HSPA Performance and Evolution : A Practical Perspective

written From An Operator’s Viewpoint, hspa Performance And Evolution Explores The Lessons Learned And Techniques Developed For Optimally Deploying Hspa (high Speed Packet Access). The Essential Distinctions Between Rolling Out Hspa Compared To Earlier Umts And Gsm Technologies Are Explained Covering The Many Issues That Must Be Specifically Handled. Areas In Standards Which Have Been Left Open For Interpretation, Causing Significant Differences Between Vendor Implementations, Are Identified And Solutions Explored. this Book Is Invaluable In Enabling Wireless Operators To Extract Maximum Performance Offered By 3gpp’s Hspa Radio Technology, Consisting Of Both Downlink (hsdpa) And Uplink (hsupa) Elements. It Focuses On Real-world Performance, Sharing Practical Implementation Methods And Tradeoffs For Deploying, Optimizing And Maintaining Networks Using The Hspa Air Interface. • Examines Algorithms, Equipment And Performance Perspectives To Identify And Explain Hspa • Measures Performance And Sets Network Parameters For Optimal Tradeoffs • Presents Results From Practical And Real-world Network Performances • Explores The Evolution Of Hspa Technology Into Hspa+ And Eventually Next Generation Lte Technologies Practical Implementation of HSPA in UMTS Networks: Performance and Evolution conveys the practical implementation aspects of HSPA in UMTS networks to practicing engineers in the wireless industry. It incorporates real-world performance data and network optimization insights from a mobile operator's perspective and provides a state-of-the-art insight of the performance of HSDPA and HSUPA technology, including extensive documentation from real network trials with emphasis on actual lab and field performance. The book covers the basics of the technology before moving on to the critical topics of