Mobility Management in UMTS

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Very short document but explaining the essential of UMTS.

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Aspects of Mobility
2.1 End-user aspects of Mobility
2.2 Mobility Scenarios
2.3 Functions for different aspects and scenarios

3. Introduction to UMTS

3.1 Hierarchical cell structure
3.2 W-CDMA

4. UMTS Architecture

4.1 User Equipment (UE)
4.2 UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN)
4.3 Core Network (CN)

5. Handover in UMTS

5.1 Macro Diversity
5.2 Mobility Management and Radio Resource Control
5.3 Softer Handover (intra Node B/intra RNS)
5.4 Soft Handover (inter Node B/intra RNS)
5.5 Soft Handover (inter Node B/inter RNS/intra SGSN)
5.6 Soft Handover (inter Node B/inter RNS/inter SGSN)
5.7 Advantages and disadvantages of soft handover/W-CDMA

6. Mobility in other networks

6.1 Handover in GSM
6.2 Handover in WLAN

7. References