WCDMA Radio Network

Planning
ESB 0161 R2A

Student Text

WCDMA Radio Network Planning

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Planning
Table of Contents
Chapter

Page

Abbreviations..............................................................................................................5
1. Introduction to WCDMA system.........................................................................9
2. Air interface.........................................................................................................19
3. Radio Access Network architecture...................................................................39
4. Channel concept..................................................................................................49
5. WCDMA radio network planning process.......................................................71
6. Coverage predictions..........................................................................................81
7. Capacity predictions...........................................................................................99
8. Interference predictions...................................................................................141
9. GSM co-planning..............................................................................................151
10. UMTS services and applications......................................................................159

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Abbreviations
3GPP
AICH
AMPS
AMR
APAICH
API
ARIB
BB
BCCH
BCH
BER
BLER
BMC
BoD
BPSK
BS
BSS
BTS
CA-ICH
CAMEL
CB
CBC-RNC
CBS
CCCH
CD/CA-ICH
CD-ICH
CDMA
CLDC
CN
CPCH
CPICH
CRNC
CS
CS-1
CSE
CSICH
CTCH
CWTS
D-AMPS
DCCH

3rd Generation Partnership Project (produces WCDMA standard)

Acquisition Indicator Channel
Advanced Mobile Phone Systems
Adaptive Multirate
Access Preamble Acquisition Indicator Channel
Application Programming Interface
Association of Radio Industries and Businesses
Broad Band
Broadcast Control Channel
Broadcast Channel
Bit Error Ratio
Block Error Ratio
Broadcast/Multicast Control
Bandwidth on Demand
Binary Phase Shift Keying
Base Station
Base Station System
Base Transceiver Station
Channel Assignment Indicator Channel
Customized Application for Mobile network Enhanced Logic
Cell Broadcast
Cell Broadcast Centre Radio Network Controller
Cell Broadcast Service
Common Control Channel
Collision Detection/Channel Assignment Indicator Channel
Collision Detection Indicator Channel
Code Division Multiple Access
Connected Limited Device Configuration
Core Network
Common Packet Channel
Common Pilot Channel
Controlling Radio Network Controller
Circuit Switched
Coding Scheme1
CAMEL Service Environment
CPCH Status Indicator Channel
Common Traffic Channel
China Wireless Telecommunications Standard group
Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Systems
Dedicated Control Channel

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DCH
DECT
DL
DPCCH
DPDCH
DRNC
DS
DSCH
DS-SS
DTCH
DTX
ECSD
EDGE
E-GPRS
ETSI
FACH
FBI
FDD
FDMA
FH-SS
FR
FTP
GERAN
GGSN
GMSC
GMSK
GoS
GPRS
GSM
GPS
HCS
HLR
HR
HSCSD
IMT-2000
IMT-DS
IP
ISDN
ITU
J2ME
LAN
MAC
MCS-1
ME
MExE
MIDP
MIMO
MRP

Dedicated Channel
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone
Downlink
Dedicated Physical Control Channel
Dedicated Physical Data Channel
Drift Radio Network Controller
Delay Spread
Downlink Shared Channel
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
Dedicated Traffic Channel
Discontinuous Transmission
Enhanced Circuit Switched Data
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
Enhanced GPRS
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Forward Access Channel
Feedback Information
Frequency Division Duplex
Frequency Division Multiple Access
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
Full Rate
File Transfer Protocol
GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network
Gateway GPRS Support Node
Gateway Mobile services Switching Centre
Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
Grade of Service
General Packet Radio Services
Global System for Mobile Communications
Global Positioning System
Hierarchical Cell Structure
Home Location Register
Half Rate
High Speed Circuit Switched Data
International Mobile Telephony, 3rd generation networks are
referred as IMT-2000 within ITU
International Mobile TelephonyDirect Sequence
Internet Protocol
Integrated Services Digital Network
International Telecommunication Union
Java 2 Platform Micro Edition
Local Area Network
Medium Access Control
Modulation Coding Scheme1
Mobile Equipment
Mobile Execution Environment
Mobile Information Device Profile
Multiple Input Multiple Output
Multiple Reuse Pattern

Abbreviations
MS
MSC
MSS
MT
NMT
O&M
OSA
OTDOA-IPDL
OVSF
PC
PCCH
PCCPCH
PCH
PCPCH
PDA
PDC
PDCP
PDSCH
PICH
POP
PRACH
PN
PS
PSTN
QoS
RACH
RAN
RANAP
RLC
RNC
RRC
RRM
SAP
SAT
SCCPCH
SCH
SCS
SDCCH
SF
SFN
SGSN
SIM
SIR
SMS
SMS CB
SRNC
SS7
T1
TA

Mobile Station
Mobile services Switching Centre
Mobile Satellite System
Mobile Terminal
Nordic Mobile Telephone
Operation and Maintenance
Open Service Access
Observed Time Difference Of Arrival Idle Period Downlink
Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor
Personal Computer
Paging Control Channel
Primary Common Control Physical Channel
Paging Channel
Physical Common Packet Channel
Personal Digital Assistants
Personal Digital Cellular
Packet Data Convergence Protocol
Physical Downlink Shared Channel
Paging Indicator Channel
Post Office Protocol
Physical Random Access Channel
Pseudo Noise
Packet Switched
Public Switched Telephone Network
Quality of Service
Random Access Channel
Radio Access Network
Radio Access Network Application Part
Radio Link Control
Radio Network Controller
Radio Resource Control
Radio Resource Management
Service Access Point
SIM Application Toolkit
Secondary Common Control Physical Channel
Synchronisation Channel
Service Capability Server
Stand alone Dedicated Control Channel
Spreading Factor
System Frame Number
Serving GPRS Support Node
Subscriber Identity Module
Signal-to-Interference Ratio
Short Message Service
Short Message Service Cell Broadcast
Serving Radio Network Controller
Signalling System #7
Standards Committee T1 Telecommunications
Timing Advance

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TCH
TDD
TDMA
TE
TFCI
TFI
TH-SS
TMA
TPC
TS
TSG
TTA
TTI
UE
UL
USCH
USIM
UTRA
VHE
VLR
WAP
WARC
WCDM
WGW
WPP

Traffic Channel
Time Division Duplex
Time Division Multiple Access
Terminal Equipment
Transport Format Combination Indicator
Transport Format Indicator
Time Hopping Spread Spectrum
Tower Mounted Amplifier
Transmission Power Control
Timeslot
Technical Specification Group
Telecommunications Technology Association
Transmission Time Interval
User Equipment
Uplink
Uplink Shared Channel
UMTS Subscriber Identity Module
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access
Virtual Home Environment
Visitor Location Register
Wireless Application Protocol
World Administrative Radio Conference
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
WAP Gateway
WAP Push Proxy