LTE mobile network technology

The main purpose of this thesis is an introduction to long term evolution of fourth generation mobile networks based on LTE mobile network standard. Fourth generation mobile networks are currently one of the most developed technology in the world of mobile communications and are somewhere already available for commercial use. At the beginning is a short history of mobile networks evolution, for easier understanding. In the history you can find information from first researches of magnetic waves until present and future mobile networks. Most of the chapters are focused on LTE standard. Apart from goals and motivation for this standard, design of whole network is introduced including some of the most important technologies used, like OFDMA modulation, MIMO antenna system, and a principle of self-organizing networks. Since LTE mobile network is alreday available in some Slovenian cities, there is a chapter about current situation and future plans regarding mobile evolution in our country. At the end some network speed tests are shown, made on a single currently accessible network