book is being written....
