High Speed Uplink Packet Access

An improvement made to UMTS to enable faster uploading of data from devices, increasing capacity and throughput while reducing delay. The specifications for HSUPA are included in the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Release 6 standard published by 3GPP.

The specifications for HSUPA are included in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Release 6 standard published by 3GPP. The technical purpose of the Enhanced Uplink feature is to improve the performance of uplink dedicated transport channels, i.e. to increase capacity and throughput and reduce delay.