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UMTS(telecommunication)
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TheUniversalMobileTelecommunicationsSystem(UMTS)isathirdgenerationmobilecellularsystem
fornetworksbasedontheGSMstandard.Developedandmaintainedbythe3GPP(3rdGeneration
PartnershipProject),UMTSisacomponentoftheInternationalTelecommunicationsUnionIMT2000
standardsetandcompareswiththeCDMA2000standardsetfornetworksbasedonthecompeting
cdmaOnetechnology.UMTSuseswidebandcodedivisionmultipleaccess(WCDMA)radioaccess
technologytooffergreaterspectralefficiencyandbandwidthtomobilenetworkoperators.
UMTSspecifiesacompletenetworksystem,whichincludestheradioaccessnetwork(UMTSTerrestrial
RadioAccessNetwork,orUTRAN),thecorenetwork(MobileApplicationPart,orMAP)andthe
authenticationofusersviaSIM(subscriberidentitymodule)cards.
ThetechnologydescribedinUMTSissometimesalsoreferredtoasFreedomofMobileMultimediaAccess
(FOMA)[1]or3GSM.
UnlikeEDGE(IMTSingleCarrier,basedonGSM)andCDMA2000(IMTMultiCarrier),UMTSrequires
newbasestationsandnewfrequencyallocations.

Contents
1 Features
2 Airinterfaces
2.1 WCDMA(UTRAFDD)
2.1.1 Development
2.1.2 RationaleforWCDMA
2.1.3 Deployment
2.2 UTRATDD
2.2.1 TDCDMA(UTRATDD3.84McpsHighChipRate(HCR))
2.2.2 TDSCDMA(UTRATDD1.28McpsLowChipRate(LCR))
2.2.2.1 Objectives
2.2.2.2 Technicalhighlights
2.2.2.3 History
2.2.2.4 Frequencybands&Deployments
2.2.3 UnlicensedUMTSTDD
2.2.4 ComparisonwithUMTSFDD
2.2.5 Deployment
2.2.6 CompetingStandards
3 Radioaccessnetwork
4 Corenetwork
5 Frequencybandsandchannelbandwidths
5.1 UARFCN
5.2 Spectrumallocation
6 Interoperabilityandglobalroaming
6.1 Handsetsandmodems
7 Othercompetingstandards
8 MigratingfromGSM/GPRStoUMTS
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8 MigratingfromGSM/GPRStoUMTS
9 Problemsandissues
9.1 Securityissues
10 Releases
10.1 Release'99
10.2 Release4
10.3 Release5
10.4 Release6
10.5 Release7
10.6 Release8
10.7 Release9
11 Seealso
12 Notes
13 References
13.1 Citations
13.2 Bibliography
14 Documentation
15 Externallinks
16 Seealso

Features
UMTSsupportsmaximumtheoreticaldatatransferratesof42Mbit/swhenEvolvedHSPA(HSPA+)is
implementedinthenetwork.[2]Usersindeployednetworkscanexpectatransferrateofupto384kbit/sfor
Release'99(R99)handsets(theoriginalUMTSrelease),and7.2Mbit/sforHighSpeedDownlinkPacket
Access(HSDPA)handsetsinthedownlinkconnection.Thesespeedsaresignificantlyfasterthanthe9.6
kbit/sofasingleGSMerrorcorrectedcircuitswitcheddatachannel,multiple9.6kbit/schannelsinHigh
SpeedCircuitSwitchedData(HSCSD)and14.4kbit/sforCDMAOnechannels.
Since2006,UMTSnetworksinmanycountrieshavebeenorareintheprocessofbeingupgradedwith
HighSpeedDownlinkPacketAccess(HSDPA),sometimesknownas3.5G.Currently,HSDPAenables
downlinktransferspeedsofupto21Mbit/s.Workisalsoprogressingonimprovingtheuplinktransfer
speedwiththeHighSpeedUplinkPacketAccess(HSUPA).Longerterm,the3GPPLongTermEvolution
(LTE)projectplanstomoveUMTSto4Gspeedsof100Mbit/sdownand50Mbit/sup,usinganext
generationairinterfacetechnologybaseduponorthogonalfrequencydivisionmultiplexing.
ThefirstnationalconsumerUMTSnetworkslaunchedin2002withaheavyemphasisontelcoprovided
mobileapplicationssuchasmobileTVandvideocalling.ThehighdataspeedsofUMTSarenowmost
oftenutilisedforInternetaccess:experienceinJapanandelsewherehasshownthatuserdemandforvideo
callsisnothigh,andtelcoprovidedaudio/videocontenthasdeclinedinpopularityinfavourofhighspeed
accesstotheWorldWideWebeitherdirectlyonahandsetorconnectedtoacomputerviaWiFi,
BluetoothorUSB.

