WCDMA-the radio interface for future mobile multimedia communications

Author

Dahlman, Erik ; Beming, Per ; Knutsson, Jens ; Ovesjö, Fredrik ; Persson, Magnus ; Roobol, Christiaan

Author_Institution

Ericsson Radio Syst. AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Volume

47

Issue

4

fYear

1998

fDate

11/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1105

Lastpage

1118

Abstract

This paper presents the wide-band code-division multiple-access (WCDMA) radio interface chosen by the ETSI as the basic radio-access technology for the universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS). A detailed description of the physical layer of ETSI WCDMA is given together with an overview UMTS of the higher layers of the WCDMA radio interface. Finally, the WCDMA performance, based on results from the ETSI evaluation of UMTS radio interface candidates, is presented

Keywords

broadband networks; code division multiple access; land mobile radio; multimedia communication; network interfaces; radio access networks; ETSI; IMT-2000; UMTS; mobile multimedia communications; performance; physical layer; protocol architecture; radio interface; radio-access technology; standardisation; universal mobile telecommunications system; wide-band code-division multiple-access; 3G mobile communication; Automatic control; Automatic repeat request; Bit error rate; Mobile communication; Multiaccess communication; Multimedia communication; Physical layer; Telecommunication standards; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/25.728481

Filename

728481