Table 1 Requirements of the IMT-Advanced and LTE-Advanced

Peak data rate

DL 1 Gbps, UL 1 Gbps

DL 1 Gbps, UL 0.5 Gbps

Peak spectral efficiency

DL 15 bps/Hz, UL 6.75 bps/Hz

DL 30 bps/Hz, UL 15 bps/Hz

Bandwidth

Scalable bandwidth, minimum

40 MHz

Scalable bandwidth, 1.4/3/5/10/15/20 MHz per band, up to total 100 MHz

Latency

   User plane

Maximum 10 ms

Maximum 10 ms

   Control plane

Maximum 100 ms

Maximum 50 ms

Handover interrupt time

   Intra-frequency

27.5 ms

Better than LTE release 8

   Inter-frequency

40 ms (within a band)

60 ms (between bands)

VoIP capacity

   Indoor

50 users/sector/MHz

Better than LTE release 8

   Microcell

40 users/sector/MHz

   Base coverage urban

40 users/sector/MHz

   High speed

30 users/sector/MHz