Link level performance results for a WCDMA random access scheme with preamble power ramping and fast acquisition indication

Advanced packet-access based services play a key role in third-generation mobile communication systems. Thus, flexible and power-efficient random and packet access schemes with low access delay are identified as an important feature. This paper describes the random access proposal adopted for WCDMA, the third-generation system jointly specified by several standardization bodies within the 3rd-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). Link level performance results for this method with preamble power ramping and fast acquisition indication are presented.