Evolution of the 4th Generation Mobile Communication Network: LTE-Advanced

Mobile communication network experiences dramatic advances and changes over the last two decades. With the growing demand, the development of the design and optimization of radio access technologies and a further evolution of the existing system, the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) had laid down the foundation of the future Long Term Evolution (LTE) advanced standards as the 3GPP candidates for 4G. This research work provides a high-level technical overview of LTE Release-10, also known as LTE-Advanced. This article covers a quick overview of LTE-Advanced technology and its predecessor technologies. It also describes all the technological enhancements introduced to LTE-Advanced. Thus, this paper can steer all those learners and researchers who desire to have a foundation for further research and study in the field of next generation mobile communication system