Mobile Broadband and Multimedia

Networks
3G
Outline
 Introduction
 Architecture
 3G Radio Access Technology - WCDMA
3G
 Upgrade for 2.5G and 2.5G GPRS networks, for faster data transfer.
 Comply with the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000
(IMT-2000) specifications by ITU.
 3G telecommunication networks support services that provide an
information transfer rate of at least 144 kbit/s
 Later 3G releases, 3.5G and 3.75G, also provide mobile broadband
access of several Mbit/s to smart phones and mobile modems in
laptop computers.
 3G – CDMA2000, UMTS
UMTS
 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
 UMTS is an upgrade from GSM via GPRS or EDGE
 The standardization work for UMTS is carried out by
Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
 Data rates of UMTS are:
 144 kbps for rural
 384 kbps for urban outdoor
 2048 kbps for indoor and low range outdoor
UMTS FREQUENCY SPECTRUM
 UMTS Band
 1900-2025 MHz and 2110-2200 MHz for 3G transmission
 In the US, 1710–1755MHz and 2110–2155MHz will be used
instead, as the 1900MHz band was already used.
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
 UMTS WCDMA system offered a significant
improvement in capability over the previous 2G services.
UMTS ARCHITECTURE
3G UMTS Architecture
 UMTS network architecture consists of three domains
 Core Network (CN): Provide switching, routing and transit for
user traffic
 UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN): Provides
the air interface access method for user equipment.
 User Equipment (UE): Terminals work as air interface
counterpart for base stations.
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 User Equipment
 USIM (Universal SIM)
 Hold subscriber identity
 Performs authentication algorithm
 Store authentication and encryption keys
 MS
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 User Equipment
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 Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Networks
 Consists of nodeB and RNC (Radio network controller)
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 Function of nodeB
 Air Interface, Tx/Rx – WCDMA access technology used to
communicate with Mobile station
 Spreading / dispreading
 Modulation / demodulation
 QPSK
 Error correction
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 RNC - Radio Network Controller
 Manages / controls the radio resources of NodeB’s in its
domain
 Handover control
 Outer loop power control
 Initial power
 Admission control
 Radio resource reservation
 Code allocation
 Packet scheduling
 Load (congestion) control
 Reduce bitrate
 Trigger handover
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 Core Network can be
 Circuit Switch Core Network – voice calls
 Packet Switch Core Network - packet data
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 Core Network
 Circuit switch Core Network
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 Circuit switch Core Network
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 HLR – Home location register
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 Core Network
 Packet switch core network
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 Packet switch Core Network
3G Radio Access Technology - WCDMA
 Wideband (WCDMA) is 3G standard that employs the
direct-sequence code division multiple access (DS-
CDMA) channel access method and the frequency-
division duplexing (FDD) method to provide high-speed
and high-capacity service.
 It was developed by Japan’s NTT DoCoMo and formed
the basis of its Freedom of Multimedia Access (FOMA)
3G Network.