HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS: High Speed Radio Access for Mobile Communications [Hardcover]

Harri Holma (Editor), Antti Toskala (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 12, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0470018844 | ISBN-13: 978-0470018842 | Edition: 1

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.

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By 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. High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) are standardized as part of 3GPP Releases 5 and 6.  HSPA, the term for both HSDPA and HSUPA, is designed on top of Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), the main air interface used for third generation mobile communication systems globally.

This new volume offers in-depth descriptions and explanations of 3GPP standards, and expected performance based on simulations and measurements. The text also discusses the impact of HSDPA and HSUPA on network dimensioning and network algorithms, covers end-to-end performance, and includes descriptions on HSPA terminal radio frequency requirements.

•  Explains 3GPP HSDPA and HSUPA standard with illustrations
•  Describes the co-existence of WCDMA and HSPA
•  Presents HSPA network algorithms
•  Analyses HSPA data rates, coverage and capacity with simulations and network measurements
•  Illustrates end-to-end application performance with HSPA radio networks
•  Introduces HSPA terminal radio frequency (RF) requirements

Written by leading experts in the field, this advanced guide will appeal to system designers, network R&D experts, mobile chip designers, network planners, application developers and technical managers with operators and vendors. It will also be a useful resource for postgraduate students and researchers in related areas.

About the Author

Dr. Harri Holma is Principal Engineer at Nokia Networks, with special focus on UMTS/HSDPA performance.  He has been with Nokia since 1994.  Dr. Holma co-edited the book WCDMA for UMTS’ and completed his PhD on UMTS performance at Helsinki University of Technology.

Antti Toskala also joined Nokia in 1994, and is currently Senior Standardisation Manager with System Technologies, Nokia Networks, and contributes to product development as HSDPA Chief Architect for Nokia Networks.  He has a large number of publications in the field, and is co-editor/author of WCDMA for UMTS.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 268 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (June 12, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470018844
• ISBN-13: 978-0470018842
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.8 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,047,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good to understand HSPA, January 19, 2007

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This review is from: HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS: High Speed Radio Access for Mobile Communications (Hardcover)

For everyone that have bought WCDMA for UMTS, this book is recomended for next reading.

This book cover advance understanding about next technolgy evolution, HSPA.

History about standardization in first chapter give a good information for depth knowledge about the story behind standard and next development.

I advice for everybody that work in Telecommunication, such as RF Engineer, RF Manager, Radio Technical Sales and Pre-Sales, System Engineer and Student to read this book.