[...]... a further evolutionary step of GSM packet data EDGE can handle about three times more data subscribers than GPRS, or triple the data rate for one end-user EDGE can be achieved through a very fast and cost-effective implementation The only requirement is to add EDGE- capable transceivers and software With the continuation of EDGE standardisation towards GERAN (GSM /EDGE Radio access network), EDGE will... Traffic Reason Handover (TRHO) 6.4 Performance of GSM HR Speech Channels 6.5 Adaptive Multi-rate (AMR) 6.5.1 Introduction 6.5.2 GSM AMR Link Level Performance 6.5.3 GSM AMR System Level Performance 6.6 Source Adaptation 6.6.1 Introduction 6.6.2 System Level Performance 6.7 Rel’5 EDGE AMR Enhancements 6.7.1 Introduction 6.7.2 EDGE NB-AMR Performance 6.7.3 EPC Network Performance 6.7.4 EDGE Wideband AMR Codecs... for EDGE is to boost system capacity, both for real-time and best-effort services, and to become perfectly competitive with other 3G technologies What emerges with these evolutionary steps from GSM to GPRS, EDGE and WCDMA is a seamless 3G UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) Multi-Radio network, one that maximizes the investments in GSM and GPRS It stands to reason that both EDGE and WCDMA... users All the performance- related dimensions, such as link level voice and data performance, spectral efficiency, maximum and realistic data rates and service support capabilities are studied in depth in this part Chapter 5 introduces the principles associated with GSM radio network performance analysis All standardised functionality, such as AMR, SAIC, GPRS and EDGE, both for voice (Chapter 6) and data... Timo Halonen, Jari Hulkkonen and Juan Melero 10.1 What is a Narrowband Network? 10.1.1 Frequency Spectrum Re-farming Technology Migration 381 382 Contents xi 10.1.2 Narrow Licensed Frequency Spectrum 10.1.3 Microcell Deployment 10.2 Performance of Narrowband Networks 10.3 Allocation of BCCH and Hopping Bands 10.3.1 BCCH Reuse for Narrowband Scenarios 10.3.2 Narrowband BCCH and Hopping Deployment Strategies... Non-hopping Band 7.3.4 GPRS Performance in a Separate Band with RF Hopping 7.3.5 GPRS Spectrum Efficiency with QoS Criterion 7.3.6 Reuse Partitioning Principle to Increase Spectral Efficiency and QoS Provisioning 7.4 EGPRS System Capacity 7.4.1 Introduction 7.4.2 Modeling Issues and Performance Measures 7.4.3 EGPRS Performance with Link Adaptation in a Separate Non-hopping Band 7.4.4 EGPRS Performance. .. spectrum) and WCDMA (evolution of GSM for new spectrum using a 5-MHz WCDMA carrier) The evolution of GSM to 3G is about gradually adding more functionality, possibilities and value to the existing GSM network and business The evolution begins with an upgrade of the GSM network to 2.5G by introducing GPRS technology GPRS provides GSM with a packet data air interface and an IP-based core network EDGE is... GSA, the UWCC and now 3G Americas have stood their ground Forewords xxi as advocates for EDGE because of the merits of the technology and its value to operators and customers as a spectrally efficient and cost-effective solution for third-generation (3G) wireless services 3G Americas is firm in their belief that a comparative review of how EDGE meets three key criteria, performance, cost and the ease... Adaptive Multi-Rate xxii Forewords (AMR) Vocoders, and Frequency Hopping, GSM is competitive with CDMA on spectral efficiency, which translates into higher capacity and faster data rates EDGE offers transmission speeds of 384 kbps—fast enough to support full motion video and throughput capacity 3 to 4 times higher than GPRS Thus, EDGE is fast, EDGE is efficient and EDGE performs Additionally, the opportunity... xxvi Introduction (Users/MHz) 20 WCDMA HSDPA WCDMA EDGE 0 00 (kbps) 10 20 00 0 GPRS 0 10 GSM 15 5 AMR 50 Capacity 15 10 EDGE Data rates Figure 1 GSM evolution towards 3G/UMTS part of the same concept, 3G UMTS multi-radio networks This GSM evolution towards UMTS is illustrated in Figure 1 Chapters 1 and 2 will provide a detailed description of the GSM evolution Chapter 3 will provide an in-depth analysis . alt="" Evolution Towards 3G/UMTS Second Edition GSM, GPRS Performance EDGE AND Edited by Timo Halonen Nokia Javier Romero and Juan Melero TarTec GSM, GPRS Performance EDGE AND Evolution Towards. Cataloging-in-Publication Data GSM, GPRS, and edge performance : evolution towards 3G/UMTS / edited by Timo Halonen, Javier Romero, Juan Melero.—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN. production. Contents Acknowledgements xvii Foreword xix Introduction xxv Abbreviations xxix Part 1 GERAN Evolution 1 1 GSM /EDGE Standards Evolution (up to Rel’4) 3 Markus Hakaste, Eero Nikula and Shkumbin Hamiti 1.1 Standardisation