As described briefly in Chapter 4, "Third Generation (3G) Overview," UMTS includes two of the air interface proposals submitted to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as proposed ...

In previous chapters, we have described universal mobile telecommunications service (UMTS) from a pure technology perspective. In this chapter, we aim to address the design criteria and methodologies ...

including the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) and Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technologies. The goal of 3GPP is to ensure interoperability and compatibility between different ...