E-UTRAN
E123442
E-UTRAN is the LTE mobile network’s air-interface subsystem that connects user devices to the core network via evolved base stations (eNodeBs).
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| E-UTRAN canonical | 9 |
| Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network | 1 |
| S1 interface | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1077328 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E-UTRAN Context triple: [LTE, radioAccessNetwork, E-UTRAN]
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A.
LTE
LTE (Long Term Evolution) is a high-speed wireless communication standard for mobile devices and data terminals, widely used as the foundation of 4G cellular networks.
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B.
UMTS
UMTS is a third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunications system that provides higher-speed voice and data services over cellular networks.
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C.
3rd Generation Partnership Project
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a global collaboration of telecommunications organizations that develops and maintains technical specifications and standards for mobile communication systems, including 3G, 4G LTE, and 5G.
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D.
IEEE 802.20
IEEE 802.20 is a wireless broadband standard designed to support high-mobility mobile Internet access over metropolitan-scale networks.
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E.
IEEE 802.16
IEEE 802.16 is a family of broadband wireless access standards, commonly associated with WiMAX, that defines high-speed wireless metropolitan area networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E-UTRAN Target entity description: E-UTRAN is the LTE mobile network’s air-interface subsystem that connects user devices to the core network via evolved base stations (eNodeBs).
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A.
LTE
LTE (Long Term Evolution) is a high-speed wireless communication standard for mobile devices and data terminals, widely used as the foundation of 4G cellular networks.
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B.
UMTS
UMTS is a third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunications system that provides higher-speed voice and data services over cellular networks.
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C.
3rd Generation Partnership Project
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a global collaboration of telecommunications organizations that develops and maintains technical specifications and standards for mobile communication systems, including 3G, 4G LTE, and 5G.
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D.
IEEE 802.20
IEEE 802.20 is a wireless broadband standard designed to support high-mobility mobile Internet access over metropolitan-scale networks.
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E.
IEEE 802.16
IEEE 802.16 is a family of broadband wireless access standards, commonly associated with WiMAX, that defines high-speed wireless metropolitan area networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LTE access network
ⓘ
radio access network ⓘ |
| composedOf | eNodeB ⓘ |
| connects |
Evolved Packet Core
ⓘ
User Equipment ⓘ |
| definedInStandard | 3GPP TS 36.300 ⓘ |
| designedFor | all-IP architecture ⓘ |
| enables |
high spectral efficiency
ⓘ
low latency radio access ⓘ |
| evolvesTo | NG-RAN in 5G ⓘ |
| fullName |
E-UTRAN
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
|
| generation | 4G ⓘ |
| introducedInRelease | 3GPP Release 8 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Evolved Packet Core
ⓘ
surface form:
Evolved Packet System
LTE ⓘ |
| predecessor |
GERAN
ⓘ
UTRAN ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
HARQ
ⓘ
link adaptation ⓘ measurement reporting ⓘ radio resource management ⓘ scheduling ⓘ |
| S1InterfaceConnects |
Evolved Packet Core
ⓘ
surface form:
eNodeB to EPC
|
| specifiedIn | 3GPP ⓘ |
| supports |
MIMO
ⓘ
QoS management ⓘ VoLTE ⓘ carrier aggregation ⓘ handover ⓘ high-speed data ⓘ inter-cell interference coordination ⓘ mobility management ⓘ multicast and broadcast services ⓘ packet-switched services ⓘ |
| supportsDuplexMode |
FDD
ⓘ
TDD ⓘ |
| supportsFrequencyBands |
FDD bands
ⓘ
TDD bands ⓘ |
| usesInterface |
LTE air interface
ⓘ
S1 interface ⓘ X2 interface ⓘ |
| usesMultipleAccess |
OFDMA in downlink
ⓘ
SC-FDMA in uplink ⓘ |
| usesProtocol |
MAC
ⓘ
PDCP ⓘ RLC ⓘ RRC ⓘ |
| X2InterfaceConnects | eNodeB to eNodeB ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: E-UTRAN Description of subject: E-UTRAN is the LTE mobile network’s air-interface subsystem that connects user devices to the core network via evolved base stations (eNodeBs).
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
this entity surface form:
S1 interface