Contents Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii Abbreviations xv 1 Introduction 1 Harri Holma and Antti Toskala 1.1 WCDMA technology and deployment status 1 1.2 HSPA standardization and deployment schedule 4 1.3 Radio capability evolution with HSPA 6 2 HS
3GPP has recently started activities on joint scheduling across two HSDPA carriers to increase the peak data rates per user and better utilize the available resources by multiplexing carriers in CELL DCH state. This dual carrier approach called DC-H
