Contents
Executive Summary
Terminology
1. Industry trends on TDD/FDD LTE convergence
1.1. Industry trends

2. Global Status of TDD/FDD Network Convergence
2.1. TDD/FDD Network Operators
2.2. Motivations for building a TDD/FDD network

3. Scenarios and Solutions of TDD/FDD Convergence
3.1. Scenarios of TDD/FDD Convergence
3.2. Solutions on TDD/FDD Networking
3.2.1. Development stages of TDD/FDD LTE networking
3.2.2. Coverage Requirements: End to End Solution of Mobility
3.2.2.1. Mobility of idle mode
3.2.2.2. Mobility of connected mode
3.2.2.3. Inter-vendor interworking
3.2.3. Radio Resource Utilization Efficiency Requirements: End to End Solution of Load Balancing
3.2.3.1. Load balancing
3.2.3.2. Inter-vendor load balancing
3.2.3.3. Service based radio resource management
3.2.4. Data Rates Enhancement Requirements: End to End Solution of TDD/FDD LTE Joint Transmission
3.2.4.1. TDD/FDD Carrier Aggregation
3.2.4.2. Dual Connectivity
3.2.5. Operator experience and recommendations
3.3. VoLTE in a Converged TDD/FDD network
3.3.1. VoLTE Coverage Comparison between TDD and FDD
3.3.2. VoLTE Mobility Management in a TDD/FDD Converged Network
3.4. Requirements on TDD/FDD Products
3.4.1. Convergence of network products
3.4.2. Convergence of terminals

4. Roadmap of Convergence Networking and Industry Status
4.1. GTI Operator Survey
4.2. Industry Status

5. Case Study
5.1. China Mobile Hong Kong
5.2. Optus (Australia)
5.3. Packet One Network (Malaysia)
5.4. Hi3G (Hutchison 3 Sweden)
5.5. STC (Saudi Arabia)

6. GTI Observations and Conclusions

7. References

GTI TDD/FDD LTE Convergence White Paper_v1.1