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3G Evolution, Second Edition: HSPA and LTE for Mobile Broadband


3G Evolution, Second Edition: HSPA and LTE for Mobile Broadband

Binding: Hardcover
Author: Erik Dahlman
Manufacturer: Academic Press
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Average Rating: 5.0
Total Customer Reviews: 24
List Price: $125.00
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Sales Rank: 107008

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Reflecting the recent completion of LTE's specification, the new edition of this bestseller has been fully updated to provide a complete picture of the LTE system. The latest LTE standards are included on the radio interface architecture, the physical layer, access procedures, MBMS, together with three brand new chapters on LTE Transmission Procedures, Flexible Bandwidth in LTE and LTE evolution into IMT-Advanced.


Key technologies presented include multi-carrier transmission, advanced single-carrier transmission, advanced receivers, OFDM, MIMO and adaptive antenna solutions, advanced radio resource management and protocols, and different radio network architectures. Their role and use in the context of mobile broadband access in general is explained. Both a high-level overview and more detailed step-by-step explanations of HSPA and LTE implementation are given. An overview of other related systems such as TD SCDMA, CDMA2000, and WiMAX is also provided.


The new edition has up-to-date coverage of the recently published LTE Release 8 radio-access standard, giving the reader insight into the ongoing and future process of LTE and LTE-Advanced standardisation.


Coverage on LTE in this edition includes ( total of 270 pages on LTE):



  • Easy-to-access overview of the LTE protocol layers

  • Complete description of LTE physical layer including reference signals, control signalling, multi-antenna transmission schemes

  • Covers both FDD and TDD, their fundamental difference and their impact on the LTE design

  • Detailed description of access procedures including cell search, random access, broadcast of system information

  • Transmission procedures, including retransmission protocols, scheduling, uplink power control

  • Evolution towards IMT-Advanced ("4G")

"Reading a specification requires some effort. After reading the spec, you would know WHAT to transmit, but not WHY and HOW. This is where our book becomes important. Not only does it provide an easy-to-read description of the signals, procedures, and mechanisms in LTE, it also tells you WHY a certain signal, channel or procedure is present and HOW it is used. After reading the book, you will have a good understanding on how LTE works and why it is designed the way it is." - the authors


The authors of the book all work at Ericsson Research and are deeply involved in 3G development and standardisation since the early days of 3G research. They are leading experts in the field and are today still actively contributing to the standardisation of both HSPA and LTE within 3GPP. This includes details of the standards and technologies (160 new pages): LTE radio interface architecture, LTE physical layer and LTE access procedures.



  • Includes details of the standards and technologies (160 new pages): LTE radio interface architecture, LTE physical layer and LTE access procedures

  • Contains three brand new chapters on LTE: Transmission Procedures, Flexible Bandwidth and LTE Evolution and expanded details on the physical layer (total LTE content is 270 pages)

  • Examines the latest developments in the evolution of LTE into IMT-Advanced, the next stage of 3G Evolution

  • Gives clear explanations of the role of OFDM and MIMO technologies in HSPA and LTE

  • Outlines the System Architecture Evolution (SAE) supporting LTE and HSPA evolution
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    Users Product Reviews:

    Product Review Summary: Great book for the engineer

    3G Evolution 2nd Ed does a great job at walking you through what's coming in mobile broadband with enough detail to allow an engineer to develop and design next generation products. It's pricy, but's it's a cross between a Comm Engineering textbook and a desktop reference guide which pretty much means if you want anything worthwhile you'll be $100+.

    This book isn't entry level so if you're a new manager and need to understand where you are going this isn't what I'd recommend.

    Product Review Summary: Technical, but What do you Expect?

    I will start out by saying I'm not a practitioner of the telecom arts--but this book popped up during a semester when I took a Computer Science networking class and was doing a research topic on comparing WiMAX to LTE. The LTE Spec was completed and this book popped up on my vine list... so naturally, not having any other source for LTE Technical information, this was a godsend.

    I do not have the background to be able to fully comment on how it treats the overall subject of 3G communications as this was my first ever communications class. What I can tell you is that the style and substance of this book is completely in line with Tanenbaum's "Computer Networks." The presentation is done well enough that someone without a ton of experience can glean valuable information from it.

    I know that this isn't the most helpful review, but as something that is nearly a technical manual it's something that you'll only grab from when you need it. As I foresee software development on LTE phones as something I might be doing, I will keep this book on my shelf and save the space here for a reviewer with a much deeper and more thorough technical background.

    Product Review Summary: LTE is considered 4G!

    I used this book extensively in a previous job and found it to be excellent. We were using it for understanding LTE (Long Term Evolution) which is considered the next generation of cellular wireless technology. The book covers the architecture of LTE systems from the WCDMA evolution standpoint and throws light on how the SAE looks like. It is a very good starting point for LTE for people with prior knowledge of 3G systems. It covers the protocol in great detail and will benefit stack developers greatly.
    I wanted to point out to a different reviewer of the book that LTE is 4G. He may be confused thinking only WiMax is fourth generation wireless technology while in fact LTE is the real descendant to the term. WiMax is also considered 4G in some circles but the pure cellular evolution of 3G is LTE and hence it is labeled as 4G.
    For people interested in a more architectural level overview of LTE, I would recommend the following book:[...]

    Product Review Summary: A Must have for cell/broadband engineers

    Includes multi-carrier transmission, advanced single-carrier transmission, advanced receivers, OFDM, MIMO and adaptive antenna solutions, advanced radio resource management and protocols, and different radio network architectures.

    Deep explanations of HSPA and LTE and touches on TD SCDMA, CDMA2000, and WIMAX.

    If you are into or are going into the cell phone engineering business, this is a must-have book!

    Helps to have some background, as this book is quite advanced!

    Seems to be an upper-level engineering text.

    (If you don't know what the acronyms are above, then you'll need to do some reading before getting to this one, but get it now, as you'll need it as soon as you know what those are!)

    VERY comprehensive and cutting edge basics to what is coming in HSPA & LTE technologies!

    Product Review Summary: Jump Into the Deep End

    This book is not a light read, and that's great! If you are looking for an overview of the technology this isn't your book. This is a book for engineers to really dive in deep and understand the technology at every level. It has math. It has long detailed descriptions and is written by people who obviously know their stuff. If you want to really learn HSPA and LTE and you have a degree in engineering or work in engineering than this is the book for you.

    The only negative thing I have to say is that they tried to briefly give an overview of TD SCDMA, CDMA2000, and WiMAX. But these are covered very poorly even for an overview. I would like to have seen more about WiMAX myself so I could compare and contrast it to LTE. This book doesn't provide enough information to do that.

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