Investigation of the UMTS to GSM handover procedure

Author

Benson, M. ; Thomas, H.J.

Author_Institution

Motorola, Swindon, UK

Volume

4

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1829

Abstract

UMTS is a third generation (3G) mobile communications system, currently being standardized and developed by many mobile technology manufacturers and operators. Unlike the second generation systems such as GSM, which provide voice and low speed data services, 3G promises to provide high speed data as well as multiple-data rate services, which is opening doors to many exciting multimedia applications. The initial deployment of UMTS is expected to be in cities, providing islands of coverage. Therefore, effective handover from UMTS to GSM is imperative for mobiles when they roam out of UMTS coverage. The paper presents the results of system simulations which provide some insights into the conditions and parameters involved in inter-system handover from UMTS-FDD to GSM.

Keywords

cellular radio; data communication; digital simulation; voice communication; GSM handover; UMTS; Universal Mobile Telecommunications System; high speed data services; inter-system handover; low speed data services; mobile technology manufacturers; mobile technology operators; multimedia applications; multiple-data rate services; standardization; system simulations; third generation mobile communications system; voice services; 3G mobile communication; Circuit simulation; Cities and towns; Europe; GSM; Manufacturing; Mobile communication; Multiaccess communication; Multimedia systems; Switching circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2002. VTC Spring 2002. IEEE 55th

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7484-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTC.2002.1002937

Filename

1002937