UMTS Flashcards
What does HSDPA and what does it stand for?
It is a protocol of HSPA group which is protocols group for 3G enhance. It stands for high speed downlink packet access.
What is UMTS and what does it stand for?
It is 3G, based on GSM, specification and implementation. It stands for universal mobile telecommunications system.
List requirements of 3G?
- Its major interfaces specifications is open to be universal.
- It supports multimedia.
- It services independently of radio access technology and network infrastructure.
What was purpose of 0G, technology of 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G networks? What was addition of 3G over 2G networks?
Study mobile radio telephones. Analog. Digital. Digital. IP-based. 3G offered media transfer .
What does EDGE, GPRS, HSUPA and EUL stand for?
Enhanced data rates for GSM evolution, general packet radio service, high speed uplink packet access and enhanced uplink
To which of generation and what multiple access technology does these standards use 1G group, IS-136, IS-95, GSM, EDGE, CDMA200, 1XEV-DO, UMTS and LTE. Which generation does GPRS, WCDMA, HSDPA and HSUPA belong?
1G uses FDMA. IS-136, IS-95 and GSM are 2G networks. IS-136 and GSM use TDMA while IS-95 uses CDMA. EDGE is a 2.75G network. It uses TDMA. CDMA2000, 1XEV-DO and UMTS are 3G networks. UMTS and CDMA2000 use CDMA and 1XEV-DO use TDMA and CDMA. LTE is 3.9G netowrk. It uses OFDM. 2.5G, 3G and 3.5G and 3.5G.
What does FDD stand for?
Frequency division duplexing.
What are names of physical layer at UMTS?
WCDMA-UMTS. Also known as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) and UTRA-FDD.
Define DS-CDMA, FDD and TDD?
CDMA with DSSS which is modulation with spectrum spread. Operation with two frequencies for receive and send. TDM for sender and reciever.
What is chip and what is its rate unit? What is spreading factor and what is its other name? What is chip rate in UMTS?
Pulse in DSSS, MCPS. Chip rate over symbol rate, processing gain. 3.84 Mcps.
What is pilot symbols? What is common pilot channel acronym, its definition? For what purpose are they used in UMTS?
Pilot symbols are symbols in message used to demodulate coherently message signals. CPICH, Downlink channel broadcast by BS in UMTS with constant power and of a known bit sequence. Detection.
What is smart antenna? are they supported in UMTS?
Antenna array with spatial signal processing algorithms. Supported by specification but implementation is optional.
What is multiuser detection? are they supported in UMTS?
Demodulation of mutually interfering signals.. Supported by specification but implementation is optional.
For UMTS physical layer, what is its multiple access technique? its duplexing methods? channels number and width? frame length?
DS-CDMA. FDD/TDD. Pair of 5 MHz wide channels. 10 ms.
What is service multiplexing? Does UMTS support it?
Different QoS requirements supported on one
connection. Yes.
What is multirate, with explaination? does UMTS support it?
Variable spreading factor and
multicode. Multicode is a user that requires more bandwidth would be allocated
more codes. Spreading factor is chip rate over symbol rate. Yes.
What are decendents of CDMA?
CDMAOne, CDMA2000 and W-CDMA.
What are decendents of CDMAOne?
IS-95A and IS-95B.
What are decendents of CDMA2000?
CDMA2000 1XEV and CDMA2000 3XRTT.
What are decendents of CDMA2000 1XEV?
CDMA2000 1XEV-DO and CDMA2000 1XEV-DV.
What is other name for CDMAOne?
IS-95.
What is other name of CDMA2000?
IMT-2000 CDMA MC.
What is difference between CDMA2000 1xEV-DO and CDMA2000 1xEV-DV?
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO supports data only while CDMA2000 1xEV-DV supports data and voice.
What is rate of data and carrier width in CDMA2000 1xEV? To which generation does it belong?
144 Kbps on 1.25 MHz as CDMAOne rate.
What is added features of CDMA2000 3XRTT? Its rate and channel width?
It added multi-carrier support, circute and packet switching, wider channel of 3*1.25 = 3.75 MHz. 2 Mbps.
What is diversity schema? Why it is used?
Use of two different channels for one communication. Multipath fade combat.
What are added features of W-CDMA?
- Higher capacity.
- Diversity schama use.
- Variable rate.
- Soft handoff.
- Support different QoS requirements.
What are examples of applications with different QoS?
- Real-time like voice and video telephony.
- Streaming like video watching and audio listening.
- Interactive like web browsing.
- Background like email service and download.
What controls rate variablility? What is its main benefit?
Voice activity. Mobile battery life extend.
What is coherence bandwidth?
Bandwidth of maximum for channel that any two signals have same amount of fade.
What is narrowband? wideband?
Narrowband is channel that allows messages below its coherence bandwidth. Wideband is channel with messages larger than its coherence bandwidth.
What is rake receiver?
It is device for signal opposing multipath fading effect. It decodes and combine different paths of signal.
What does UTRAN stands for? What is its defenition? What do UE and CN stand for?
UMTS terrestrial radio access network. Network system for connecting mobiles with Internet and telephone. User equipment and core network
What does DSSS stand for? What is its definition?
Direct-sequence spread spectrum. Modulation with spectrum spread. Signal is spread over wideband at sender and despread to narrowband at reciever.
What is multipath diversity?
Paths for several signals reaching antenna.