The LTE Business Case: Networks

The LTE Business Case: Networks published by Ovum, Ltd. in July, 2009. This report consists of 17 pages and the price starts from US $ 1495.

Introduction

Abstract

Almost all of the main CDMA and GSM/UMTS operators have announced their commitment to deploy LTE technology. However, even for 3GPP players, the introduction of LTE services is not as ' smooth and natural' as claimed.

Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• In a nutshell
• Ovum view
• Key messages
• About the LTE business case
• Overview of LTE/SAE architecture
• Background
• LTE vision
• The facts
• Key criteria that will impact operators' LTE/SAE business plans
• Various migration paths to LTE
• LTE: the future single mobile broadband technology
• LTE: a ‘natural' path for UMTS/HSPA operators?
• LTE is to UMTS what UMTS was to GSM
• What can be done by vendors to facilitate the introduction of LTE/SAE?
• The deployment of LTE-ready base stations
• Vendors are developing software upgrades for mobile core equipment
• Support for voice services in an LTE/SAE environment
• The role of HSPA+: a facilitator for LTE introduction or a competitor?
• Strategies for CDMA operators
• What can be done by vendors to facilitate the introduction of LTE/SAE for CDMA operators?
• LTE: progressive rollout will be the rule
• Starting with ‘hot zones' in urban areas before moving to wider deployment
• NTT DoCoMo in Japan
• Key parameters for practical LTE network rollout
• High-level spectrum-related parameters
• Network-infrastructure-related parameters

List of Tables

• Table 1: Table 1 Selected parameters that will affect the LTE business case (non exhaustive list)

List of Figures

• Figure 1: High-level view of LTE/SAE network architecture
• Figure 2: LTE/SAE to fix the distortion between the expected rise of mobile data traffic and the growth in revenues
• Figure 3: The different theoretical technological evolution paths
• Figure 4: LTE commitments from 3GPP & 3GPP2 operators

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