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Two other major weaknesses are found in the coding schemes that WCDMA relies on to separate users
and services, and the fact that WCDMA networks are based on circuit switched systems. Some of the
coding schemes are prone to interfere with other, and the systems inability to handle IP-based data (bursty
and unpredictable) due to circuit connections often restricts the possible number of additional users that a
WCDMA network could serve [13] .
The overall capacity of the WCDMA can also be greatly limited to the number of self-induced
interference. Self-induced interference is the disruption of the orthoganality of the codes by the multipath
in the network. This multipath is rather damaging to the orthoganality of the WCDMA channel. Given the
importance of orthoganality in a WCDMA network and the possible degredation of channels, another
contributor to consider in the loss of capacity is the radiation from the antennas in a backward direction
[6].
Who are the users of WCDMA?
In September 2004, the UTMS Forum determined that there were 10 million WCDMA users worldwide.
Since the beginning of 2005, the UTMS Forum noted that more than 16 million people worldwide owned
3G phones based on the WCMDA standard. WCDMA is dominating the European market, and is being
widely used in Asia and the Americas [8] . With more than 100 phones and PC cards from a variety of
vendors that a user can choose from as a wireless device with WCDMA capabilities, it is no wonder that
the market continues to grow [8] . In time, the needs for which WCDMA was deployed will be fully met.
The attraction of users to WCDMA will increase as maturity of the technology as it develops by address
it's service and Quality of Service (QoS) weaknesses.
Most users of WCDMA well be cellular service customers. One must also take into account that even cell
phone manufacturers and the infrastructures involved in purchasing licenses and developing live networks
could also be considered as users of the 3G technology [7,9] .
Who are the manufacturers of WCDMA?
Manufacturers of WCDMA can be split into two categories the 3G wireless infrastructure companies
that have the rights to develop WCDMA networks, and the companies the produce wireless devices to use
the services provided by the network [7,9] .
Infrastructure companies
Nortel
Siemens
Nokia
Ericsson
Alcatel
and others
LG
Motorola
Nokia
Sony-Ericsson
Samsung
NEC