Performance of WCDMA high speed packet data

WCDMA release 5 supports peak bitrates for data services in the order of 10 Mbit/s, together with reduced delays and increased system throughput. In this paper, a brief introduction to release 5 is given and radio resource management principles associated with the high speed packet data bearers are discussed. Scheduling performance for WWW services, provision of bearers for streaming services, as well as the simultaneous use of high speed packet data bearers and conversational bearers is elaborated upon. Simulation results indicate that with appropriate radio resource management, all the above challenges may be successfully dealt with.