LTE
Mobile data protocol
LTE stands for Long-Term Evolution, a standard for wireless broadband communication.
It's what phone carriers mean when they advertise 4G service—the technology that made streaming video and fast mobile internet commonplace: My phone keeps dropping from 5G to LTE.
The term appears on phone screens to indicate connection type.
Composed of small units
- broadbandFast internet access
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- latencyDelay in system response
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
throughput · uplink · downlink · handover · backhaul · frequency band · VoLTE · subcarrier
Handheld connected computer
- iPhoneApple mobile device
- AndroidGoogle's phone platform
- SamsungSouth Korean tech conglomerate
- tabletFlat portable computing device
iPad · cellular · mobile broadband · dongle · MiFi · connected car · smartwatch · IoT
Extent of inclusion
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- towerTall slender edifice
- base stationFixed wireless communication point
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
infrastructure · roaming · subscriber · carrier · operator · provider · telecom · SIM card
cellular
Composed of small units
modulation · throughput · uplink · downlink · handover · backhaul · frequency band · VoLTE · subcarrier
smartphone
Handheld connected computer
tablet · iPad · cellular · mobile broadband · dongle · MiFi · connected car · smartwatch · IoT · modem
coverage
Extent of inclusion
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- towerTall slender edifice
- base stationFixed wireless communication point
antenna · infrastructure · roaming · subscriber · carrier · operator · provider · telecom · SIM card · hotspot
data
Facts for analysis
streaming · ping · megabit · gigabit · tethering · HD video · buffering · throttling · data cap · mobile hotspot
4G
Fourth-generation mobile technology
- internetinternet, websites, web, browsers, web browsers
- mobile techiOS, Android, iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy
- networksnetwork traffic, network security, MAN, PAN, cloud computing
- telecomwireless, cellular, telecommunications, carriers, telephone
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, telephone calls
- mobile servicesdata plan, mobile plan, unlimited plan, prepaid plan, text messaging
LTEWi-Fi
Wireless network standard
wired connection · broadband · Ethernet · cable internet · DSL
- 4G LTECellular data transmission standard