Advances in 3G Enhanced Technologies for Wireless Communications

Broadband wireless communications is profoundly impacting our daily lives, and energizing numerous research projects globally. A compilation of the cutting edge work of leading researchers and engineers from major telecommunications firms worldwide, this timely volume offers you in-depth knowledge of the various technical regimes for implementing third generation (3G) wireless mobile communications systems, and covers the latest enhanced techniques likely to become future standards in 3.5G or 3GPP2.

Indispensable for practicing professionals and students, this volume helps you fully understand the concepts behind third generation standards and identify key directions in which research is needed. The book includes chapters on 3G wideband CDMA enhanced technologies, CDMA 2000 high speed packet transmission, EDGE, software radio, and the wireless internet.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. WCDMA Enhanced Technologies
2. Downlink Performance Enhancements in CDMA Cellular Systems
3. GSM/EDGE Radio Access network : Evolution of GSM/EDGE Toward 3G Mobile Services
4. CDMA 2000 High-Rate Packet Data System
5. Peak-to-Average Radio of CDMA Systems
6. IP Mobility Framework for Supporting Wireless and Mobile Internet
7. Software Radio : A Prospective Technology for Future Broadband Communication Systems

Acronyms
About the author
Index