Dr. Jordi Pérez-Romero is Assistant Professor in the field of radio communications at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), in the Radio Communications Group of the Signal Theory and Communications Department.Dr. Oriol Sallent is Associate Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. His research interests are in the field of mobile communication systems, especially packet radio techniques, spread-spectrum systems, radio resource and QoS management.Prof. Ramon Agustí has, for the last fifteen years been concerned with the mobile communication systems and particularly in the last years with Radio Networks, Wireless Access Protocols, Radio Resources Management and QoS. He is currently running an international postgraduate annual course on mobile communications at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.Miguel Angel Díaz-Guerra works for the Radio Engineering group at Telefónica España.

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• Preface. List of Acronyms.1 Introduction.1.1 The mobile communications sector.1.2 UMTS.1.3 QoS model in UMTS.References.2 CDMA Concepts.2.1 Multiple access techniques.2.2 CDMA signal generation.2.3 CDMA signal reception.2.4 CDMA in cellular systems.References.3 UMTS Radio Interface Description.3.1 The UMTS protocols.3.2 Radio interface protocol structure.3.3 Physical layer.3.4 Layer 2 protocols.3.5 Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol.3.6 Examples of Radio Access Bearers.References.4 Basics of RRM in WCDMA.4.1 Radio Resource concept.4.2 Radio network planning.4.3 Radio Resource Management.4.4 Air interface characterization.4.5 RRM functions.4.6 System characteristics relevant at RRM level.References.Appendix - Path loss distribution.5 RRM Algorithms.5.1 RRM algorithm evaluation methodology.5.2 Admission control algorithms.5.3 Handover and cell selection algorithms.5.4 Congestion control algorithms.5.5 Short term RRM algorithms.5.6 Power control.References.Appendix - Simulation models.A5.1 Propagation models.A5.2 Mobility models.A5.3 Traffic models.6 CRRM in Beyond 3G Systems.6.1 Heterogeneous networks.6.2 Radio Access Networks characterization.6.3 Interworking and coupling among Radio Access Networks.6.4 Flexible radio resource and spectrum management.6.5 CRRM algorithm implementation.References.Index.

Dr. Jordi Pérez-Romero is Assistant Professor in the field of radio communications at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), in the Radio Communications Group of the Signal Theory and Communications Department.Dr. Oriol Sallent is Associate Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. His research interests are in the field of mobile communication systems, especially packet radio techniques, spread-spectrum systems, radio resource and QoS management.Prof. Ramon Agustí has, for the last fifteen years been concerned with the mobile communication systems and particularly in the last years with Radio Networks, Wireless Access Protocols, Radio Resources Management and QoS. He is currently running an international postgraduate annual course on mobile communications at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.Miguel Angel Díaz-Guerra works for the Radio Engineering group at Telefónica España.

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• Preface. List of Acronyms.1 Introduction.1.1 The mobile communications sector.1.2 UMTS.1.3 QoS model in UMTS.References.2 CDMA Concepts.2.1 Multiple access techniques.2.2 CDMA signal generation.2.3 CDMA signal reception.2.4 CDMA in cellular systems.References.3 UMTS Radio Interface Description.3.1 The UMTS protocols.3.2 Radio interface protocol structure.3.3 Physical layer.3.4 Layer 2 protocols.3.5 Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol.3.6 Examples of Radio Access Bearers.References.4 Basics of RRM in WCDMA.4.1 Radio Resource concept.4.2 Radio network planning.4.3 Radio Resource Management.4.4 Air interface characterization.4.5 RRM functions.4.6 System characteristics relevant at RRM level.References.Appendix - Path loss distribution.5 RRM Algorithms.5.1 RRM algorithm evaluation methodology.5.2 Admission control algorithms.5.3 Handover and cell selection algorithms.5.4 Congestion control algorithms.5.5 Short term RRM algorithms.5.6 Power control.References.Appendix - Simulation models.A5.1 Propagation models.A5.2 Mobility models.A5.3 Traffic models.6 CRRM in Beyond 3G Systems.6.1 Heterogeneous networks.6.2 Radio Access Networks characterization.6.3 Interworking and coupling among Radio Access Networks.6.4 Flexible radio resource and spectrum management.6.5 CRRM algorithm implementation.References.Index.

Dr. Jordi Pérez-Romero is Assistant Professor in the field of radio communications at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), in the Radio Communications Group of the Signal Theory and Communications Department.Dr. Oriol Sallent is Associate Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. His research interests are in the field of mobile communication systems, especially packet radio techniques, spread-spectrum systems, radio resource and QoS management.Prof. Ramon Agustí has, for the last fifteen years been concerned with the mobile communication systems and particularly in the last years with Radio Networks, Wireless Access Protocols, Radio Resources Management and QoS. He is currently running an international postgraduate annual course on mobile communications at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.Miguel Angel Díaz-Guerra works for the Radio Engineering group at Telefónica España.

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• Preface. List of Acronyms.1 Introduction.1.1 The mobile communications sector.1.2 UMTS.1.3 QoS model in UMTS.References.2 CDMA Concepts.2.1 Multiple access techniques.2.2 CDMA signal generation.2.3 CDMA signal reception.2.4 CDMA in cellular systems.References.3 UMTS Radio Interface Description.3.1 The UMTS protocols.3.2 Radio interface protocol structure.3.3 Physical layer.3.4 Layer 2 protocols.3.5 Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol.3.6 Examples of Radio Access Bearers.References.4 Basics of RRM in WCDMA.4.1 Radio Resource concept.4.2 Radio network planning.4.3 Radio Resource Management.4.4 Air interface characterization.4.5 RRM functions.4.6 System characteristics relevant at RRM level.References.Appendix - Path loss distribution.5 RRM Algorithms.5.1 RRM algorithm evaluation methodology.5.2 Admission control algorithms.5.3 Handover and cell selection algorithms.5.4 Congestion control algorithms.5.5 Short term RRM algorithms.5.6 Power control.References.Appendix - Simulation models.A5.1 Propagation models.A5.2 Mobility models.A5.3 Traffic models.6 CRRM in Beyond 3G Systems.6.1 Heterogeneous networks.6.2 Radio Access Networks characterization.6.3 Interworking and coupling among Radio Access Networks.6.4 Flexible radio resource and spectrum management.6.5 CRRM algorithm implementation.References.Index.