UMTS: THE PHYSICAL LAYER OF THE UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

This book describes the physical layer of UMTS(Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) which isone of the five members of the IMT-2000 family ofstandards. It compiles in a clear fashion the maintechnical features of the physical layer standardtogether with a description of the basics of digitalcommunications and spread spectrum technology on whichUMTS relies. In addition the test cases specified inthe standard are described together with theirimplications on any practical front-end design. Thereader will benefit from the standard description whichfrees him from studying lots of standardizationdocuments. Additional explanations of the standard andespecially the test cases will help to betterunderstand the effects on any front-end system design.Many references are provided for readers interested inin-depth treatments of certain topics.

- Introduction.

- Fundamentals.

- Spread Spectrum Techniques.

- Code Division Multiple Access.

- Introduction to UMTS.

- UTRA FDD Mode.

- UTRA TDD Mode.

- UMTS Transceiver Design Issues