CDMA Capacity and Quality Optimization

Now that CDMA has been accepted as a key component of worldwide 3G systems, service providers, capacity planners, engineers and technicians need to understand the best methods and tools for maximizing throughput, capacity, and quality. This book provides that expertise.

Contents        

  Section 1: KEY RADIO CONCEPTS
     Chapter 1: Radio Engineering Concepts
     Chapter 2: The User Terminal
     Chapter 3: The CDMA Mobile System
     Chapter 4: The Base Station
     Chapter 5: Basic Wireless Telephony
     Chapter 6: Analog Wireless Telephony (AMPS)
     Chapter 7: TDMA Wireless Telephony (GSM)
     Chapter 8: The CDMA Principle
  Section 2: STANDARDS FOR CELLULAR SYSTEMS
     Chapter 9: General Cellular Standards
     Chapter 10: Worldwide CDMA Standards
  Section 3: KEY TELEPHONE CONCEPTS
     Chapter 11: The PSTN and Telephone Switching
     Chapter 12: Telephony Engineering Concepts
     Chapter 13: Telephone Transport
     Chapter 14: Signaling with SS7
     Chapter 15: ANSI-41
     Chapter 16: Call States
  Section 4: KEY DATA CONCEPTS
     Chapter 17: Quality of Service (QoS)
     Chapter 18: Speech Coding
     Chapter 19: Hybrid Voice-Data Networks
     Chapter 20: Short Message Service (SMS)
     Chapter 21: Wireless Data Service
  Section 5: CAPACITY AND QUALITY PRINCIPLES
     Chapter 22: Capacity and Quality Tradeoffs
     Chapter 23: Traffic Engineering for Voice and Data
     Chapter 24: Switching Capacity
     Chapter 25: ANSI-41 Signaling Capacity
     Chapter 26: Capacity Calculations for Cellular Networks
     Chapter 27: Conventional Reuse Principles
     Chapter 28: CDMA Principles for Multicellular Systems
     Chapter 29: CDMA Data Capacity Principles
     Chapter 30: Capacity Issues Specific to CDMA
  Section 6: PLANNING FOR CDMA CAPACITY
     Chapter 31: Estimating Wireless Telephone Demand
     Chapter 32: Planning Locations for Base Stations
     Chapter 33: Base Station Planning
     Chapter 34: Mobile Switching Center (MSC) Planning
     Chapter 35: Backhaul Planning
     Chapter 36: Signaling Capacity Planning
     Chapter 37: MSC Transport Planning
     Chapter 38: Special Situations
  Section 7: INCREASING CAPACITY
     Chapter 39: Measuring System Performance for Growth
     Chapter 40: Turning Your Complaints into Useful Data
     Chapter 41: Increasing Capacity of a Base Station
     Chapter 42: Adding Cells to a CDMA Station
     Chapter 43: Mobile Switching Center (MSC) Growth
     Chapter 44: Adding Transport
     Chapter 45: Regional Growth in a Specific Area
  Section 8: MODELING FOR CDMA
     Chapter 46: Business-Case Models
     Chapter 47: Propagation Models
     Chapter 48: Subscriber Traffic Modeling
  Section 9: CONCLUSION
     Chapter 49: CDMA Now and in the Future
    Appendix A: Acronyms
    Appendix B: Physical Units
    Glossary
    References
    Index
    About the Authors