From the Publisher: Get a clear, complete debriefing on the current status of the third
generation radio interface technology now being standardized by the international body …

It is now clear that the most successful digital cellular system at present is the European
developed TDMA (time division multiple access) based, Global System for Mobiles (GSM) …

The market demand for wireless communications has been demonstrated by the rapid
growth of different second-generation wireless technologies that are optimized for particular …

Highly regarded as the book on the air interface of 3G cellular systems WCDMA for UMTS
has again been fully revised and updated. The third edition now covers the key features of …

From the Publisher: Take a comprehensive look at the land-based infrastructure and
networking of the global system for mobile communications with this practical guide. You'll …

Third-generation mobile radio networks, often dubbed as 3G, have been under intense
research and discussion recently and will emerge around the year 2000. In the International …

The basis for any air interface design is how the common transmission medium is shared
between users (ie, multiple access scheme). The underlying multiple access method for all …

This paper presents the wide-band code-division multiple-access (WCDMA) radio interface
chosen by the ETSI as the basic radio-access technology for the universal mobile …

While covering the basics of wideband CDMA, the key UMTS technology, this major revision
of the best-selling Wideband CDMA for Third Generation Mobile Communications brings …

The third-generation mobile radio system UTRA that has been specified in the Third
Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) consists of an FDD and a TDD mode. This paper …