79-182, 187, 189, 191, 192, TBRs, 125, 127, 135 196, 198-200, 202, 203, 206, 209, 222, TDD, 14, 163 223, 231, 232, 246 TE, 151, 152 Transmission Network Optimisation, 83, 84, Temporary Block Flow (TBF), 125, 127, 135 TETRA, 227, 235 Transmission Network Optimisation Process, 84 The A Interface, 13, 14 Transmission Network Planning, 55-57, 73, 92, The I Interface, 18, 212, 213 114, 119, 136, 179-182, 187, 192, 222, 231 The Lub Interface, 17, 169, 198 Transmission Network Planning Process, 57, The Iur Interface, 17 92, 136, 182, 222 The Uu/WCDMA Air-Interface, 16 Transmission Planner, 31, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 71, Third-Generation, 6, 14 74, 77, 231, 232 INDEX Transmission Unit (TRU), 56 Virtual channel (NCI), 183-186, 192, 196 Transport Channels, 154, 160 Virtual Path (VPI), 183-186, 192, 196 Transport Control Protocol (TCP), 113, 114 Visitor Location Register (VLR), 11, 15, 16, 91, TRAU, 13 92, 96, 104, 112, 206, 208 Voice Activity Factor (VAF), 187, 188, 190 Universal Terrestrial Mobile System (UMTS), Voice Call Quality, 261 6, 215, 229,245 Voice Mail System (VMS), 5, 95, 97, 102 Unspecified Bit Rate (UBR), 186, 194 Voice-Activity Detection, 44 Uplink Modulation, 161 VP, 187, 196, 197 Uplink Power Budget, 32, 36, 126, 175 Uplink Soft Capacity, 169 Walfish-Ikegami Model, 37 Uplink Spreading, 162 WAN, 243 Uplink-Time of Arrival (U-TDOA), 251, 255 WAP, 216, 239, 242, 243, 246 Urban, 26, 33, 37, 43, 53, 124, 190, 242, 262 Wave Propagation, 25-27 User Data Protocol (UDP), 114, 188, 223 WCDMA, 6, 8, 14-18, 162-172, 174, 175, 177, User Equipment (UE), 162, 169 181, 188, 206, 221, 222, 229, 230, 235, User-to-Network Interface (UNI), 183, 184 249, 251, 252, 259, 261 USIM, 151, 152 WCDMA Planner, 229, 230 Utilisation, 77, 124, 135, 141, 222 WCDMA Technology, 14, 15, 177, 235 UTRAN, 15, 154, 189 Wideband CDMA Mobile Switching Centre (WMSC), 15 Value Added Services (VAS), 5 Wireless Local-Area Network (WLAN), 219, VC, 186, 187, 192, 196, 197 220, 222-224 VCI, 183, 185, 187, 196 Video Call Quality, 262 X.25, 14, 111, 186 FUNDA