Radio Access Networks for UMTS : Principles and Practice (Hardcover)

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Abbreviations.

1 INTRODUCTION.

1.1 NETWORK ARCHITECTURE.

1.2 RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY.

1.3 STANDARDISATION.

2 FLOW OF DATA.

2.1 RADIO INTERFACE PROTOCOL STACKS.

2.2 RRC LAYER.

2.3 RLC LAYER.

2.4 MAC LAYER.

2.5 FRAME PROTOCOL LAYER.

2.6 PHYSICAL LAYER.

3 CHANNEL TYPES.

3.1 LOGICAL CHANNELS.

3.2 TRANSPORT CHANNELS.

3.3 PHYSICAL CHANNELS.

4 NON-ACCESS STRATUM.

4.1 CONCEPTS.

4.2 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT.

4.3 CONNECTION MANAGEMENT.

4.4 PLMN SELECTION.

5 IUB TRANSPORT NETWORK.

5.1 PROTOCOL STACKS.

5.2 ARCHITECTURE.

5.3 OVERHEADS.

5.4 SERVICE CATEGORIES.

6 HSDPA.

6.1 CONCEPT.

6.2 HSDPA BIT RATES.

6.3 PDCP LAYER.

6.4 RLC LAYER.

6.5 MAC-D ENTITY.

6.6 FRAME PROTOCOL LAYER.

6.7 IUB TRANSPORT.

6.8 MAC-HS ENTITY.

6.9 PHYSICAL CHANNELS.

6.10 MOBILITY.

7.  HSUPA.

7.1 CONCEPT.

7.2 HSUPA BIT RATES.

7.3 PDCP LAYER.

7.4 RLC LAYER.

7.5 MAC-D ENTITY.

7.6 MAC-ES/E ENTITY (UE).

7.7 PHYSICAL CHANNELS.

7.8 MAC-E ENTITY (NODE B).

7.9 FRAME PROTOCOL LAYER.

7.10 MAC-ES ENTITY (RNC).

7.11 MOBILITY.

8 SIGNALING PROCEDURES.

8.1 RRC CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT.

8.2 SPEECH CALL CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT.

8.3 VIDEO CALL CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT.

8.4 SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS).

8.5 PS DATA CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT.

8.6 SOFT HANDOVER.

8.7 INTER-SYSTEM HANDOVER.

9 PLANNING.

9.1 LINK BUDGETS.

9.2 RADIO NETWORK PLANNING.

9.3 SCRAMBLING CODE PLANNING.

9.4 NEIGHBOUR PLANNING.

9.5 ANTENNA SUB-SYSTEMS.

9.6 CO-SITING.

9.7 MICROCELLS.

9.8 INDOOR SOLUTIONS.

10 REFERENCES.

Index