A new White paper from 4G Americas focuses on 4G Mobile Broadband Evolution, providing an excellent study of the progress that 3GPP is making on Release 10 and looking forward to Release 11 of the standard.

There is also detailed information on the status of the ITU IMT-Advanced work and how 3GPP Release 10 brings LTE up to that bench mark. In this free White paper, 4G Americas also study the impact and enhancements to the HSPA specifications and future prospects.

The press announcement from 4G Americas gives more detail on the content of the paper:

4G Mobile Broadband Evolution: 3GPP Release 10 and Beyond - HSPA+ SAE/LTE and LTE-Advanced provides detailed discussions of Release 10, including the significant new technology enhancements to LTE/EPC (called LTE-Advanced) that were determined in October 2010 to have successfully met all of the criteria established by the International Telecommunication Union Radiotelecommunication Sector (ITU-R) for the first release of IMT-Advanced.

IMT-Advanced, which includes LTE-Advanced, provides a global platform on which to build next generations of interactive mobile services that will provide faster data access, enhanced roaming capabilities, unified messaging and broadband multimedia.

The paper also provides detailed information on the introduction of LTE-Advanced and the planning for Release 11 and beyond. Release 10 is expected to be finalized in March 2011, while work on Release 11 will continue through the fourth quarter of 2012.

“This white paper provides a wide knowledge base for those who want to understand the scientific steps taken to lead to a worldwide business success for the wireless industry today,” said Jim Seymour, leader of the working group that created the white paper and Senior Director, Wireless CTO Organization, at Alcatel-Lucent. “The incredible growth of mobile technology has had a profound impact on our lives and the way we communicate. The standards work of the contributors to 3GPP is at the center of this remarkable technological development.”

The white paper was written collaboratively by members of 4G Americas and is available for free download from the 4G Americas web site.

About 4G Americas:

4G Americas is an industry trade organization composed of leading telecommunications service providers and manufacturers. The organization's mission is to promote, facilitate and advocate for the deployment and adoption of the 3GPP family of technologies throughout the Americas.

The organization aims to develop the expansive wireless ecosystem of networks, devices, and applications enabled by GSM and its evolution to LTE. 4G Americas is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., with an office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Dallas.

More information is available at www.4gamericas.org.

Contact:
Vicki Livingston
4G Americas
+1 262 242 3458
vicki.livingston@4gamericas.org