Airinterfaces
UMTScombinesthreedifferentairinterfaces,GSM'sMobileApplicationPart(MAP)core,andtheGSM
familyofspeechcodecs.
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UMTSprovidesseveraldifferent
terrestrialairinterfaces,calledUMTS
TerrestrialRadioAccess(UTRA).[3]
Allairinterfaceoptionsarepartof
ITU'sIMT2000.Inthecurrentlymost
popularvariantforcellularmobile
telephones,WCDMA(IMTDirect
Spread)isused.
PleasenotethatthetermsWCDMA,
TDCDMAandTDSCDMAare
misleading.Whiletheysuggest
coveringjustachannelaccessmethod
(namelyavariantofCDMA),theyare
actuallythecommonnamesforthe
wholeairinterfacestandards.[4]

UMTSnetworkarchitecture

WCDMA(UTRAFDD)
WCDMAusestheDSCDMAchannelaccessmethodwithapairof5MHzwide
channels.Incontrast,thecompetingCDMA2000systemusesoneormoreavailable
1.25MHzchannelsforeachdirectionofcommunication.WCDMAsystemsare
widelycriticizedfortheirlargespectrumusage,whichhasdelayeddeploymentin
countriesthatactedrelativelyslowlyinallocatingnewfrequenciesspecificallyfor3G
services(suchastheUnitedStates).

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innotification
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smartphone.

ThespecificfrequencybandsoriginallydefinedbytheUMTSstandardare1885
2025MHzforthemobiletobase(uplink)and21102200MHzforthebasetomobile
(downlink).IntheUS,17101755MHzand21102155MHzareusedinstead,asthe
1900MHzbandwasalreadyused.[5]WhileUMTS2100isthemostwidelydeployed
UMTSband,somecountries'UMTSoperatorsusethe850MHzand/or1900MHzbands(independently,
meaninguplinkanddownlinkarewithinthesameband),notablyintheUSbyAT&TMobility,New
ZealandbyTelecomNewZealandontheXTMobileNetworkandinAustraliabyTelstraontheNextG
network.SomecarrierssuchasTMobileusebandnumberstoidentifytheUMTSfrequencies.For
example,BandI(2100MHz),BandIV(1700/2100MHz),andBandV(850MHz).
WCDMAisapartofIMT2000asIMTDirectSpread.
UMTSFDDisanacronymforUniversalMobileTelecommunicationsSystem(UMTS)frequency
divisionduplexing(FDD)anda3GPPstandardizedversionofUMTSnetworksthatmakesuseof
frequencydivisionduplexingforduplexingoveranUMTSTerrestrialRadioAccess(UTRA)air
interface.[6]

WCDMAorWCDMA(WidebandCodeDivisionMultipleAccess),alongwithUMTSFDD,UTRA
FDD,orIMT2000CDMADirectSpreadisanairinterfacestandardfoundin3Gmobile
telecommunicationsnetworks.Itsupportsconventionalcellularvoice,textandMMSservices,butcanalso

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