Editing 4G (section)

==== LTE Advanced ====
{{Main|LTE Advanced}}
[[LTE Advanced]] (Long Term Evolution Advanced) is a candidate for [[IMT-Advanced]] standard, formally submitted by the [[3GPP]] organization to ITU-T in the fall 2009, and as of 2013 has been released to the public.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Akyildiz |first1=Ian F. |last2=Gutierrez-Estevez |first2=David M. |last3=Reyes |first3=Elias Chavarria |date=2010-12-01 |title=The evolution to 4G cellular systems: LTE-Advanced |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1874490710000303 |journal=Physical Communication |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=217–244 |doi=10.1016/j.phycom.2010.08.001 |issn=1874-4907|url-access=subscription }}</ref>{{Update inline|date=November 2019}}The target of 3GPP LTE Advanced is to reach and surpass the ITU requirements.<ref>{{cite conference |url=http://www.ericsson.com/res/thecompany/docs/journal_conference_papers/wireless_access/VTC08F_jading.pdf |title=LTE Advanced – Evolving LTE towards IMT-Advanced |last1=Parkvall |first1=Stefan |last2=Dahlman |first2=Erik |first3=Anders |last3=Furuskär |first4=Ylva |last4=Jading |first5=Magnus |last5=Olsson |first6=Stefan |last6=Wänstedt |first7=Kambiz |last7=Zangi |conference=[[Vehicular Technology Conference]] Fall 2008 |date=21–24 September 2008 |location=Stockholm |website=Ericsson Research |access-date=November 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307095616/http://www.ericsson.com/res/thecompany/docs/journal_conference_papers/wireless_access/VTC08F_jading.pdf |archive-date=March 7, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> LTE Advanced is essentially an enhancement to LTE. It is not a new technology, but rather an improvement on the existing LTE network. This upgrade path makes it more cost effective for vendors to offer LTE and then upgrade to LTE Advanced which is similar to the upgrade from WCDMA to HSPA. LTE and LTE Advanced will also make use of additional spectrums and multiplexing to allow it to achieve higher data speeds. Coordinated Multi-point Transmission will also allow more system capacity to help handle the enhanced data speeds.
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|+ Data speeds of LTE-Advanced
! !! LTE Advanced
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| Peak download || 1000&nbsp;Mbit/s
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| Peak upload   || {{0}}500&nbsp;Mbit/s
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