On the Modeling and Evaluation of the Physical Layer of HSPA Uplink

A single-user link-level High-Speed Packet Access Uplink (HSPA UL) static simulation tool is described in this paper. All transport channel processing and spreading/modulation steps are implemented together with Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) radio channel. The focus is on the simulation of the data channel, although the effects of the control channel are taken into account. The Block Error Rate (BLER) is provided by the simulator. Furthermore, an Average Value Interface (AVI)-like Link-to-System (L2S) interface is suggested. The L2S interface framework is improved with the introduction of Interference Reduction Factor (IRF).