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 network
  3.2.1 Development stages of TDD/FDD LTE networking
  3.2.2 Converge 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 Date 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 Coexistence issues with B7+B38 aggregation (2600 MHz TDD+FDD)
   3.2.4.3 Dual Connectivity
  3.2.5 Operator experience and recommendations
 3.3 VoLTE in a Converged TDD/FDD network
  3.3.1 VoLTE Converge 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
 3.5 Independent TDD/FDD vendors in a converged network

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

5 Case Studies
 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 Convergence White Paper_v2.0