HSPA Evolution

Preface

From the early deployments at the beginning of the twenty-first century to the powerful multi-carrier networks today serving millions of smartphones and laptops worldwide, HSPA technology has risen to become the engine of the mobile broadband revolution. During these years, a rapid evolution has occurred, transforming the initial HSDPA/HSUPA specifications into even more powerful tools for serving an expanding and diverse range of traffic to ever more complex devices and networks.

This book describes HSPA technology in detail from release 99 to release 13 enabling the reader to gain a complete picture of the toolbox of features and build a sound understanding of the 3GPP specifications, their background, and practical issues in building ...