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LTE Advance / 4G+

Recently, I have started to experience LTE-A network by JIO/RJIL in India. I was not expecting this to be launch by Jio since it has still some network congestion or bottle necking issues at some areas. But soon all the major carriers like Idea-Vod, Bharti Airtel will be capable of providing technologies like VoLTE, LTE-A throughout the country. Very few people know that the LTE format was first proposed by NTT DoCoMo of Japan and has been adopted as the international standard. In LTE-Advanced focus is on higher capacity:The driving force to further develop LTE towards LTE–Advanced - LTE Release10 was to provide higher bitrates in a cost efficient way and, at the same time, completely fulfil the requirements set by ITU for IMT Advanced, also referred to as 4G. Increased peak data rate, DL 3 Gbps, UL 1.5 Gbps Higher spectral efficiency, from a maximum of 16bps/Hz in R8 to 30 bps/Hz in R10 Increased number of simultaneously active subscribers Improved performance at