Description:

The goal of Scalable UMTS (S-UMTS) is to enable the support of UMTS/HSPA+ in half or a quarter of full UMTS/HSPA+ carrier bandwidth, while maintaining coverage and spectral efficiency. S-UMTS has a number of key use cases, including phased refarming of GSM spectrums and maximized utilization of UMTS/HSPA+ spectrum. This paper discusses S-UMTS and its use cases.