ABRIVATIONS

Long Term Evolution (LTE)

3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA)
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE)
High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
radio access network (RAN)
radio network controller (RNC),
base transceiver station (BTS)
user equipment (UE)
High Speed Uplink Data Access (HSUPA)
hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)
4G (fourth generation)
Worldwide Interoperability of Microwave Access. (WiMAX)
Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN)
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)
Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
code division multiple access (CDMA)
Orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA)
Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA),
time division multiple access (TDMA)
peak to average (PAR)
multiple input, single output (MISO)
single input, multiple output (SIMO)
System Architecture Evolution (SAE)
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
Automatic Vehicle Location(AVL)
Frequency Division Duplex (FDD)
Time Division Duplex (TDD)
International Mobiles Telecommunication(IMT)
personal computing and communication (PCC)

LIST OF FIGURES
Fig 2.1: HSDPA architecture

Fig 2.2: HSUPA architecture

Fig 2.3: Working of WiMAX

Fig 4.1: OFDM scheme

Fig 4.2: MIMO Smart Antenna Technology

Fig 5.1: Difference in Architecture

LIST OF TABLES
Table 5.1: Comparison between UMTS and LTE
Table 5.2: Differences in service