HSDPA/HSUPA Handbook

High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is a 3G mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) family that allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System to achieve higher data transfer speeds and capacities. This handbook provides technical information on all aspects of HSDPA/HSUPA. The topics covered range from basic concepts to research grade material, including future directions. This book is a valuable resource for those working on wireless communications networks.

Borko Furht is a professor and chairman of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida. He is also Director of the NSF-sponsored Industry/University Cooperative Research Center at FAU. Before joining FAU, he was a vice president of research and a senior director of development at Modcomp (Ft. Lauderdale), a computer company of Daimler Benz, Germany, a professor at University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and a senior researcher in the Institute Boris Kidric-Vinca, Yugoslavia. Professor Furht received a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Belgrade. His current research is in multimedia systems, video coding and compression, 3D video and image systems, video databases, wireless multimedia, and Internet computing. He has been Principal Investigator and Co-PI of several multiyear, multimillion dollar projects - on Coastline Security Technologies, funded by the Department of Navy, One Pass to Production, funded by Motorola, and NSF PIRE project on Global Living Laboratory for Cyber Infrastructure Application Enablement, and NSF High-Performance Computing Project. He is the author of numerous books and articles in the areas of multimedia, computer architecture, real-time computing, and operating systems. He is a founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer). He has received several technical and publishing awards, and has consulted for many high-tech companies including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Xerox, General Electric, JPL, NASA, Honeywell, and RCA, and has been an expert witness for Cisco and Qualcomm. He has also served as a consultant to various colleges and universities. He has given many invited talks, keynote lectures, seminars, and tutorials. He served on the Board of Directors of several high-tech companies. Syed Ahson is a Senior Software Design Engin

TD-SCDMA HSDPA/HSUPA: Principles, Technologies and Performance. Multi-user Extensions to MIMO HSDPA. Advanced Receivers for MIMO HSDPA. Interference Cancellation in HSDPA Terminals. Packet Scheduling Principles and Algorithms for Downlink. Packet Scheduling and Buffer Management in HSDPA. HSPA Radio Access Network Design. Automated Optimization in HSDPA Radio Network Planning. HSPA Transport Network Layer Congestion Control. Performance Evaluation of HSDPA/HSUPA Systems. MIMO HSDPA Throughput Measurement Results. HSDPA Indoor Planning. Dimensioning HSPA Networks: Principles, Methodology, and Applications. Glossary.