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UMTS: The Mobile Part of Broadband Communications for the Next Century

A. J. Clapton, Nigel Lobley, Steve Dutnall, Mark Dando, Pedro Serna

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Chapter 13 outlines the path from developing broadband ISDN/ATM systems towards the European vision of the next generation mobile system: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). The capabilities of UMTS in terms of services and features compared to the second generation mobile system, the global system for mobile communications (GSM), and the network technologies behind N-ISDN and B-ISDN are discussed with proposals for technical developments to satisfy the UMTS requirements. The UMTS radio interface aspects are described, and considerations on the network requirements to support these radio aspects are discussed in this chapter. The requirements within the network for control, switching and transport to support the mobility, service and interconnecting networks' aspects of UMTS are outlined in conjunction with the technical solutions currently under discussion, and some latest thoughts on a potential high-level architecture.

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Key concepts: UMTS frequency bands, Customised Applications for Mobile networks Enhanced Logic, UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network, Telecommunications, GSM, Integrated Services Digital Network, Air interface, Computer network