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1 INTRODUCTION TO UMTS NETWORKS (Patrick Chan, Andrea Garavaglia, Christophe Chevallier). |
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1.1 UMTS NETWORK TOPOLOGY. |
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1.1.1 GSM Network Architecture. |
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1.1.2 UMTS Overlay, Release 99. |
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1.1.3 UMTS Network Architecture beyond Release 99. |
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1.2 WCDMA CONCEPTS. |
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1.2.1 WCDMA Physical Layer Procedures. |
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1.2.2 UMTS Signaling Concepts. |
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1.2.3 Physical, Logical, and Transport Channels. |
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1.3 WCDMA NETWORK DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS. |
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1.4 THE EFFECTS OF VENDOR IMPLEMENTATION. |
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2 RF PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION (Christophe Chevallier). |
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2.1 INTRODUCTION. |
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2.2 OVERVIEW OF THE NETWORK DEPLOYMENT PROCESS. |
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2.2.2 Initial Optimization. |
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2.2.3 Continuous Optimization. |
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2.3 LINK BUDGETS. |
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2.3.1 Uplink Link Budgets. |
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2.3.2 Downlink Link Budget for CPICH. |
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2.3.3 Downlink Link Budget for Various Services (Connected Mode). |
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2.3.4 Uplink and Downlink and Service Comparison. |
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2.4 NETWORK PLANNING TOOLS. |
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2.4.1 Network Planning Tool Input. |
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2.4.2 Coverage Considerations during Network Planning. |
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2.5 INTERFERENCE CONSIDERATIONS DURING NETWORK PLANNING. |
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2.6 TOPOLOGY PLANNING. |
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2.7 PARAMETER SETTINGS AND OPTIMIZATION DURING NETWORK PLANNING. |
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2.8 RF OPTIMIZATION. |
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2.8.1 Quantitative Optimization. |
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2.8.2 Qualitative Optimization. |
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2.8.3 Idle Mode Optimization. |
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3 CAPACITY PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION (Christophe Chevallier). |
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3.1 BASIC UMTS TRAFFIC ENGINEERING. |
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3.1.1 Capacity Requirements. |
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3.1.2 Uplink Capacity Estimation. |
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3.1.3 Estimating Downlink Capacity. |
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3.2 EFFECT OF VIDEO-TELEPHONY AND PS DATA ON TRAFFIC ENGINEERING. |
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3.2.1 WCDMA Traffic Engineering and Video-Telephony. |
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3.2.2 WCDMA Traffic Engineering and PS Data. |
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3.3 MULTI-SERVICE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING. |
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3.3.1 Multi-Service Capacity. |
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3.3.2 Uplink and Downlink Capacity Comparison. |
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3.4 CAPACITY PLANNING. |
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3.4.1 Input for Capacity Planning. |
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3.4.2 Capacity Planning for the CS Domain. |
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3.4.3 Capacity Planning for the PS Domain. |
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3.4.4 Capacity Planning with a Network Planning Tool. |
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3.5 OPTIMIZING FOR CAPACITY. |
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3.5.1 Coverage and Capacity Tradeoffs. |
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3.5.2 Capacity Estimation in a Deployed Network. |
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3.5.3 Capacity Monitoring for a Deployed Network. |
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4 INITIAL PARAMETER SETTINGS (Christopher Brunner, Andrea Garavaglia, Christophe Chevallier). |
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4.1.1 Broadcast of System Information. |
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4.1.2 Translation between Information Element Values and Engineering Values. |
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4.1.3 Over-the-Air Parameter Verification. |
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4.2 Physical Layer Parameters. |
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4.2.1 Frequency Selection and Management. |
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4.3 Intra-Frequency Cell Reselection Parameters. |
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4.3.2 Overview of the Intra-Frequency Cell Reselection Procedure. |
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4.3.3 List of Intra-Frequency Cell Reselection Parameters. |
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4.3.4 Intra-Frequency Cell Reselection Metrics. |
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4.3.5 Intra-Frequency Cell Reselection Trade-offs in Idle Mode. |
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4.3.6 Intra-Frequency Cell Reselection Parameter Recommendations for Idle Mode. |
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4.3.7 Intra-Frequency Cell Reselection in CELL_FACH State. |
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4.3.8 Inter-Frequency Cell Reselection Considerations. |
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4.4 Access Parameter Recommendations. |
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4.5 Intra-Frequency Handover Parameters. |
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4.5.2 Intra-Frequency Handover Procedure. |
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4.5.3 Intra-Frequency Handover Parameters. |
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4.5.4 Intra-Frequency Handover Metrics. |
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4.5.5 Intra-Frequency Handover Trade-offs. |
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4.5.6 Intra-Frequency Handover Parameter Recommendations. |
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4.5.7 Inter-Frequency Handover Considerations. |
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5 SERVICE OPTIMIZATION (Andrea Forte, Patrick Chan, Christophe Chevallier). |
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5.1 KPI AND LAYERED OPTIMIZATION APPROACH. |
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5.1.1 Main KPI Definitions. |
