UMTS Performance Measurement is a practical guide that explains how to identify and measure the main problems seen in today's UMTS live networks and will make performance measurement results gathered in the UTRAN environment understandable to the reader. Includes clear coverage of the basics of software architecture performance measurement and how to collect and present statistical data contains various call flow diagram, conversion tables, protocol message examples and sample measurement results that can be used as a reference for daily work in the field or Explaining laboratory measurement limitations and how tolerances provide valuable information for validation and evaluation of measurement results give a picture of how performance measurement software works as well as information about how the data stream captured and analyzed, and how the results of the analysis are collected and presented in a graphical user interface and reports Providing a gateway to the world of UMTS-specific measurement scenarios and a general idea of what can be defined and measured on a deep technical level, this book will appeal to those involved in network operations, planning, configuration and deployment, as well as consulting firms and training, students, technical journalists and measurement equipment manufacturers.