Mobile VoIP user experience in LTE

3GPP Long-term Evolution (LTE) systems being deployed are fast gaining market shares. High data rates (approaching 100 Mbit/s in the downlink direction and 50 Mbit/s for uplink connections) and small delays are attractive features of LTE. Spectrum flexibility also makes deployment easy on various frequency bands in different parts of the world. However, as LTE offers packet switched services only, mobile broadband connectivity has become the dominant LTE application so far. This paper studies user-perceived quality of service for a mobile Voice over IP (VoIP) application in LTE. Results were achieved using the OPNET Modeler simulation environment.