UMTS Network

Universal Mobile
Telecommunications
System
University of North Texas
CSCE 4520 Wireless Protocols
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UMTS Overview
Universal Mobile Telecommunications
System
3G phone technology
Sometimes marketed as 3GSM
Designed for media access on
phones
Based on GSM air-interface
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UMTS Overview
Uses Wideband Code Division Multiple
Access (W-CDMA)
UMTS is a standard created for IMT-2000
(International Mobile Telecommunications-
2000) by the ITU (International
Telecommunication Union)
Soft Handoffs
Can connect with Packet or Circuit
Switching
Current coverage
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Path to UMTS
CDMA
GSM
TDMA
PHS
(IP-Based)
64 Kbps
GPRS
115 Kbps
CDMA 1xRTT
144 Kbps
EDGE
384 Kbps
cdma2000
1X-EV-DV
Over 2.4 Mbps
W-CDMA
(UMTS)
Up to 2 Mbps
2G
2.5G
2.75G
3G
1992 - 2000+
2001+
2003+
1G
1984 - 1996+
2003 - 2004+
TACS
NMT
AMPS
GSM/
GPRS
(Overlay)
115 Kbps
9.6 Kbps
9.6 Kbps
14.4 Kbps
/ 64 Kbps
9.6 Kbps
PDC
Analog Voice
Digital Voice
Packet Data
Intermediate
Multimedia
Multimedia
PHS

TD-SCDMA
2 Mbps?
9.6 Kbps
iDEN
(Overlay)
iDEN
Source: U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray
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W-CDMA
Developed by NTT
DoCoMo
Two modes of duplex:
Time division duplex
Frequency division
duplex
Inter-cell
asynchronous (packet)
operation
Can do soft and hard
handoffs

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UMTS Speed
384 kbps long range, 2 Mbps short range
Theoretically can go up to 11 Mbps.

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UMTS Speed
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UMTS Network Architecture
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UTRAN
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
UE - Node B - RNC - MSC
RNC


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UTRAN
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UMTS Spectrum

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Connection Sequence
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ATM Packet

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UMTS QoS Classes
Conversational class Voice,
video telephony, video gaming
Streaming class Multimedia,
video on demand, webcast
Interactive class Web browsing,
network gaming, database access
Background class E-mail, short
message service (SMS), file
downloading
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UMTS Internet

Europes Vodafone
UMTS Internet
Connection
1.4Mbps Down
384kbps Up
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S-UMTS (SDMB)

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S-UMTS Network

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S-UMTS
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UMTS Problems
Requires more battery power
Can handoff UMTS to GSM, but not
GSM to UMTS
Initial poor coverage
For video on demand and other
bandwidth heavy services a Base
Station needs to be set up every 1-
1.5km. Unfeasible in rural areas.
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Questions
1. Describe the differences between UMTS
network architecture and GSM/CDMA network
architecture.
(Node B, RNC, )
2. What are the applications of UMTS?
(Video, data, voice, internet, )
3. How are data and voice connections different in
UMTS?
(packet/circuit switching; priorities)


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References
Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting. C. Selier, N.
Chuberre, M.G. Franon, C. Nussli, P. Vincent, G. E.
Corazza, A. Vanelli-Coralli. Alcatel, 2004.
Performance Estimation of Efficient UMTS Packet Voice Call
Control. Gerry Foster, Maria Isabel Pous, Dirk Pesch,
Amardiya Sesmun, Valerie Kenneally. IEEE 2002.
Multicast in 3G Networks: Employment of Existing IP
Multicast Protocols in UMTS. Mariann Hauge, yvind Kure.
ACM 2002.
Wikipedia: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Mobile_Telecommun
ications_System
http://www.umtsworld.com