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5.2 VOICE SERVICE OPTIMIZATION. |
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5.2.1 Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) Codec. |
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5.2.3 Call Setup, Events, and Signaling. |
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5.2.4 Call Retention Event and Signaling. |
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5.2.5 Connection Supervision and Link Quality Indicators. |
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5.2.6 Troubleshooting AMR Failures. |
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5.2.7 Parameter Optimization. |
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5.2.8 Call Quality Metrics and Test Process. |
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5.3 VIDEO TELEPHONY SERVICE OPTIMIZATION. |
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5.3.1 Video Telephony and Voice Comparison. |
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5.3.2 Video Telephony Test Process and Metrics. |
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5.3.3 VT versus AMR Optimization. |
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5.4 PS DATA SERVICE OPTIMIZATION. |
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5.4.1 PS Data versus AMR Optimization. |
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5.4.2 Typical PS Data Applications and QoS Profiles. |
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5.4.3 Channel Reconfiguration and Resource Planning. |
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5.4.4 Quality Metrics and Test Process. |
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5.4.5 PS Data Parameters. |
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6 INTER-SYSTEM PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION (Andrea Garavaglia, Christopher Brunner, Christophe Chevallier). |
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6.1 INTRODUCTION. |
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6.2 INTER-SYSTEM BOUNDARY PLANNING. |
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6.2.1 Inter-System Borders. |
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6.2.2 Typical Inter-System Scenarios. |
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6.2.3 Boundary Determination. |
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6.3 INTER-SYSTEM TRANSITIONS IN CONNECTED MODE. |
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6.3.1 Inter-System Change Procedures. |
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6.3.2 Message Flows and Delays. |
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6.3.3 Compressed Mode Issues. |
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6.3.4 Compressed Mode Performance Metrics. |
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6.3.5 Compressed Mode Triggering and Inter-System Handover Parameters. |
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6.4 INTER-SYSTEM TRANSITIONS IN IDLE MODE. |
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6.4.1 Overview of the Inter-System Cell Reselection Procedure. |
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6.4.2 Message Flow and Delays. |
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6.4.3 Idle Mode Performance Metrics. |
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6.4.4 Inter-System Cell Reselection Parameters. |
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6.5 TEST SETUP FOR INTER-SYSTEM HANDOVER AND CELL RESELECTION PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT. |
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6.6 OPTIMIZING INTER-SYSTEM PARAMETERS. |
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6.6.1 Interplay between Inter-System Handover and Cell Reselection Parameters. |
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6.6.2 Optimizing Inter-System Handover Parameters. |
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6.6.3 Optimizing Inter-System Cell Reselection Parameters. |
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6.7 ADDITIONAL INTER-SYSTEM PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION ISSUES. |
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6.7.1 Inter-System Handover When More WCDMA Carriers are Present. |
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6.7.2 Inter-System Triggered for Capacity Reasons. |
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7 HSDPA (Kevin Murray, Sunil Patil). |
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7.1 MOTIVATIONS FOR HSDPA. |
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7.2 HSDPA CONCEPTS. |
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7.2.1 Common Channel with Multi-code Operation. |
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7.2.2 Adaptive Modulation and Coding. |
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7.2.3 Fast Scheduling and Retransmissions. |
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7.3 HSDPA PLANNING. |
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7.3.1 HSDPA Deployment Scenarios. |
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7.3.3 HSDPA Capacity and Performance. |
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7.4 HSDPA OPERATION AND OPTIMIZATION. |
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7.4.1 HSDPA Configuration. |
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7.4.2 HSDPA Serving Cell Change. |
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7.4.3 HSDPA Parameter Tuning. |
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7.4.4 RLC Parameters and HSDPA. |
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7.5 HSDPA KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPI). |
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7.5.1 Physical Layer Metrics. |
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7.5.3 Serving Cell Change Metrics. |
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7.6 TEST SETUP. |
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8 INDOOR COVERAGE (Patrick Chan, Ken Baker, Christophe Chevallier). |
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8.1 INTRODUCTION. |
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8.2 DESIGN APPROACH AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS. |
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8.2.1 Indoor Coverage: The Traditional Approach. |
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8.2.2 Indoor Coverage: A Hypothetical Approach. |
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8.2.3 Indoor Coverage: The Hybrid Approach. |
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8.3 COVERAGE PLANNING AND IMPACT ON CAPACITY. |
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8.3.1 Indoor Coverage Systems. |
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8.3.2 Service Indoors from the Outdoors. |
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8.3.3 Service Indoors from the Indoors. |
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8.3.5 Capacity Dimensioning. |
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8.3.6 Achieving Higher Throughput Indoors. |
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8.4 OPTIMIZING INDOOR SYSTEMS. |
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8.4.1 Practical Considerations for Indoor Deployments. |
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8.4.2 Indoor System Deployment and Post-Deployment Optimization. |
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8.4.3 How Indoor Parameter Settings Differ from Outdoor Systems. |
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