ADVANTAGES OF LTE

Following are the advantages of LTE:

1. LTE network uses all IP network architecture. Due to this fact, it is dedicated for packet switched operations. It supports data as well voice. The voice can be transported using voice over LTE protocols (i.e. VOIP) and fall-back to legacy networks (i.e. 2G/3G). 
2. As LTE supports MIMO, higher data rate can be achieved. 
3. LTE uses SC-FDMA in the uplink and hence mobile terminals can have low power during transmissions and hence battery life can be enhanced on user side. 
4. As LTE downloads the files faster, connection with network gets released faster for each connection. This will decrease traffic load on the LTE network. 
5. LTE uses OFDMA in the downlink, it utilizes channel resources effectively. This increases total user capacity of the LTE network as different users utilize different channels to access the system. 
6. It does not take much time for user to open the browser and download high bandwidth movie. This increases user experience to a great extent. This is due to the fact that latency is very low in LTE. 
7. Due to improved architecture, handoff is smooth from one region to the other. This results into smooth data streaming without any interruption of on-going data transfer. 
8. Higher versions of LTE such as LTE advanced will further improve the performance of existing LTE standard based products.