Third Generation Mobile Telecommunication Systems

1 Introduction.- 2 Coding.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Blind Equalization of Quadrature Partial Response-Trellis Coded Modulated Signals O.N. Ucan and H.A. Cirpan.- 2.3 Range Extension in Mobile Communications Based on Link Adaptation J. Dunlop and J. Pons.- 2.4 Application of CCMA Codes to Future Mobile Radio Communications M. Ma, N. Zein, Ph. Benachour and B. Hon.- 2.5 Low-Pow er Multi-Code Correlator for IMT-2000 Ch.-W. Ku, F.-Y. Kuo, L.-G. Chen and C.-K. Chen.- 3 Modulation.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Wireless Communications Using Spectrall y Efficient VMSKl2 Modulation H.R. Walker, J.C. Pliatsikas, C.S. Koukourlis and J.N. Sahalos.- 3.3 Modelling of a Wireless ATM Physical Layer Based on an OFDM Modulation Scheme Using Hidden Markov Model Ch. Verikoukis and J.J. Olmos.- 4 Antennas & Propagation.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Benefits of Adaptive Antennas in the Uplink ofTD-CDMA Mobile Radio Systems A. Papathanassiou, J.J. Blanz, M. Weckerle and R. Schmalenberger.- 4.3 Hybrid Adaptive Algorithm Based on Temporal Update and Spatial Spectrum Estimation for Adaptive Array Antenna K. Watanabe, I. Yoshii and R. Kohno.- 4.4 Optimisation of the cell-planning RF Design Parameters in Complex Geographic Areas S. Bouzouki, S. Kotsopoulos and G. Karagiannidi.- 4.5 Stochastic Models for Long-Term Multipath Fading Channels and their Statistical Properties Ch.D. Charalambous and N. Menemenlis.- 5 Channel Characterization & Modelling.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Wideband Modeling of Time-Variant Indoor Radio Channels F. Layer, T. Englert, R. Kattenbach and H. Früchting.- 5.3 Satellite Diversity: A Technique to improve Link Performance and Availability for Multicoverage Constellations P. Loreti and M. Luglio.- 5.4 LEO Satellite Mobile Channels: Modeling by Time Sequences of Finite State MarkovChannels F. Babich, G. Lombardi, E. Valentinuzzi and O.E. Kelly.- 6 System Architecture.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Transceiver Components and Architectures for Software Defined Radio 30 Base-stations D. Efstathiou.- 6.3 Mobility Management and Resource Allocation in Multi-Layer Cellular System M. Lohi, D. Weerakoon. A.H. Aghvami.- 7 Traffic Characterization & Management.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Real-Time Learning for Traffic Characterization and Distributed Traffic Monitoring in Wireless ATM Networks A. T. Burrell and T.P. Papantoni-Kazakos.- 7.3 Analysis of an Admission Mechanism for ABR Correlated Traffic in a Multimedia ATM Wireless Network A. Lombardo, S. Palazzo and G. Schembra.- 8 Capacity.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Spectral Efficiency of Cellular Mobile Radio Systems F. Babich. G. Taricco and F. Vatta.- 8.3 Capacity Sharing Between Interfering Cells in COMA Wireless Networks D. Gerakoulis, W.Ch. Chan and E. Geraniotis.- 9 Prototypes of 3G Systems.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Power Control approaches for WCDMA MSc. I. Virtej, Prof. H. Koivo.- 9.3 Timing Acquisition in COMA Systems J. Joutsensalo and T. Ristaniemi.- 9.4 Network Synchronization in IMT-2000 COMA Systems A.M. Gogic.- 10 Services.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Fast Internet and Multimedia Services: Facing the New Challenge E. Pallis, M.C.B Smith, A.A. Alexandridis, A.Kourtis, K.Dangakis, P.Kostarakis, G. Kormentzas.- 10.3 IP Subnet Mobility over General Packet Radio Service M. Mizutani and Ch. Bonnet.- 10.4 Assessing Outage Impact on the Reliability of Mobile Wireless Networks S. Makris and J. Bennett.- 10.5 A Knowledge-based Decision Support System for the Evaluation of a Terrestrial Cellular Network Investment T. Zambarakis, N. Kokkinogenis, H. Sandalidis and P. Stavroulakis.