Description

From the editors of the highly successful WCDMA for UMTS, this new book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date reference to High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technologies for WCDMA. The editors cover both HSDPA and HSUPA, including an in-depth description and explanation of 3GPP standards, and expected performance based on simulations and first measurements. The text also discusses the impact of HSDPA and HSUPA on network dimensioning, covers applications and end-to-end performance in detail, and includes a section on radio frequency requirements and terminal design considerations.

The most comprehensive and advanced guide to the HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) technologies and standardisation, HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS:

• Analyses the impact of HSDPA/HSUPA on network dimensioning, discussing co-existence with R99 (Release 99) and GPRS/EDGE (General Packet Radio Services/ Enhanced Data GSM Environment)
• Contains a section on applications and end-to-end (e2e) performance
• Includes a chapter on radio frequency (RF) requirements and terminal design considerations, covering different RF bands, multi-band HSDPA and multi-mode HSDPA+EDGE challenges, power consumption
• Provides numerous illustrations of 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) standards and performance

This title provides excellent coverage of the area for system, element and chip designers, network planners, technical mangers with vendors, operators and application developers. It is also ideal for postgraduates and researchers in related areas.

Table of Contents

• Preface.
• Acknowledgements.
• Abbreviations.
• 1. Introduction (Harri Holma and Antti Toskala).
• 1.1 WCDMA technology and deployment status.
• 1.2 HSPA standardization and deployment schedule.
• 1.3 Radio capability evolution with HSPA.
• 2. HSPA standardization and background (Antti Toskala and Karri Ranta-Aho)
• 2.1 3GPP.
• 2.2 References.
• 3. HSPA architecture and protocols (Antti Toskala and Juho Pirskanen).
• 3.1 Radio resource management architecture.
• 3.2 References.
• 4. HSDPA principles (Juho Pirskanen and Antti Toskala).
• 4.1 HSDPA vs Release 99 DCH.
• 4.2 Key technologies with HSDPA.
• 4.3 High-speed dedicated physical control channel.
• 4.4 BTS measurements for HSDPA operation.
• 4.5 Terminal capabilities.
• 4.6 HSDPA MAC layer operation.
• 4.7 References.
• 5. HSUPA principles (Karri Ranta-Aho and Antti Toskala).
• 5.1 HSUPA vs Release 99 DCH.
• 5.2 Key technologies with HSUPA.
• 5.3 E-DCH transport channel and physical channels.
• 5.4 Physical layer procedures.
• 5.5 MAC layer.
• 5.6 Iub parameters.
• 5.7 Mobility.
• 5.8 UE capabilities and data rates.
• 5.9 References and list of related 3GPP specifications.
• 6. Radio resource management (Harri Holma, Troels Kolding, Klaus Pedersen, and Jeroen Wigard).
• 6.1 HSDPA radio resource management.
• 6.2 HSUPA radio resource management.
• 6.3 References.
• 7. HSDPA bit rates, capacity and coverage (Frank Frederiksen, Harri Holma, Troels Kolding, and Klaus Pedersen).
• 7.1 General performance factors.

• 7.2 Single-user performance.
• 7.3 Multiuser system performance.
• 7.4 Iub transmission efficiency.
• 7.5 Capacity and cost of data delivery.
• 7.6 Round trip time.
• 7.7 HSDPA measurements.
• 7.8 HSDPA performance evolution.
• 7.9 Conclusions.
• 7.10 Bibliography.
• 8. HSUPA bit rates, capacity and coverage (Jussi Jaatinen, Harri Holma, Claudio Rosa, and Jeroen Wigard).
• 8.1 General performance factors.
• 8.2 Single-user performance.
• 8.3 Cell capacity.
• 8.4 HSUPA performance enhancements.
• 8.5 Conclusions.
• 8.6 Bibliography.
• 9. Application and end-to-end performance (Chris Johnson, Sandro Grech, Harri Holma, and Martin Kristensson)
• 9.1 Packet application introduction.
• 9.2 Always-on connectivity.
• 9.3 Application performance over HSPA.
• 9.4 Application performance vs network load.
• 9.5 References.
• 10. Voice-over-IP (Harri Holma, Esa Malkama¨ki, and Klaus Pedersen).
• 10.1 VoIP motivation.
• 10.2 IP header compression.
• 10.3 VoIP over HSPA.
• 10.4 References.
• 11. RF requirements of an HSPA terminal (Harri Holma, Jussi Numminen, Markus Pettersson, and Antti Toskala).
• 11.1 Transmitter requirements.
• 11.2 Receiver requirements.
• 11.3 Frequency bands and multiband terminals.
• 11.4 References.
• Index.

About the Authors

Harri Holma,
Head of Technology - Radio Office Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland

Harri Holma joined Nokia Reserch Center in 1994 and received his M.Sc. from Helsinki University of Technology 1995. He has been with Nokia Networks since 1998 and has been located both in Finland and in USA during that time.

Harri Holma is currently working as Head of Technology - Radio Office with Nokia-Siemens networks with special interest on radio network performance. He has completed his PhD at Helsinki University of Technology 2003. Dr. Holma has edited the book "WCDMA for UMTS" and "HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS" and contributed to a number of other books in the radio communication area.

Antti Toskala,
Manager, Radio Standardization, Nokia Siemens Networks

Antti Toskala (M.Sc) joined the Nokia Research Center in 1994, where he was involved with WCDMA system studies. In September 1995, he joined the ACTS FRAMES project. In later phase of the FRAMES project he worked as the team leader for the work package which defined the FMA2 WCDMA concept. During 1997, he was working as a Senior Research Engineer and CDMA Specialist participating in the ETSI SMG2 UMTS standardization work.

In ETSI during 1998 he chaired the UMTS physical layer expert group in ETSI SMG2 and from 1999 (the start of 3GPP) until 2003 he was working working in 3GPP as chairman for the TSG RAN WG1, the group being responsible for the physical layer of the WCDMA standard, during the period which basic WCDMA physical layer was defined as well as the specifications for High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) were completed and the work started for the uplink packet data evolution.

From 2003 to 2005 he was working as Senior Standardisation Manager with System Technologies, at Nokia Networks and contributing to product development as HSDPA Chief Architect for Nokia Networks.