3G Handset and Network Design

Index

SYMBOLS AND NUMERICS

π/4DQPSK, 16

1G handsets

AMPS/ETACS, 10

baseband, 4

voltage, 25

2G handsets

baseband, 4

channel spacing and, 10

DSPs in, 143, 144

functioning of, 25

2G networks

air interface evolution, 21

duplex spacing, 7–10

radio resource allocation, 392

3G frame structure, 393

3G handsets

air interface, 57

Bluetooth-enabled, 191

bursty bandwidth, 137

channel spacing and, 10

configuration, 145

hardware, 57–109

MPEG-4 encoders/decoders, 26

multimode, UMTS core, 70

packet stream organization, 415

power budget, 134

software form factor and functionality, 151–166

time domain processing, 98–99

user data rate, 4

3G networks

air interface evolution, 21

architecture, 232–234

CM in, 390

distributed hardware/software impact, 440–441

duplex spacing, 7–10

Node B design objectives, 241

session management, 344–345

status information and measurements, 394

system planning, 258

topology, 440

U-SIM information, 391–392

3GPP

IPv6 and, 438

service classes, 268

smart thin pipes, 351

specification genesis, 289

traffic management, 351

3GPP2

core visual profile, 123

evolution, 101–109

fat dumb pipes, 351

overprovisioning, 351

SIMs specification, 117

SMV codec, 112

3G receivers

DCR, 247–249

digitally sampled IF superhet, 247

See also Node Bs

3G transmitters

baseband section, 255–256

RF/IF section, 249–254

4G handsets

coding, modulation, multiplexing, 139

trellis coding, 30

A

ABR (Available Bit Rate) protocol

defined, 423

as good compromise, 424

illustrated, 423

memory use, 424

problem,