Written by leading experts in the field, the first edition of WCDMAfor UMTS quickly became established as the best-selling and mosthighly respected book on the air interface of 3G cellular systems.Fully revised and updated the second edition now covers the keyfeatures of 3GPP Release '5 ensuring its position as the leadingprincipal resource in this constantly progressing area.
Designed for multimedia communications, WCDMA will createnumerous new business opportunities for manufacturers, operators,and content and applications providers. The second edition providesa deep understanding of the WCDMA air interface, its capabilitiesand its optimal usage - the key to success in the UMTS business,making this practical approach highly accessible to operators,network and terminal manufacturers, service providers, universitystudents and frequency regulators.
* Explains the key parts of the 3GPP/WCDMA standard and thecurrent status of UMTS licensing
* Presents network dimensioning and coverage and capacity forWCDMA including capacity upgrade paths and capacity per km2
* Introduces radio resource management algorithms and featuresinter-frequency hand-overs and inter-system hand-overs to GSM
* Examines the coverage and capacity of WCDMA up to 2Mbps usingnumerous simulation results and presents antenna diversity gainmeasurements in the WCDMA experimental system
* Introduces TDD and discusses its differences from FDD
* Discusses reference terminal classes
Key features of the 2nd edition include:
* New chapter on High Speed Downlink Packet Access, HSDPA
* New sections on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
Expanded coverage of:
* TCP protocol over WCDMA packet channels
* Base station and mobile performance requirements
* WCDMA for the Americas - WCDMA1900
Harri Holma
Drahtlose Kommunikation Electrical & Electronics Engineering Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik Mobile & Wireless Communications Mobile Telekommunikation Technik / Elektronik, Elektrotechnik, Nachrichtentechnik UMTS WCDMA