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1 wcdma principle

2 wcdma air interface

3 wcdma signalling

4 wcdma planning

5 wcdma/hspa optimization

6 wcdma ran products

7 wcdma core

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overview of UMTS,evolution to UMTS.
spectrum allocation,3g terms and standards
UMTS system characterstics and key features
wcdma vs gsm,need for UMTS
tdma based vs wcdma based system
Processing gain,spreading & despreading
ovsf properties
multipath propagation & diversity
rake receiver
UMTS architecture and interfaces
logical,transport and physical channels in UMTS
channel mapping downlink & uplink
cell synchronization
cell ,paging procedure
power control and RACH process
Soft handovers in UMTS
WCDMA planning issues and methods
workflow of WCDMA planning
coverage analysis,uplink and downlink load factor
WCDMA link budget
coverage -capacity enhancement
prelaunch and continuous optimization
required performance
KPI's
RSCP and EC/Io verification
node b,UE
Rnc
ggsn,sgsn,pcrf
CS core network
ps core network
interfaces and architecture UMTS