The technical challenges of the future generations of telecommunication technologies (LTE/4G)

LTE applies state of the art radio, coding and protocol technologies to achieve high spectrum efficiency and communications solutions optimized for internet traffic. Multiple MIMO options, fast physical layer re-transmission solutions, faster processing requirements for low latency, and significantly higher bit rates set new challenges for hardware design. Silicon designs are pushed to develop new processing intensive solutions enabling flexibility for future feature upgrades. Advanced digital design solutions are required to meet challenges in terms of power consumption and complexity, opening an era of new innovations. We believe that the adoption will be rapid due to the flexible spectrum utilization as well as being an optimal solution for wireless broadband. LTE together with advanced silicon processes will enable a new ecosystem of wireless connectivity and applications.