W-CDMA and cdma2000 for 3G Mobile Networks

At the time we were working on third-generation (3G) wireless systems at Lucent Technologies, we realized that there were not many
books available on this topic. ITU-R had defined four 3G systems, and published a set of standards in 1999. In most cases, our only sources of information were these standards, which were necessarily quite elaborate and were not available as a single document. The purpose of this book is to fill that void and provide a comprehensive description of 3G systems. The standards specify air interfaces based upon both wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) and wideband TDMA. However, since W-CDMA is the preferred interface, we have chosen to deal with W-CDMA and more specifically cdma2000 and UMTS FDD. Technologies used in 3G and necessary background material required to understand and, in some instances, develop a 3G system are presented. The treatment of topics is neither too detailed nor too brief, and our expectation is that a wide spectrum of readers— systems engineers, engineering managers, people who are new in this area but want to understand the system, and even designers— will find the book useful.