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A Fast Algorithm For High Speed Downlink Packet Access
Shabana Anwar #1, Abhishek Raghuvanshi #2
#1 Department of Information Technology, Mahakal Institute of Technology, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, india
#2 Department of Information Technology, Mahakal Institute of Technology, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, india
Abstract
Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) is one of IMT-2000 standards that are defined to provide true third generation (3G)
service to wide range of global users. It represents an evolution in data services and speeds. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). The
network architecture consists of three domains: User Equipment (UE), UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) domain, and core
network (CN) domain.
One of the network elements that have a direct influence on performance is the scheduling algorithm used in the base station (Node B).
Current scheduling algorithms are very basic in design and there have been new, more sophisticated algorithms proposed by the academic
community. Most of these new algorithms have not been tested using live test-bed scenarios or even with industrial strength simulators;
therefore it is very difficult to comment on their performance in a meaningful and critical way.
Keywords
: UMTS, UTRAN, 3G.
1 INTRODUCTION
2. HSDPA OVERVIEW
Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) is a
collective term for the Node-B's and Radio Network A User Equipment (UE) is also referred to a user terminal. It
Controllers which make up the UMTS radio access network. participates in signaling for the connection setup and release.
This communications network, commonly referred to as 3G The example of an UE can be a mobile phone, a personal
(for 3rd Generation Wireless Mobile Communication digital assistant (PDA) or a laptop. The terminal carries a
Technology), can carry many traffic types from real-time UMTS Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) which contains all
Circuit Switched to IP based Packet Switched. The UTRAN the necessary data for authentication and accessing the UMTS
allows connectivity between the UE (user equipment) and the network in order to use services.
core network. The UTRAN contains the base stations, which In order to improve support for high data-rate packet-
are called Node-Bs, and Radio Network Controllers (RNC). switched services, 3GPP deployed an evolution of UMTS
The RNC provides control functionalities for one or more based on WCDMA known as High Speed Downlink Packet
Node-Bs [1,2]. A Node-B and an RNC can be the same Access (HSDPA) which is included in the Release 5
device, although typical implementations have a separate specifications. HSDPA is targeting increased capacity,
RNC located in a central office serving multiple Node-Bs. reduced round trip delay, and higher peak data rates up to 10
Despite the fact that they do not have to be physically Mbps.
separated, there is a logical interface between them known as To achieve these goals, a new shared downlink channel, called
the Iub. The RNC and its corresponding Node-Bs are called the High Speed Downlink Shared Channel (HS-DSCH) is
the Radio Network Subsystem (RNS). There can be more than being introduced to replace the DSCH transport channel used
one RNS present in a UTRAN. in previous releases. In addition, three fundamental
There are four interfaces connecting the UTRAN internally or technologies are utilized, which are tightly coupled and rely
externally to other functional entities: Iu, Uu, Iub and Iur. The on rapid adaptation of the transmission parameters to the
Iu interface is an external interface that connects the RNC to instantaneous radio conditions:
the Core Network (CN). The Uu is also external, connecting
the Node-B with the User Equipment (UE). The Iub is an Fast link adaptation techniques based on multiple Modulation
internal interface connecting the RNC with the Node-B. And and Coding Schemes (MCS) enable the use of spectrally
at last there is the Iur interface which is an internal interface efficient higher order Quaternary Amplitude Modulation with
most of the time, but can, exceptionally be an external 16 states (16 QAM) when channel conditions permit.
interface too for some network architectures. The Iur connects Alternatively, these revert to conventional and more robust
two RNCs with each other. Quaternary Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation for less
favorable channel conditions.
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6. CONCLUSIONS
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