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Product Description HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Issue Date 2010-03-10 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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About This Document Summary This document provides information about the major functions, supported services, system architecture, and technical references of HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick (hereinafter referred to as the E173). The following table lists the contents of this document.
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HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description History Issue Details Date Author Approved by Initial draft completed. 2010-03-10 Wang zhiyong 66144 He jinjun 42931 Issue 01 (2010-03-10) Commercial in Confidence Page 4 of 21...
Internet, send/r eceive messages/emails without wire connections. The E173 is fast, reliable, and easy to operate. Thus, mobile users can enjoy many new features and services with the E173. These features and services can enable a large number of users to use the E173 and increase the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) of operators substantially.
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HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description Figure 1-1 shows the profile of the E173. Figure 1-1 E173 profile This is a sketch for E173. The actual product may differ. Issue 01 (2010-03-10) Commercial in Confidence Page 7 of 21...
HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description Features 2.1 Featur s The E173 supports the following features: HSUPA/HSDPA/ UMTS 2100 MHz or 2100/900MHz or 2100/1900/850MHz and EDGE/GPRS/GSM 1900/1800/900/850 MHz HSPA equalizer Receive diversity (optional) HSDPA data service of up to 7.2 Mbit/s...
HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description Item Specifications Static receiver HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS 2100 MHz or 2100/900MHz or sensitivity 2100/1900/850M: compliant with 3GPP TS 25.101 (R6) EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz: compliant with 3GPP TS 05.05 (R99) ≤2.5W Whole-syste consumption Power supply...
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HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description Item Description Flow display and Current connection: statistics (data Duration services) Send/Receive flow Send/Receive rate Traffic statistics: You can view the traffic infor mation of a current day, month, or year. Phonebook Capacity: It depends on the SIM/USIM card capacity or the hard disk space.
The E173 supports the PS domain data service based on HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS /EDGE/GPRS. After you connect the E173 to a PC with a USB interface, the E173 driver and the client software are installed on the PC automatically. You can configure APN through...
HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description System Architecture 4.1 System Architecture Figure 4-1 shows the system architecture. Figure 4-1 System architecture E173 Background module Hardware module PC driver Application system Power Application Protocol stack Dashboard Radio management processing...
HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description 4.2 Functional Modules Radio Frequency Module It sends/receives radio signals and modulates/demodulates the radio frequency (RF) signals and baseband signals. Baseband Signal Processing It implements the digital processing of HSUPA/HSDPA/WCDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM baseband signals, including:...
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HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description Maintaining dashboard Assembling/manufacturing dashboard Dashboard It enables the PC side to display initiating or answering a call and send/receive messages. It provides the interface for CS/PS domain network accessing and periodically refreshes the interface of the current USB stick status. The interface is provided to the end users.
HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description Mobile Radio Interface Layer 3 Specifi cation–Core Network TS 24.008 PP SMS Support on Mobile Radio Inte rface TS24.011 5.5 GSM P o r tocol Specifications Mobile Radio Interface Layer 3 Specification, Radio Resource Control Prot ocol TS 04.18...
HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description Radio Interface Protocol Architecture TS 25.3 Services Provided by the Physical Layer TS 2 5.302 Synchronization in UTRAN Stage 2 TS 25.402 5.8 Perfor a m nce/Test Specifications UE Radio Tra nsmission and Reception (FDD) TS 25.101 Common Test Environments for User Equipment (UE) TS 34.108...
HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description Packing List able 6 -1 lists the items contained in the packa ge of the E able 6-1 Packing list of the E173 Item Quantity Remarks HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick Standard...
HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description Acronyms and Abbreviations Numerics he Third Generation 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project daptive Multirate Codec Average Revenue Per Us Circuit Switc hed Domain Down Link nhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution EGPRS...
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HUAWEI E173 HSPA USB Stick V100R001 Product Description acket Switched Domain PIN Unblocking Key Short Message Servic Universa l Serial Bus USIM UMTS Subscriber Ide ntity Module p Link Universal Serial Bus WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access Issue 01 (2010-03-10)