What is LTE-A?

LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) is a mobile communication standard and a major enhancement of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. It was formally submitted as a candidate 4G technology to ITU-T in late 2009 as meeting the IMT-Advanced requirements and was standardized by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in Release 10. LTE-A achieves faster data rates, lower latency, and improved capacity compared to LTE, primarily through techniques like carrier aggregation, enhanced multi-antenna techniques (MIMO), and coordinated multipoint transmission/reception (CoMP). It's commonly used to provide faster mobile broadband speeds for smartphones, tablets, and other connected devices.