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UMTS

The Physical Layer of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Andreas Springer

    1. Institute for Communications and Information Engineering, University of Linz, Linz, Austria

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  2. Robert Weigel

    1. Institute for Communications and Information Engineering, University of Linz, Linz, Austria

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  • One of the first books to describe this new standard that will be launched commercially in 2002
  • Based on lectures given at a topical international conference UMTS will unify the separate the European and American current standards It is designed for mobile multimedia communications

Part of the book series: Signals and Communication Technology (SCT)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Introduction

    • Andreas Springer, Robert Weigel
    Pages 1-3

  3. Fundamentals

    • Andreas Springer, Robert Weigel
    Pages 5-50

  4. Spread Spectrum Techniques

    • Andreas Springer, Robert Weigel
    Pages 51-71

  5. Code Division Multiple Access

    • Andreas Springer, Robert Weigel
    Pages 73-90

  6. Introduction to UMTS

    • Andreas Springer, Robert Weigel
    Pages 91-102

  7. UTRA FDD Mode

    • Andreas Springer, Robert Weigel
    Pages 103-179

  8. UTRA TDD Mode

    • Andreas Springer, Robert Weigel
    Pages 181-231

  9. UMTS Transceiver Design Issues

    • Andreas Springer, Robert Weigel
    Pages 233-258

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 259-298
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About this book

It took more than 15 years of research, standardization work, and develop­ ment with an enormous effort of manpower to bring third generation (3G) wireless communication systems to life. The first research work on 3G sys­ tems started around 1988 [1]. At this time the striking success of second generation (2G) systems, especially of GSM (Global System for Mobile Com­ munications), was not yet evident. A substantial part of these early research activities took place in Europe and was sponsored by the European Commis­ sion in the course of research programs such as: Research and Development of Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe (RACE-I, RACE-2) and Advanced Communications Technology and Services (ACTS) [2]. Even before these activities, 3G systems were considered in 1992 at the WARC (World Administrative Radio Conference), where 230 MHz of spectrum around 2 GHz was identified for 3G, and in standardization bodies like the ITU (Interna­ tional Telecommunications Union) from a global perspective and ETSI (Eu­ ropean Telecommunications Standards Institute) in Europe. At the present time 3G networks are deployed or are already operating (e. g. , in Japan the first commercial 3G system started its service in October 2001). Unfortu­ nately, the initial idea to create one single 3G standard to allow for seam­ less world-wide roaming could not be realized. However, three of the five members of the so-called IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunica­ tions, the official acronym for 3G systems) family of standards are based on Wideband-CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access).

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"This book describes the physical layer of UMTS (universal mobile Telecommunication System) … . It compiles in a clear fashion the main technical features of the physical layer standard together with a description of the basics of digital communications and spread spectrum technology on which UMTS relies. … The reader will benefit from the standard description which frees him from studying lots of standardization documents. … Many references are provided for readers interested in in-depth treatments of certain topics." (Comtec, June, 2003)

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  • Institute for Communications and Information Engineering, University of Linz, Linz, Austria

    Andreas Springer, Robert Weigel

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