HSPA+ Evolution to Release 12

A comprehensive reference book providing an in-depth presentation of HSPA+ evolution, network planning and optimization, and terminal design solutions. Headed by the successful editing team of Holma, Toskala, and Tapia, industry experts look at HSPA evolution from 3GPP Release 7 to Release 12. The presentation covers MIMO antenna solutions, multicarrier evolution, Continuous Packet Connectivity (CPC), high speed common channels, and HSDPA Multiflow. The network optimization is based on extensive field experience from high loaded HSPA+networks to show solutions for maximizing data rates, minimizing interference, managing multiband deployments, heterogeneous networks, and optimizing spectrum refarming. The smartphone section shows the impact of the operating system and application on the network data and signaling traffic and on the end user performance. The terminal RF chapter gives a detailed explanation of the latest implementation solutions for multimode and multiband terminals with a special focus on power consumption minimization. The book assumes a basic understanding of mobile communications yet the material is presented in an understandable way and can be enjoyed without any pre-information about technology solutions.