Glossary Definition for: LTE-Advanced

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The LTE platform was designed to evolve to support faster and more advanced networks. The next major step in the evolution of LTE is being called LTE-A or LTE-Advanced, and the next step beyond moving closer to 5G has recently been dubbed LTE-Advanced Pro.

One of the primary advances coming into LTE-A is support for channel bandwidths up to 100MHz, 5x the current 20MHz maximum. To achieve this, LTE-A will support combining multiple separate physical channels into a single larger virtual channel.


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The design goal for LTE-A is to enable cellular networks to support speeds up to 100Mbps for mobile users, and up to 1Gbps for stationary users.


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Just a few years ago, these speeds would have been considered fantastical. Soon they will be available in pockets everywhere.

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Cherie has been a full-time technomad since 2007 joining up with her partner-in-crime Chris, and is currently splitting time exploring North America by boat and RV. Growing up in a high tech household, she was using the internet since before it was called the internet. She absolutely needed reliable connectivity to take her software development business on the road in 2007 to work remotely. After answering so many questions about mobile internet on their Technomadia blog (view their personal Mobile Internet Setup) we set out to create the Mobile Internet Resource Center to help the nomadic community stay connected.