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High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is an amalgamation of two mobile telephony protocols,
High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access
(HSUPA), that extends and improves the performance of existing WCDMA protocols. A further
standard, Evolved HSPA (also known as HSPA+), was released late in 2008 with subsequent
adoption worldwide beginning in 2010.

Contents
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• 1 Overview
• 2 High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
• 3 High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)
 • 4 Evolved High Speed Packet Access (HSPA+)
• 5 Dual-Cell HSDPA (DC-HSDPA)
• 6 Dual-Cell HSUPA (DC-HSUPA)
• 7 Multi-carrier HSPA (MC-HSPA)
• 8 See also
• 9 References
• 10 Literature
• 11 External links

[edit] Overview
HSPA supports increased peak data rates of up to 14 Mbit/s in the downlink and 5.8 Mbit/s in the
uplink. It also reduces latency and provides up to five times more system capacity in the
downlink and up to twice as much system capacity in the uplink, reducing the production cost
per bit compared to original WCDMA protocols. HSPA increases peak data rates and capacity in
several ways:
• Shared-channel transmission, which results in efficient use of available code and power
resources in WCDMA
• A shorter Transmission Time Interval (TTI), which reduces round-trip time and improves
the tracking of fast channel variations
• Link adaptation, which maximizes channel usage and enables the base station to operate
at close to maximum cell power
• Fast scheduling, which prioritizes users with the most favorable channel conditions
• Fast retransmission and soft-combining, which further increase capacity
• 16QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), which yields higher bit-rates
By July 2010, HSPA had been commercially deployed by over 200 operators in more than 80
countries.
Many HSPA rollouts can be achieved by a software upgrade to existing 3G networks, giving
HSPA a headstart over WiMax, which requires a dedicated network infrastructure. A rich variety
of HSPA enabled devices - more than 1000 available by July 2010 - together with ease of use is
leading to rising sales of HSPA-enabled mobiles and is helping to drive the adoption of HSPA.
[citation needed]

[edit] High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)

Main article: HSDPA
The first step required to upgrade WCDMA to HSPA is to improve the downlink by introducing
HSDPA. The improved downlink provides up to 14 Mbit/s with significantly reduced latency.
The channel reduces the cost per bit and enhances support for high-performance packet data
applications.
HSDPA is based on shared channel transmission and its key features are shared channel and
multi-code transmission, higher-order modulation, short Transmission Time Interval (TTI), fast
link adaptation and scheduling along with fast Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ).
The upgrade to HSDPA is often just a software update for most WCDMA networks, and as of
May 2008 90 percent of WCDMA networks have been upgraded to HSDPA.[2]
A majority of deployments provide up to 7.2 Mbit/s in the down-link, and 14 Mbit/s is ready as
soon as the devices are available in the market. In 2006, it was reported that most of the HSDPA-
capable UEs then deployed were "Category 12" devices, supporting only up to 1.8 Mbps.[3][citation
needed]

