UMTS/3G Revolution

 Introduction

 What is UMTS/3G?

 Why UMTS/3G?

 History

 Present status

 Architecture

 Working

 UMTS services

 HSPA

 Fast facts

 The chance for India (3G or 4G?)

 Conclusion

Paper presented by:

 ANNAJI SHARMA .A
 PRADEEP REDDY .N
(Final year ECE)
 P.I.R.M.ENGG.COLLEGE.
Introduction
• Just five years ago the reality of ‘mobile data’ meant little more than
Sending text messages.
• The present consumers are having a more wide range of features than previously.
• Consumers presently can send pictures to their friends’ phones or download latest
games and polyphonic ring tones.
• With the advent of new technology called 3G/UMTS operational in Europe and
Japan, they can view news bulletins, watch sports live and enjoy music videos on
their mobile handset.
 What is 3G/UMTS?

• Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) is the successor of Global

System for Mobile Communication (GSM).
• UMTS signals the move into the third generation (3G) of mobile networks.
• The new network increases transmission speed to 2 Mbps per mobile user and
establishes a global roaming standard.
 • UMTS, also referred to as wideband code division multiple access (W–CDMA),
is one of the most significant advances in the evolution of telecommunications
into 3G networks

Why 3G/UMTS?

UMTS provides class features such as:

• Conversational class (voice , video telephony , video gaming )
• Streaming class ( multimedia , video on demand ,web cast )
• Interactive class ( web browsing , network gaming ,database access)
• Background class ( email ,sms, downloading)
• UMTS offers cost efficient, WIDE AREA network coverage
• UMTS offers user bit rates up to 384 kbps in high mobility situations / 2 Mbps
stationary, with a roadmap to >14 Mbps for low mobility/indoor use.
• 3G/UMTS offers great capacity and broadband capabilities with higher data
rates at lower incremental cost than 2G.

History

First generation (1G): analog cellular

• The 1G cellular systems transmitted only analog voice information
• The most prominent 1G systems are Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS),
Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT), and Total Access Communication System
(TACS)
.
Second generation (2G): Multiple digital systems
• 2G cellular systems include GSM, Digital AMPS (D-AMPS), code division
multiple access (CDMA), and Personal Digital Communication (PDC).
• Many standards are used in different regions and GSM series is the most
successful supporting approximately 250 million of world’s 450 million
subscribers with roaming in 140 countries.

Third generation (3G): GSM to UMTS

• GSM has two phases of development. First phase being developed in 1990 by
ETSI (European Telecommunications standards institute) providing users with
data transmission up to 9.6kbps roaming.
• The main characteristics of 3G systems collectively called as IMT2000
(international mobile telecommunications) which comprises of family of UMTS
such as UTRAN (UMTS terrestrial radio access network), VHE (Virtual Home
Environment).
• In the second phase GSM developed 3G features such as high speed circuit
switched data (HSCSD), GPRS, IN, EDGE, EFR, CODEC, AMR, Global
roaming.
• The main characteristics of 3G systems collectively called as IMT2000
(international mobile telecommunications) which comprises of family of UMTS
such as UTRAN (UMTS terrestrial radio access network), VHE (Virtual Home
Environment).

Present status
• The present status of the 3G/UMTS mobiles may be understood by the above
figure which shows that more than 80% of the Europe is occupied by the 3G or its
extensions.
• In an official report by the UMTS forum, figures indicate that out of 10 leading
mobile operators, 8 have opted for the UMTS/WCDMA technology (China
Mobile, Vodaphone, China Unicom, T-Mobile, Orange, TIM, Verizon Wireless,
Telefonica, Cingular Wireless, NTTDoMoCo). UMTS offers cost efficient, WIDE
AREA network coverage

Architecture
• UMTS offers cost efficient, WIDE AREA network coverage

• UMTS is universally standardized via 3GPP, using licensed radio spectrum,

Globally harmonized in common bands (paired and unpaired)

• UMTS offers user bit rates up to 384 kbps in high mobility situations 2 Mbps
stationary, with a roadmap >14Mbps for low mobility/indoor use.

