Learn in the textbookMobile Wide-Area Communication and Transmission Performance
DefinitionLTE is a mobile standard for high-speed data communication over the base station network of mobile phones, generally treated as the representative fourth-generation (4G) method.
ExplanationIt was introduced as networks moved on from 3G, and it sends data faster than 3G. LTE became the foundation for data on smartphones and similar devices, and the generation after it is 5G.
AnalogyLike widening a road built for phone calls into a highway that moves large loads quickly.
Memory hookLong Term Evolution: the name marks it as one stage in a long evolution that started from 3G.