Voice calls are usually prioritized over data transfer. Singapore's three network providers M1,
StarHub and SingTel provide up to 28 Mbit/s throughout the entire island. The Australian
provider Telstra provides up to 14.4 Mbit/s nationwide and up to 42Mbit/s in selected areas. The
Croatian VIPnet network supports a downlink speed of 7.2 Mbit/s, as does Rogers Wireless in
Canada which also supports 21 Mbit/s in the Toronto area.[4] In South Korea, a nationwide 7.2
Mbit/s coverage is now established by SK Telecom and KTF. In Hong Kong, PCCW, CSL and
Hutchison 3 provide 21 Mbit/s coverage and Smartone-Vodafone provides up to 28.8 Mbit/s. In
New Zealand, Telecom support 21 Mbit/s HSDPA, In Portugal all the mobile phone operators
support 21.6 Mbit/s HSDPA (Vodafone now supports 42Mbit/s in selected areas), and the Indian
& Sri-Lankan companies Bharti Airtel Pvt Ltd and Dialog GSM Pvt Ltd also provide 7.2 Mbit/s
while Mobitel Pvt Ltd provides 28 Mbit/s in the Asian region. j
[edit] High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)
Main article: HSUPA
The second major step in the WCDMA upgrade process is to upgrade the uplink, which is
introduced in 3GPP Release 6. Upgrading to HSUPA is usually only a software update.
Enhanced Uplink adds a new transport channel to WCDMA, called the Enhanced Dedicated
Channel (E-DCH). An enhanced uplink creates opportunities for a number of new applications
including VoIP, uploading pictures and sending large e-mail messages. The enhanced uplink
increases the data rate (up to 5.8 Mbit/s), the capacity, and also reduces latency. The enhanced
uplink features several improvements similar to those of HSDPA, including multi-code
transmission, short Transmission Time Interval (TTI), fast scheduling and fast Hybrid Automatic
Repeat reQuest (HARQ).
In Singapore, Starhub announced a 1.9 Mbit/s HSUPA Service as part of its new MaxMobile
plan on 1 August 2007.[5] In Finland, Elisa announced on 30 August 2007 1.4 Mbit/s HSUPA to
most large cities with plans to add the service to its whole 3G network within months.[6] (The
same announcement contained a promise of covering 25% more of Finland by the end of the
year, which actually took two more years to accomplish). 3 Italia and Ericsson announced on 16
July 2008 the successful tests of HSUPA 5.8 Mbit/s in the live network of 3 Italia.[7]
[edit] Evolved High Speed Packet Access (HSPA+)
Main article: HSPA+
Evolved HSPA (also known as: HSPA Evolution, HSPA+, I-HSPA or Internet HSPA) is a
wireless broadband standard defined in 3GPP release 7 and 8 of the WCDMA specification.
Evolved HSPA provides data rates up to 56 Mbit/s in the downlink and 22 Mbit/s in the uplink
(per 5 MHz carrier) with multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) technologies and higher order
modulation. On 21 July 2010, T-Mobile USA announced HSPA+ service to 50 markets with
plans to increase this to 100 markets (185 million people) by the end of the year.[8]
[edit] Dual-Cell HSDPA (DC-HSDPA)
Main article: Dual-Cell HSDPA
Dual-Cell HSDPA, part of 3GPP Release 8, is the natural evolution of HSPA by means of carrier
aggregation.[9] An HSPA+ network can theoretically support up to 28Mbit/s and 42Mbit/s with a
single 5 MHz carrier for Rel7 (MIMO) and Rel8 (Higher Order Modulation + MIMO), in good
channel conditions with low correlation between transmit antennas. Alternatively DC-HSPA can
be used from Release 8 where the MAC scheduler can allocate two HSPA carriers in parallel and
double the bandwidth from 5 MHz to 10 MHz. Besides the throughput gain from double the
bandwidth, some diversity and joint scheduling gains can also be achieved.[10] This can
particularly improve the QoS (Quality of Service) for end users in poor environmental conditions
that cannot benefit from MIMO and Higher Modulation only. From Release 9 onwards it will be
possible to use DC-HSDPA in combination with MIMO used on both carriers. The support of
MIMO in combination with DC-HSDPA will allow operators deploying Release 7 MIMO to
benefit from the DC-HSDPA functionality as defined in Release 8.
[edit] Dual-Cell HSUPA (DC-HSUPA)
Main article: DC-HSUPA
Similar enhancements as introduced with DC-HSDPA in the downlink for UMTS Release 8 are
being standardized for UMTS Release 9 in the uplink, called Dual-Cell HSUPA.[11] DC-HSUPA
will have similar limitations, for instance that the carriers have to belong to the same Node-B and
have to be adjacent. Furthermore, it is assumed that at least 2 carriers are configured
simultaneously in the downlink and have the same duplex distance to the uplink. The dual carrier
transmission will only be applied to HSUPA UL physical channels and DPCCH. The
standardisation of Release 9 is expected to be completed in December 2009.
[edit] Multi-carrier HSPA (MC-HSPA)
While the aggregation of more than two carriers has been studied, the 3GPP specification does
not yet allow this option. Nevertheless it seems likely that such option will be added at a later
state of the technology.
[edit] See also
• Global mobile Suppliers Association
• LTE
[edit] References
1. ^ Nomor Research: White Paper "Technology of High Speed Packet Access"

, nomor.de
2. ^ "GSM/3G Market Update"
 . Global mobile Suppliers Association. June 2, 2008.
http://www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_247.php4

. Retrieved February 1, 2010.

3. ^ "HSDPA Performance and Evolution"

. Ericcson Review, no. 03, 2006. March, 2006.

http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/corpinfo/publications/review/2006_03/06.shtml

. Retrieved January 18, 2011.

4. ^ Rogers.com

5. ^ Starhub.com

6. ^ Elisa.fi

7. ^ Ericsson.com

8. ^
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100722/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3200;_ylt=
Alq5BF7lYWY0P7lYDZduKDV8Orp_;_ylu=X3oDMTJ2bmFrYTc5BGFzc2V0A3l0Z
WNoX2dhZGcvMjAxMDA3MjIveXRlY2hfZ2FkZ190YzMyMDAEcG9zAzEEc2VjA3l
uX3BhZ2luYXRlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDdC1tb2JpbGU4MjE3

9. ^ Nomor Research White Paper: Dual-cell HSPA and its Evolution

, nomor.de
10. ^ R1-081546, “Initial multi-carrier HSPA performance evaluation”, Ericsson, 3GPP
TSG-RAN WG1 #52bis, April, 2008
11. ^ Nomor 3GPP Newsletter 2009-03: Standardisation updates on HSPA Evolution

, nomor.de
[edit] Literature
• Martin Sauter: Communication Systems for the Mobile Information Society, John Wiley,
September 2006, ISBN 0-470-02676-6
[edit] External links
• GSMworld.com
 , Official HSPA website
• Linkedin.com

, Public HSPA Discussion Forum

• Nomor Research: White Paper "Technology of High Speed Packet Access"

, nomor.de
• 3.5G driving rapid mobile broadband growth

, news.com
• Nomor Research: White Paper "Dual-Cell HSDPA and its Evolution

, nomor.de
• Basic concepts of HSPA (Ericsson White Paper)

, ericsson.com
• HSPA, the Undisputed Choice for Mobile Broadband (Ericsson White Paper)

, ericsson.com
• Nomor 3GPP Newsletter 2009-03: Standardisation updates on HSPA Evolution

, nomor.de
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