Voice over LTE
VoLTE, an acronym for Voice over LTE, which is based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, with specific profiles for control and media planes of voice service on LTE defined by GSMA in PRD IR.92.[1] This approach results in the voice service (control and media planes) being delivered as data flows within the LTE data bearer. This means that there is no dependency on (or ultimately, requirement for) the legacy circuit-switched voice network to be maintained. VoLTE has up to three times more voice and data capacity than 3G UMTS and up to six times more than 2G GSM. Furthermore, it frees up bandwidth because VoLTE’s packets headers are smaller than those of unoptimized VoIP/LTE.[2]
History
In May 2014, Singtel introduced the world's first commercial "full-featured" VoLTE service in Singapore, initially only in combination with the Galaxy Note 3.[3]
In June 2014, KT showcased the world’s first cross-border roaming services based on Voice over LTE. The South Korean operator partnered with China Mobile to develop VoLTE roaming services.[4]
In October 2014, China Mobile, KPN and iBasis have successfully implemented the first international VoLTE roaming between mobile operators based on IMS local breakout architecture with a home routing systems.[5]
In November 2014, Verizon and AT&T have announced the companies are enabling VoLTE-to-VoLTE connections between their respective customers. VoLTE interoperability between Verizon and AT&T customers is expected to be available in 2015. Testing and design are being done between both companies using third party networks such as Alcatel-Lucent.[6]
In 11 July 2015, SEATEL Cambodia have announced the world's first commercial 100% VoLTE service without 2G/3G in Cambodia.[7][8][9][10][11]
Deployment
Devices
All Windows Phone 8.1 devices or newer with GDR1 update or higher that include LTE have support for VoLTE.[113]
Voice quality
To ensure compatibility, 3GPP demands at least AMR-NB codec (narrow band), but the recommended speech codec for VoLTE is Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband, also known as HD Voice. This codec is mandated in 3GPP networks that support 16 kHz sampling.[133]
Fraunhofer IIS has proposed and demonstrated "Full-HD Voice", an implementation of the AAC-ELD (Advanced Audio Coding – Enhanced Low Delay) codec for LTE handsets. Where previous cell phone voice codecs only supported frequencies up to 3.5 kHz and upcoming wideband audio services branded as HD Voice up to 7 kHz, Full-HD Voice supports the entire bandwidth range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. For end-to-end Full-HD Voice calls to succeed however, both the caller and recipient's handsets as well as networks have to support the feature.[134]
See also
- LTE
- Wideband audio
- Video over LTE
- QoS Class Identifier (QCI) - the mechanism used in VoLTE networks to allocate proper Quality of Service to bearer traffic
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