Wideband Cdma For Third Generation Mobile Communications

"...evaluates wideband CDMA as an effective third generation technology option, providing a clear picture of the various wideband CDMA standardization activities currently underway worldwide...compares a wide array of techniques."

Here's an in-depth, comprehensive study of the developmental trends and practical design, planning, and deployment issues associated with wideband CDMA technology. Prepared by two leading authorities in the field, this book evaluates wideband CDMA as an effective third generation technology option, and gives you a clear picture of the various wideband CDMA standardization activities currently underway worldwide.

Wireless system engineers responsible for designing wideband CDMA systems will appreciate the book's depth of coverage as it compares a wide array of CDMA design techniques and examines how each affects system performance. The book also describes how third generation system applications will impact radio access system design and...

Compares and contrasts major wideband CDMA standardization proposals, including FRAMES, WCDMA in 3GPP, CDMA2000, and IS-95B

Identifies and describes various air interface access schemes for third and fourth generation mobile communications systems

Analyzes wideband CDMA performance in varying radio environments, and presents simulation results

Discusses the integration of the GSM core network with wideband CDMA

1 Examines the basic principles of CDMA, including IS-95B air interference, and includes details on EDGE/136HS

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Provides technical background necessary to understand how wideband CDMA air interfaces are designed, covering system requirements, applications, and radio environments, and offers detailed treatment of technical solutions for spreading codes, coding, modulation, RAKE receivers, and soft handover. Reviews wideband CDMA proposals including Europe, Japan, the US, and Korea, and discusses the standardization and regulation environment. For managers, researchers, system designers, and graduate students in mobile radio systems. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Ramjee Prasad is a professor of wireless personal and multimedia communications at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He is the author of CDMA for Wireless Personal Communication, and Universal Wireless Personal Communications, both published by Artech House. He earned his Ph.D. in communications from the Birla Institute of Technology.

Tero Ojanpera is a principal engineer at the Nokia Research Center, Texas. A member of the IEEE, he earned his M.Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of Oulu.