Overview:

Migrating cellular networks to fourth generation (4G) via the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard and other supporting technologies is a monumental effort. Beyond the obvious radio planning and engineering is a huge effort in the areas of application planning, business operations planning, and technical planning. Developing effective strategies for success with LTE is key to the successful commercialization of 4G for all mobile network operators.

This report provides LTE strategies and technology analysis from 2012 to 2017. The research provides recommendations for mobile network deployment through 2017. It also includes market analysis of the cellular market and mobile handsets to 2015, key service developments, device advancements and more.

Report Benefits:

* Identify important important business issues and challenges
* Understand the opportunities and threats for deploying LTE through 2017
* Identify LTE enabled applications and their inherent challenges and opportunities
* Develop key strategies for support of LTE applications, business and technical operations

Audience:

* LTE equipment providers
* OSS infrastructure providers
* Mobile network operators
* LTE application providers

Executive Summary. 6

Introduction. 7

History of NGN and LTE. 8

LTE Key Technologies. 8

LTE Architecture. 11

Service Architecture. 13

Layer 2 of LTE. 13

Downlink Logical14

Uplink Logical15

Mobility Across eNBs. 16

LTE Strategies. 18

LTE Strategies 2011-2012. 18

Strengths and Weakness of Broadband. 20

Current Market Segment. 21

Deploying EDGE/HSPA/HSPA+ Strategy. 23

3GPP Strategy Deployment. 25

2013-2015 Key Service Advances. 30

Devices Developments. 31

Network Interfaces. 32

Mobile Interfaces. 33

High-Performance Broadband Systems Strategies. 34

EDGE/HSPA/LTE features 2011-2014. 36

Adoption of Technologies to 2030. 38

Migration from the Current Networks to LTE Strategies. 38

LTE Based Applications. 40

CDMA2000 with LTE. 40

WiMAX with LTE. 42

Comparison between LTE Solutions. 45

Throughput Performance. 45

LTE Performance Analysis. 48

Latency. 48

VOIP over LTE. 52

Femtocell Technology. 53

Femtocell Features. 55

Femtocell Issues. 56

Deploying LTE Femtocell Strategies. 57

Femtocell Access Control Strategy. 59

LTE Femtocell Technical Issues. 60

Privacy of Femtocell62

LTE Femtocell Applications and Integrations. 66

Using RFID with Femtocells. 68

Using Wireless Sensors. 68

Conclusions. 69

LTE Applications. 70

Charging in LTE. 71

IP Multimedia System (IMS) Charging. 72

Multimedia Sessions. 72

Mobile IP. 74

The Migration from IPV4 to IPv6. 76

Augmented Reality in LTE. 80

Information visualization (IV). 80

Augmented interface. 83

Outdoor Augmented Reality. 84

Designing Augmented Reality Systems. 85

Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). 88

Frame Grabber. 90

Video Signals. 91

Augmented Reality Applications. 92

Augmented Reality in Surgery. 92

Surgery Applications. 94

Location Based Service with Augmented Reality. 99

Tracking User's Position. 104

QR Codes. 106

Mobile Systems in AR. 108

Collaborative Applications. 111

Augmented Reality Challenges. 113

AR Applications. 115

AR in Tourism.. 117

AR and Face Recognition. 118

Case Study: How to Use AR with in M-Commerce. 118

Web 2.0 and Social Software. 119

Location-based Service in AR. 119

Conclusion. 120

Mobile TV in LTE. 120

Mobile TV Ecosystem.. 121

The Operators Role. 123

Handset Manufacturers Role. 124

Software Vendors Role. 128

Charging in Mobile TV.. 128

Spectrum.. 130

Conclusion. 131

Charging in LTE. 132

3GPP policy and charging control (PCC). 137

Charging in the Primitive LTE Stages. 138

Business Operations Planning in LTE. 138

Business Plans to 2017 with SAE and EPC. 139

EPC Deployment. 139

LTE/SAE Deployment. 141

Benefits and Revenues from the New Deployments. 143

The Transaction from the Primitive LTE Stages to Full LTE functions to 2017. 144

What Operators Should do in Order to Deploy LTE. 144

Worldwide LTE Deployment. 146

LTE Deployment Plans by Company. 146

LTE Deployment Plans by Region. 148

The US Market. 148

The Mexican Market. 151

The Canadian Market. 151

The Puerto Rican Market. 152

The Colombian Market. 152

Chile Market. 152

The Brazilian Market. 152

The Current Markets Analysis. 153

Market Potential for Mobile Phone Devices in Asia. 153

The Market for Mobile Phone Devices in Asia: 2011 - 2016. 154

Asia-Pacific Mobile Telecommunications Market. 154

Overview.. 154

International Market, and the Asia-Pacific Market. 155

The Asia-Pacific Market Companies. 158

The Market Overview.. 164

Companies Strategies in the Asian-Pacific market. 166

Summary. 170

Market Potential for Mobile Phone Devices in Europe. 172

The Market for Mobile Phone Devices in Europe: 2011 - 2016. 173

The European Mobile Telecommunications Market. 173

Overview.. 173

Mobile License Distribution. 174

The European Market Analysis. 181

The Analysis of the Major Operators in Europe (T-Mobile, Orange and Vodafone). 187

Conclusion. 191

Market Potential for Mobile Phone Devices in Latin America. 192

The Market for Mobile Phone Devices in Latin America: 2011 - 2016. 193

The Latin American Mobile Market. 193

Introduction. 193

The Market in the Past. 194

The Market in 2004. 195

The Market in 2005. 198

The Market in 2006. 199

The Market in 2007 to 2010. 201

Conclusions