et core evolved packet system E-UTRAN evolved universal terrestrial radio access network FDD/TDD frequency domain duplexing/time domain duplexing frequency division multiple access GERAN GSM/enhanced data rates for GSM evolution radio access networks guaranteed bit rate © 2009 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Architecture and Protocol Support for RRM general packet radio service global positioning system global system for mobile communications GPRS tunneling protocol GTP-U GPRS tunneling protocol-user plane gateway hybrid automatic repeat request handover high-speed packet access intercell interference coordination Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers international mobile telecommunications Internet protocol interference rejection combining International Telecommunication Union layer 1 layer 2 link adaptation load balancing long term evolution medium access control multicast broadcast multimedia services maximum bit rate MBSFM MBMS single frequency network multicast/broadcast coordination entity modulation and coding scheme multiple input, multiple output mobility management entity minimum mean square error MU-MIMO multiuser MIMO negative acknowledgment nonaccess stratum orthogonal frequency division multiplexing overload indicator policy control and resource function packet data convergence protocol packet data network PDCCH physical downlink control channel PDSCH physical downlink shared channel physical layer path loss public land mobile network PRACH physical random access channel © 2009 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Long Term Evolution: 3GPP LTE Radio and Cellular Technology PUCCH physical uplink control channel PUSCH physical uplink shared channel quadrature amplitude modulation quality of service quadrature phase shift keying radio admission control random access channel radio access network radio access technology resource block radio bearer control resource element random index geometry weight radio link control radio resource control radio resource management received signal code power rando