Combines in one volume the basics of evolving radio access technologies and their implementation in mobile phones * Reviews the evolution of radio access technologies (RAT) used in mobile phones and then focuses on the technologies needed to implement the LTE (Long term evolution) capability * Coverage includes the architectural aspects of the RF and digital baseband parts before dealing in more detail with some of the hardware implementation * Unique coverage of design parameters and operation details for LTE-A phone transceiver * Discusses design of multi-RAT Mobile with the consideration of cost and form factors * Provides in one book a review of the evolution