 Configuration 7.9.2.2 Core Network Elements 7.10 Transmission Network Assessment 7.10.1 Building 3G Transport Systems 7.10.1.1 Present State and Future Evolution Contents 7.10.2 Transmission Reference Network 7.10.2.1 Co-siting Transmission Sites 7.10.2.2 The Backhaul Network 7.10.2.3 The National Backbone Network 7.10.3 Transmission Dimensioning Results 7.10.3.1 Traffic per Site 7.10.3.2 Microwave Network 7.10.3.3 Leased Line Network 7.10.3.4 SDH Backbone Network 7.10.3.5 Local Switch Site Traffic 7.11 Co-locating and Sharing Sites 7.11.1 Interference Levels and De-coupling 7.11.1.1 GSM/UMTS Interference 7.11.1.2 Power Level Limitations 7.12 Co-locating Antenna Systems 7.12.1 Co-siting GSM1800 and UMTS 7.12.1.1 Single Band 7.12.1.2 Wideband Antenna 7.12.1.3 GSM 1800/UMTS Dual Band Antenna with Double Diplexers 7.12.1.4 Feeder Cables 7.13 Conclusions References RESOURCE AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Radio Resource Management and Signalling 8.2.1 Managing Power 8.2.1.1 Fast Power Control (FPC) 8.2.1.2 Power Control in Handover (HO) 8.2.1.3 Outer Loop Power Control 8.2.1.4 Conclusions 8.3 Network Management 8.3.1 Introduction 8.3.2 Network Management Characteristics 8.3.3 A Generic Functional View of a 3G NMS System 8.3.4 Main 3G Network Elements for Management 8.3.4.1 The UTRAN Building Blocks 8.3.4.2 The Core Network (CN) Building Blocks 8.3.4.3 Conclusions 8.4 UMTS Network Optimization 8.4.1 ACIR Impacts in a Multi-Operator Environment 8.4.2 Enhancing and Managing Capacity 8.4.2.1 Load Control Analysis 8.4.2.2 Conclusions References Contents TOWARDS IP BASED NETWORKS 9.1 Background 9.1.1 The UMTS Release 99 and Medium Term Architecture 9.1.1.1 Release 99 9.1.1.2 Release R4 and R5 9.1.2 The Long Term UMTS Architecture Vision 9.1.3 The All IP and Service Evolution 9.1.3.1 Transition to All IP Services 9.1.4 Classifying Releases 4 and 5 Services Release 00 Reference Architecture 9.2.1 Overview of Release 00 Architecture 9.3 Functional Elements 9.3.1 Call State Control Function (CSCF) 9.3.2 Home Subsc