HSPA

(High Speed Packet Access) A family of high-speed 3G and 4G digital data services governed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). Deployed by GSM cellular carriers, at the end of 2014, nearly two billion subscribers were using HSPA worldwide. Although based on WCDMA, HSPA is a major enhancement with more channels and enhanced modulation schemes. In addition, HSPA can recover faster from errors (see HARQ).

First deployed in the U.S. in 2005, subsequent HSPA+ (HSPA Plus) releases added support for multiple antennas and was designated as a 4G technology by the ITU (see MIMO). See LTE, 4G, 3GPP, DC HSPA, cellular generations, Wi-Fi vs. cellular, WCDMA, TDMA and GSM.

          Maximum Down   Maximum UpHSDPA        HSUPA         Mbps         MbpsWCDMA       .4 (QPSK)    .4 (QPSK)

 3GPPRelease#  Name  5  HSPA       14.4 (16QAM)

  6  HSPA                    5.7 (QPSK)

  7  HSPA+/4G
     2x2 MIMO   28 (16QAM)   11 (16QAM)
  8  2x2 MIMO   42 (64QAM)   11 (16QAM)
  9  2x2 MIMO   84 (64QAM)   23 (16QAM)
 10  2x2 MIMO  168 (64QAM)   23 (16QAM)
 11  4x4 MIMO  336 (64QAM)   35 (64QAM)
 12  4x4 MIMO  336 (64QAM)   35 (64QAM)
 (modulation method)  See  QAM and  QPSK.

Support for 3G HSPA and 2G EDGE

When this iPhone 3G was in range of a 3G cell tower, it used HSPA. However, it throttled down to the EDGE (E) channel when 3G was not available.

Support for 3G HSPA and 2G EDGE

When this iPhone 3G was in range of a 3G cell tower, it used HSPA. However, it throttled down to the EDGE (E) channel when 3G was not available.

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By comparison, on average, 9 million new HSPA connections were added by the end of 2009.

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By end-2013, there will be 44.13 million HSPA subscriptions in the Middle East, compared to 12.77 million fixed-line broadband subscriptions, according to forecasts by Informa.

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Swisscom plans to expand the HSPA network in a second stage, providing coverage to 70% of Switzerland's population by the end of 2007.

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By adopting many of the same techniques as alternative wireless technologies, such as WIMAX, 3G LTF--is aiming to achieve a peak downlink data rate of 100Mbit/s, an increase in capacity of three to five times compared to HSPA (in the same bandwidth) and latency as low as 20ms.

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To assess the genetic diversity and relationships between the isolates, we sequenced two housekeeping genes (glmM and hspA).

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The showcase combines eight HSPA carriers (multi-carrier), each carrying 42Mb/s with MIMO and 64 QAM modulation.

Nokia Siemens Networks demonstrates 336Mb/s HSPA+

-Nokia Siemens, T-Mobile USA promote HSPA standard

Steve Allpress, CTO & VP Modem Software, Icera Inc., said: "Our soft modem architecture is an LTE game-changer, enabling early multimode LTE devices that are comparable with current HSPA devices in terms of form factor, power and cost.

ICERA DEBUTS TWO PLATFORMS FOR MULTIMODE LIE AND HSPA+