宽带CDMA无线接入网的基本概念.docxVIP

附录3：英文资料Basic Concepts of WCDMA Radio Access Network 1. BackgroundThere has been a tremendous growth in wireless communication technology over the past decade. The significant increase in subscribers and traffic, new bandwidth consuming applications such as gaming, music down loading and video streaming will place new demands on capacity. The answer to the capacity demand is the provision of new spectrum and the development of a new technology - Wideband CDMA or hereinafter referred to as WCDMA. WCDMA was developed in order to create a global standard for real time multimedia services that ensured international roaming. With the support of ITU (International Telecommunication Union) a specific spectrum was allocated - 20Hz for 3G telecom systems. The work was later taken over by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), which is now the WCDMA specification body with delegates from all over the world.2. WCDMA a development from GSM and CDMANaturally there are a lot of differences between WCDMA and GSM systems, hut there are many similarities as well.The GSM Base Station Subsystem (BSS) and the WCDMA Radio Access Network (RAN) are both connected to the GSM core network for providing a radio connection to the handset. Hence, the technologies can share the same core network. Furthermore, both GSM BSS and WCDMA RAN systems are based on the principles of a cellular radio system. The GSM Base Station Controller (ESC) corresponds to the WCDMA Radio Network Controller (RNC). The GSM Radio Base Station (RBS) corresponds to the WCDMA RES, and the A -interface of GSM was the basis of the development of the Iu-interface of WCDMA, which mainly differs in the inclusion of the new services offered by WCDMA. The significant differences, apart from the lack of interface between the GSM BSCs and GSM Abis-interface to provide multi-vendor operability, are more of a systemic matter. The GSM system uses TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) technology with a lot of radio functional