Wireless communication

Presentation
Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) Architecture

Project Members: Naveed Ahmad(89) Waqas Ashraf(88)

3G-Mobile Evolution
Compatibility between IMT-2000 family members Continued Growth In Mobile Subscriptions Facilitation for multimedia applications Downward compatible with 2G systems High data rates for mobile communications Circuit and packet switched transfer of data

UMTS Objectives
Convergence of three sectors of communication i.e. voice, data & video Provide almost everything included in mobile computing Global, seamless accessibility High quality of service (QoS) must be guaranteed To provide direct access to IP Networks Efficient use of frequency resources

The UMTS Standard

UMTS(3G) standard drafted by 3GPP based on GSM standard Core Network (CN) similarity in GSM and UMTS(3G) Differs in the UTRA(UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access) implementation

UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN)

UTRAN elements are: Radio Network Controller Base station UE (User Equipment) UTRAN Interfaces: Uu--User Equipment and Node B interface IubNode B and RNC interface Iu-- RNC and CN interface

Core Network
Core Network components are HLR (Home Location Register) VLR (Visitor Location Register) AC (Authentication Centre) SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node) MSC (Mobile Switching Centre) GMSC (Gateway Mobile Switching Centre)

UMTS Releases
UMTS development comprises different releases Development is in terms of bandwidth and efficiency First release was according to year i.e. 99 Afterwards it started in numbering from 4 Releases are described step by step

UMTS Release 99: A New Radio Access Network

First step of UMTS A New Radio Access Network WCDMA was introduced as UMTS Terrestrial Radio Network (UTRAN) 384 kbit/s per user in the downlink and up to 64128 kbit/s in the uplink direction (High mobility) UTRAN compatibility with GSM/GPRS core network

UMTS Release 4: Enhancements for the Circuit-Switched Core Network

Bearer independent core network (BICN) Instead of circuit-switched 64 kbit/s timeslots, traffic is now carried inside ATM or IP packets MSC is Split into MSC Server for call control and mobility management Media gateway which is responsible for handling the actual bearer (user traffic)

UMTS Release 5: Introduction of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)

MSC replaced by IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) End-to-End IP connectivity

UE communication with SGSN & GGSN

UMTS Release 5: High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)

Enables speeds of 1.4 to 3.6 Mbit/s per user depending on capability of user equipment As compared to UMTS release 99 offered 384 Kbit/s Provides high data rates for bandwidth hungry applications UMTS now compete ADSL and WiMax broadband technologies with this release

UMTS Release 6: High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)

IMS and HSDPA continue to be evolved in UMTS Release 6 Data rate are almost equal as compared to HSDPA Perfectly suits Video conferencing which requires both uplink and downlink of high data rates

UMTS Release 7 and Beyond: Even Higher Data Rates

Higher data rates as compared to release 99 Release 7 promises 10 times more data rates than HSDPA & HSUPA New radio techniques like OFDM (orthogonal Frequency division multiplexing and MIMO (multiple input and multiple output Enabling UMTS to compete in race of bandwidth with other wireless and fixed line networks

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