• UMTS supports international roaming, plus a growing range of attractively priced

handheld terminals
•

Working
• UMTS working can be explained in two modes, they are (1) TDD (Time Division
Duplex) for asymmetrical applications and hotspots (2) FDD (Frequency Division
Duplex) for paired bands and large area coverage.
• FDD mode for
• coverage driven roll-out
• public macro and micro cell environment
• data rates up to 384 kbps for high mobility
• TDD mode for
• small cells with more asymmetric traffic
• asymmetrical and symmetric data rates up to 2 Mbps
• public micro and Pico cell environment
• Unlicensed cordless and public wireless.

UMTS provides services such as:

 HSPA (High Speed Packet Access, both up and down link).
• Live television.
• Video telephony and conferencing.
•
 HSPA (High Speed Packet Access):
 HSPA refers to improvements in both the downlink and uplink of the radio access
network, known as HSDPA and HSUPA respectively.
 HSDPA enables data transmission speeds of up to 14.4Mbit/s per user.
 Unlike HSDPA, HSUPA remains based on a dedicated channel.
 The first HSUPA terminals are expected to become commercially available in the
first half of 2007.
The advantages of HSPA are:
 Improved speed for end user applications.
 Improved interactivity for end user applications.
 Improved network capacity for the operator.
 FACTS (as on 30 november2005)
 UMTS/WCDMA subscribers: 40.6m
 European UMTS/WCDMA subscribers: 17.9m +
 UMTS/WCDMA subscribers split by region: Japan 50.9%; Europe 44.2%;
Rest of World 4.9%
 UMTS/WCDMA network launches: 100+ in over 35 countries
 EDGE network launches: 120+ in 70 countries
 Combined UMTS/WCDMA/EDGE operations: 28 in 21 countries
 UMTS/WCDMA device (models) commercially available or announced: more
than 200.
 According to Strategy Analytics, worldwide cellular service revenues should raise
from US$ billion 463.1 in 2003 to US$ blln 758.4 in 2009 .
 The chance for India (3G or 4G?):
 Fourth-generation (4G) cellular services, intended to provide mobile data at rates
of 100Mbits/sec or more.

 Eight years from now, 4G phones will be in the shops, according to the vice-
president of research LM Ericsson, Ulf Wahlberg.

 India aims to leapfrog to 4G (fourth-generation) wireless technologies, skipping

3G technologies as it has not been found to be cost-effective, according to
Dayanidhi Maran, the country's new minister for IT and communications.

 “The 3G standard has been evolved, but has not proved cost-effective," said
Maran in Delhi. "I therefore plan to leapfrog this generation and develop 4G
technology. India has an opportunity with its large market and high technical
skills to be a significant player in this field. We are going to set up a National
Center for Excellence in this area."

 3G/UMTS “future-proofs” Indian mobile operators’ existing investments in GSM,

leveraging the enormous economies of an open system and the world’s #1 choice.

 3G/UMTS offers significant future additional capacity in fresh radio spectrum at

lower incremental cost, allowing Indian operators to support
new customers and new Services.

 The best gets better: standardization roadmap for WCDMA provides a clear
path for Indian mobile operators evolving to 3G/UMTS and beyond.
 Conclusion:

• UMTS: India’s best choice for 3G:

3G/UMTS means high quality, mass market mobile multimedia communications
at realistic cost.
 Don’t miss out on a global market opportunity:
India can benefit by exporting its R&D plus software and applications
developments skills to the enormous global marketplace that is enabled by UMTS
 License soon within IMT-2000 spectrum bands:
Licensing in globally agreed spectrum bands for IMT-2000 harmonizes India’s
Mobile future with the rest of the world.

We can conclude that the definition of the topic discussed above can be written as:
Personalized and highly customized + More individual bandwidth+ Always-On+ Global
roaming+ Seamless network, UMTS-GPRS-GSM+
Rich Multimedia services: Information, Transaction, Entertainment =
My services - anytime - anywhere - on my device
That is the definition of a Third Generation mobile (3G Mobile)…