About the Training Course

This HSDPA/HSUPA course provides a detailed description and explanation of the key enhancements, HSDPA and HSUPA, for the WCDMA radio standard. With presentations from Harri Holma and Antti Toskala, authors of the definitive book "WCDMA for UMTS", this course provides an excellent opportunity to update your knowledge of this emerging technology. The course focuses on HSDPA and HSUPA, as well as considering the differences to the current version of WCDMA deployed in networks today, and likely upgrade paths. The impacts to the equipment along with technology details are covered, along with the resulting system performance and cost benefits.

The new book, "HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS", by the course presenters Harri Holma and Antti Toskala.

Who is this training course for?

This HSDPA/HSUPA course is aimed at those who have already basic understanding of WCDMA technology and wish to get themselves up to date with the latest technology development. The course is intended for engineers, radio planners, service developers and operators, equipment designers, telecoms consultants and 3G applications developers. In addition, the course will appeal to technical managers, analysts and strategists wishing to increase their technical understanding of the key subject area currently in the limelight of the telecoms world.

Benefits of Attendance

Presentations by Harri Holma, Principal Engineer, Nokia, Finland and Antti Toskala, Manager, Radio Standardization, Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland, authors of the current definitive work on HSDPA, "HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS" book.

Training Course Content

• This course is day 3 of the UMTS: System Design & Operation training course and can be taken on its own or as part of the 5-day course. For details of the full 5-day UMTS training course Click Here

Introduction

WCDMA data performance in commercial networks
- Theory and field measurements

HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) standard
- Network Architecture
- Impact to Protocols
- Physical Layer

References

"Excellent overview of HSDPA and HSUPA by excellent and well-known teachers."
Jamal Tajaate, Vodafone, The Netherlands

"An excellent overview of HSDPA/HSUPA."
Mani Manimohan, Lead Engineer, ArrayComm

""Great course and great presenters. I really enjoyed it.""
David Cubota, Implementation Engineer, Siemens AG

About the Lecturers

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.