Call Setup

Basic Mobile Originating Call Diagram

Further reading: 3GPP TS 25.303, 25.331

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According to "WARC-92 frequencies for IMT-2000" resolution: "The bands 1885-2025 MHz and 21102200 MHz are intended for use, on a worldwide basis, by administrations wishing to implement International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000). Such use does not preclude the use of these bands by other services to which they are allocated." Here is the summary of UMTS frequencies:

1920-1980 and 2110-2170 MHz Frequency Division Duplex (FDD, W-CDMA) Paired uplink and downlink, channel spacing is 5 MHz and raster is 200 kHz. An Operator needs 3 - 4 channels (2x15 MHz or 2x20 MHz) to be able to build a high-speed, high-capacity network. 1900-1920 and 2010-2025 MHz Time Division Duplex (TDD, TD/CDMA) Unpaired, channel spacing is 5 MHz and raster is 200 kHz. Tx and Rx are not separated in frequency. 1980-2010 and 2170-2200 MHz Satellite uplink and downlink. Carrier frequencies are designated by a UTRA Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (UARFCN). The general formula relating frequency to UARFN is: UARFCN = 5 * (frequency in MHz)

WARC-92 IMT-2000 Frequencies

WRC-2000 in Istanbul Identified the bands 1710 - 1885 and 2500 - 2690 MHz for IMT-2000 Identified those parts of the band 806 - 960 MHz which are allocated to the mobile service on a primary basis Admitted that High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) may use the WARC-92 frequency bands for terrestrial IMT-2000 on restrictive conditions Decided that the frequency bands 1525 - 1544, 1545 - 1559, 1610 - 1626.5, 1626.5 - 1645.5, 1646.5 1660.5 and 2483.5 - 2500 MHz may be used for the satellite component of IMT-2000, as well as the bands 2500 - 2520 MHz and 2670- 2690 MHz, depending on market developments

Decided that "the bands, or portions of the bands, 1710 - 1885 MHz and 2500 - 2690 MHz, are identified for use by administrations wishing to implement International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000). This identification does not preclude the use of these bands by any application of the services to which they are allocated and does not establish priority in the Radio Regulations".

WRC-2000 IMT-2000 Frequencies

From the TS 25.101 Specification:

UTRA FDD frequency bands

TX-RX frequency separation

UARFCN definition

UARFCN definition (Band II additional channels)

UTRA Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number USA spectrum allocation by Unstrung (10/09/04) India spectrum allocation by 3G Newsroom (28/09/04)

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Main UMTS Codes

Here us a summary of the main UMTS FDD codes:

Synchronisation Codes

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Gold Codes
Primary Synchronization Codes (PSC) and Secondary Synchronization Codes (SSC)

Type Length Duration 256 chips 66.67 s

Number of codes

1 primary code / 16 secondary codes

Spreading

No, does not change bandwidth

Usage

To enable terminals to locate and synchronise to the cells' main control channels

Further reading: 3GPP TS 25.201, 25.213, 25.223

TS FDD codes: Scramblin g Codes, DL

Channelisation Codes

Scrambling Codes, UL

ComplexComplex-Valued Gold Code Valued Orthogonal Variable Spreading Segments (long) or Complex- Gold Code Factor (OVSF) codes Valued S(2) Codes (short) Segments
Pseudo Noise (PN) codes

sometimes called Walsh Codes

Pseudo Noise (PN) codes

4-512 chips 1.04 s 133.34 s

38400 chips / 256 chips 10 ms / 66.67 s

38400 chips 10 ms 512 primary / 15 secondary for each primary

#NAME? 4 ... 256 UL, 4 ... 512 DL

16,777,216

Yes, increases bandwidth UL: to separate physical data and control data from same terminal DL: to separate connection to different terminals in a same cell

No, does not change bandwidth

No, does not change bandwidth

Separation of terminal

Separation of sectors

.213, 25.223