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From RP-111375 : HSPA based mobile internet offerings are becoming very popular and data usage is increasing rapidly. As a result, H...

The following is from 3GPP TR 25.872 - Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; HSDPA Multipoint Transmission: HSPA based...

From NSN Whitepaper on HSPA Evolution: HSPA Release 10 with 4-carrier HSDPA provides a peak downlink data rate of 168 Mbps using 2x2...

The ' LTE Signaling ' is a very interesting book just being released that is a must have for people who are involved in design, deve...

How often does it happen that people ask you questions you know the answer to but cant recall the complete details. A similar thing happene...

Picture Source: http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/21/05/T21050000010003PDFE.pdf This is a summary of a paper from IEEE Communication...

What can you do with a 12 megapixel camera in the phone? I for sure would be doing 'Megapixel Microscopy' and probably click 4-5 pho...

Multiple access (MA) is a basic function in wireless cellular systems. Generally speaking, MA techniques can be classified into orthogonal a...

It has been long time since HSDPA and HSUPA came into existence. Untill now we have read and implemented many features related to HSDPA an...

In HSDPA the channel quality indicator is a measure of the mobile channel which is send regularly from the UE to the Node B. These measurem...

Some interesting developments are ongoing in the 3GPP standardisation from Release-8 onwards. You must be aware that the current bandwidth i...

Receiver structures in UEs and Node-Bs are constantly being improved as products evolve and more complex features are added to HSPA. The res...

Fractional DPCH was added in Rel-6 to optimise the consumption of downlink channelization codes. When using HS-DSCH (High Speed Downlink Sha...

People often get lost while calculating the data rates for HSDPA, HSUPA or HSPA+ Note: HSPA+ is better known as eHSPA or HSPAe where e stand...

ZTE Corporation a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, showcased its 2M TD-HSDPA high-speed wirele...

Telenor (Norway) announced the launch of its Turbo 3G network last week. They call it as the first step towards Mobile Broadband. Reading ...

There seems to be confusion when people discuss terms like 3.5G, 3.75G so i decided to define them. I am sure people who have objections wil...

UMTS/HSDPA MOST WIDELY DEPLOYED 3G TECHNOLOGY - 3G Americas Press Release 117 Million 3G Customers use UMTS/HSDPA Bellevue, WA, May 24, 200...