UTRA
Short for Universal Terrestrial Radio Access, UTRA is a standard for 3G mobile communications services being specified by 3GPP. The radio access components of UTRA are based on direct-spread wideband code-division multiple access (WCDMA) and hybrid time-division (TDCDMA) access methods that have been designed for 3G frequency efficiency, mobility, and QoS requirements.
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