3G Evolution, 2nd Edition

List of Figures

Figure 1.1. The standardization phases and iterative process.

Figure 1.2. 3GPP organization.

Figure 1.3. Releases of 3GPP specifications for UTRA.

Figure 1.4. The definition of IMT-2000 in ITU-R.

Figure 2.1. The terminal development has been rapid the past 20 years.

Figure 2.2. The bit rate – delay service space that is important to cover when designing a new cellular system.

Figure 2.3. One HSPA and LTE deployment strategy: upgrade to HSPA Evolution, then deploy LTE as islands in the WCDMA/HSPA sea.

Figure 3.1. Minimum required Eb/N0 at the receiver as a function of bandwidth utilization.

Figure 3.2. Signal constellations for (a) QPSK, (b) 16QAM and (c) 64QAM.

Figure 3.3. Distribution of instantaneous power for different modulation ...