WCDMA Overview

* WCDMA *
WCDMA was chosen as the technology for UMTS public, wide-area service, on the paired FDD bands: TD/CDMA was chosen for private, indoor services in the unpaired TDD band: 1920 - 1980 MHz (uplink) 2110 - 2170 MHz (downlink) 1900 - 1920 MHz 2010 - 2025 MHz (1) The WCDMA technology can also be deployed in existing frequency bands, e.g. 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz Fit into 2*5 MHz spectrum allocations. (2) The two modes have harmonized parameters.

WCDMA NETWORK MODEL

Radio Network Functionality

Power control Soft and softer handover Handover to GSM Inter-frequency handover Channel type switching Congestion control Synchronization

Power control
Transmit power regulation thus provides more capacity in the network. In order to keep the received power at a suitable level, WCDMA has a fast power control that updates power levels 1500 times every second power control is implemented in both the up-link and the down-link

Power control
cell breathing:-coverage and capacity, which means that the size of the cell varies depending on the traffic load. low traffic :-good quality can be achieved even at a long distance from the base station High traffic:- high interference level and subscribers have to get closer to the base station to achieve good quality.

Soft and softer handover

soft handover:-the handset is connected to multiple cells at different base stations softer handover:- the handset is connected to multiple cells at the same base station.

WCDMA Radio Access Network

Radio Base Station (Node B):-The Radio Base Station handles the radio transmission and reception to/from the handset over the radio interface (Uu). Radio Network Controller (RNC) : It connects the WCDMA Radio Access Network to the core network via the Iu interface

 Serving RNC Controlling RNC

Radio Access Bearers:

Conversational (used for e.g. voice telephony) low delay, strict ordering Streaming (used for e.g. watching a video clip) moderate delay, strict ordering Interactive (used for e.g. web surfing) moderate delay Background (used for e.g. file transfer) no delay requirement

Radio Interface Overview