Once a mobile has located a strong pilot channel, it listens towards the sync channel and decodes a Sync Channel Concept to develop a extremely accurate synchronization to technique time. At this stage the mobile understands whether it's roaming, and that it's "in services".

The chapter focuses on the transition of some RRM features including the packet scheduler into NodeB. The improvements in RRM features with the network nodes resulted in supplemental modifications of HSDPA air interface together with introduction of higher?get modulation and coding strategies, a