3G CDMA2000 Wireless System Engineering For a listing of recent titles in the Artech House Mobile Communications Library, turn to the back of this book. 3G CDMA2000 Wireless System Engineering Samuel C. Yang Artech House, Inc. Boston • London www.artechhouse.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the U.S. Library of Congress. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Yang, Samuel C. 3G CDMA2000 wireless system engineering.—(Artech House mobile communications library) 1. Wireless communication systems. 2. Code division multiple access I. Title 621.3'845 ISBN 1-58053-757-x Cover design by Yekaterina Ratner © 2004 ARTECH HOUSE, INC. 685 Canton Street Norwood, MA 02062 All rights reserved. Printed and bound in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, includ- ing photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalized. Artech House cannot attest to the accuracy of this informa- tion. Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trade- mark or service mark. International Standard Book Number: 1-58053-757-x 10987654321 To my wife Jenny and my son Daniel . Contents Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii CHAPTER 1 Introduction to 3G CDMA 1 1.1 Third Generation Systems 1 1.2 Protocol Architecture 2 1.3 Other Elements of Protocol Architecture 3 1.4 Spreading Rate 1 and Spreading Rate 3 5 1.5 Differences Between IS-2000 and IS-95 7 1.5.1 Signaling 7 1.5.2 Transmission 8 1.5.3 Concluding Remarks 8 References 9 CHAPTER 2 Physical Layer: Forward Link 11 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 Radio Configurations 14 2.3 Signaling Channels 15 2.3.1 Forward Dedicated Control Channel (F-DCCH) 15 2.3.2 Quick Paging Chanel (F-QPCH) 16 2.3.3 Forward Common Control Channel (F-CCCH) 19 2.3.4 Broadcast Control Channel (F-BCCH) 20 2.3.5 Common Assignment Channel (F-CACH) 21 2.3.6 Common Power Control Channel (F-CPCCH) 22 2.3.7 Pilot Channels 24 2.4 User Channels 26 2.4.1 Forward Fundamental Channel (F-FCH) 26 2.4.2 Forward Supplemental Channel (F-SCH) 27 2.5 Channel Structure 31 2.6 Modulation 32 2.7 Capacity Gain: Forward Link 34 References 35 Selected Bibliography 35 vii CHAPTER 3 Physical Layer: Reverse Link 37 3.1 Introduction 37 3.2 Radio Configurations 39 3.3 Signaling Channels 40 3.3.1 Reverse Dedicated Control Channel (R-DCCH) 40 3.3.2 Reverse Common Control Channel (R-CCCH) 41 3.3.3 Enhanced Access Channel (R-EACH) 42 3.3.4 Reverse Pilot Channel (R-PICH) 45 3.4 User Channels 49 3.4.1 Reverse Fundamental Channel (R-FCH) 50 3.4.2 Reverse Supplemental Channel (R-SCH) 50 3.5 Channel Structure 50 3.6 Modulation 51 3.7 Capacity Gain: Reverse Link 52 References 53 Selected Bibliography 53 CHAPTER 4 Medium Access Control 55 4.1 Introduction 55 4.2 Primitives 55 4.3 Multiplex Sublayers 57 4.4 Radio Link Protocol (RLP) 60 4.4.1 Overview of Layer 2 Protocols 60 4.4.2 llustration of the RLP 61 4.4.3 Concluding Remarks 62 4.5 Signaling Radio Burst Protocol (SRBP) 63 4.6 System Access 64 4.6.1 Basic Access Mode 65 4.6.2 Reservation Access Mode 65 4.6.3 Power Controlled Access Mode 67 4.6.4 Designated Access Mode 68 References 68 CHAPTER 5 Signaling Link Access Control 71 5.1 Introduction 71 5.2 LAC Sublayers 71 5.2.1 Authentication and Addressing Sublayers 71 5.2.2 ARQ Sublayer 73 5.2.3 Utility Sublayer 73 5.2.4 Segmentation and Reassembly Sublayer 74 5.3 Sublayer Processing 74 5.3.1 Common Signaling: Forward Link 74 5.3.2 Common Signaling: Reverse Link 76 5.3.3 Dedicated Signaling: Forward Link 77 viii Contents . Data Yang, Samuel C. 3G CDMA2000 wireless system engineering. —(Artech House mobile communications library) 1. Wireless communication systems. 2. Code division. Mobile Communications Library, turn to the back of this book. 3G CDMA2000 Wireless System Engineering Samuel C. Yang Artech House, Inc. Boston • London