From GSM to LTE-Advanced E-Book

Martin Sauter

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 988

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

This revised edition of Communication Systems from GSM to LTE: An Introduction to Mobile Networks
and Mobile Broadband Second Edition (Wiley 2010) contains not only a technical description of the
different wireless systems available today, but also explains the rationale behind the different mechanisms and implementations; not only the ‘how’ but also the ‘why’. In this way, the advantages and also limitations of each technology become apparent.

Offering a solid introduction to major global wireless standards and comparisons of the different wireless
technologies and their applications, this edition has been updated to provide the latest directions and
activities in 3GPP standardization up to Release 12, and importantly includes a new chapter on Voice
over LTE (VoLTE). There are new sections on Building Blocks of a Voice Centric Device, Building Blocks of a Smart Phone, Fast Dormancy, IMS and High-Speed Downlink Packet Access, and Wi-Fi-Protected Setup.

Other sections have been considerably updated in places reflecting the current state of the technology.

• Describes the different systems based on the standards, their practical implementation and design assumptions, and the performance and capacity of each system in practice is analyzed and explained

• Questions at the end of each chapter and answers on the accompanying website make this book ideal for self-study or as course material

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Preface

Chapter 1: Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)

1.1 Circuit-Switched Data Transmission

1.2 Standards

1.3 Transmission Speeds

1.4 The Signaling System Number 7

1.5 The GSM Subsystems

1.6 The Network Subsystem

1.7 The Base Station Subsystem (BSS) and Voice Processing

1.8 Mobility Management and Call Control

1.9 The Mobile Device

1.10 The SIM Card

1.11 The Intelligent Network Subsystem and CAMEL

Questions

References

Chapter 2: General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and EDGE

2.1 Circuit-Switched Data Transmission over GSM

2.2 Packet-Switched Data Transmission over GPRS

2.3 The GPRS Air Interface

2.4 The GPRS State Model

2.5 GPRS Network Elements

2.6 GPRS Radio Resource Management

2.7 GPRS Interfaces

2.8 GPRS Mobility Management and Session Management (GMM/SM)

2.9 Session Management from a User's Point of View

2.10 Small Screen Web Browsing over GPRS and EDGE

2.11 The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) over GPRS

2.12 Web Browsing via GPRS

Questions

References

Chapter 3: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) and High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA)

3.1 Overview, History and Future

3.2 Important New Concepts of UMTS

3.3 Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)

3.4 UMTS Channel Structure on the Air Interface

3.5 The UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN)

3.6 Core Network Mobility Management

3.7 Radio Network Mobility Management

3.8 UMTS CS and PS Call Establishment

3.9 UMTS Security

3.10 High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and HSPA+

3.11 High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)

3.12 Radio and Core Network Enhancements: CPC and One Tunnel

3.13 HSPA Performance in Practice

3.14 UMTS and CDMA2000

Questions

References

Chapter 4: Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced

4.1 Introduction and Overview

4.2 Network Architecture and Interfaces

4.3 FDD Air Interface and Radio Network

4.4 TD-LTE Air Interface

4.5 Scheduling

4.6 Basic Procedures

4.7 Mobility Management and Power Optimization

4.8 LTE Security Architecture

4.9 Interconnection with UMTS and GSM

4.10 Interworking with CDMA2000 Networks

4.11 Network Planning Aspects

4.12 CS-Fallback for Voice and SMS Services with LTE

4.13 Voice in Combined LTE and CDMA 2000 Networks (SV-LTE)

4.14 Voice over LTE (VoLTE)

4.15 Backhaul Considerations

4.16 LTE-Advanced (3GPP Release 10–12)

Questions

References

Chapter 5: Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

5.1 Wireless LAN Overview

5.2 Transmission Speeds and Standards

5.3 WLAN Configurations: From Ad Hoc to Wireless Bridging

5.4 Management Operations

5.5 The MAC Layer

5.6 The Physical Layer and MAC Extensions

5.7 Wireless LAN Security

5.8 IEEE 802.11e and WMM—Quality of Service

5.9 Comparison of Wireless LAN and LTE

Questions

References

Chapter 6: Bluetooth

6.1 Overview and Applications

6.2 Physical Properties

6.3 Piconets and the Master/Slave Concept

6.4 The Bluetooth Protocol Stack

6.5 Bluetooth Security

6.6 Bluetooth Profiles

Questions

References

Index

End User License Agreement

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Guide

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Preface

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FROM GSM TO LTE-ADVANCED

AN INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE NETWORKS AND MOBILE BROADBAND

Revised 2nd Edition

Martin Sauter

WirelessMoves, Germany

This edition first published 2014

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[From GSM to LTE]

From GSM to LTE-advanced : an introduction to mobile networks and mobile broadband / Martin Sauter.—Revised 2nd edition.

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Preface

Wireless technologies like GSM, UMTS, LTE, Wireless LAN and Bluetooth have revolutionized the way we communicate and exchange data by making services like telephony and Internet access available anytime and from almost anywhere. Today, a great variety of technical publications offer background information about these technologies but they all fall short in one way or another. Books covering these technologies usually describe only one of the systems in detail and are generally too complex as a first introduction. The Internet is also a good source, but the articles one finds are usually too short and superficial or only deal with a specific mechanism of one of the systems. For this reason, it was difficult for me to recommend a single publication to students in my telecommunication classes, which I have been teaching in addition to my work in the wireless telecommunication industry. This book aims to change this.

Each of the six chapters in this book gives a detailed introduction and overview of one of the wireless systems mentioned above. Special emphasis has also been put into explaining the thoughts and reasoning behind the development of each system. Not only the ‘how’ but also the ‘why’ is of central importance in each chapter. Furthermore, comparisons are made to show the differences and commonalities between the technologies. For some applications, several technologies compete directly with each other, while in other cases only a combination of different wireless technologies creates a practical application for the end user. For readers who want to test their understanding of a system, each chapter concludes with a list of questions. For further investigation, all chapters contain references to the relevant standards and other documents. These provide an ideal additional source to find out more about a specific system or topic. Please note that there is a companion website for this book. Please go to http://www.wirelessmoves.com.

While working on the book, I have gained tremendous benefit from wireless technologies that are already available today. Whether at home or while traveling, Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, UMTS and LTE have provided reliable connectivity for my research and have allowed me to communicate with friends and loved ones at anytime, from anywhere. In a way, the book is a child of the technologies it describes.

Many people have been involved in revising the different chapters and have given invaluable suggestions on content, style and grammar. I would therefore like to thank Prashant John, Timothy Longman, Tim Smith, Peter van den Broek, Prem Jayaraj, Kevin Wriston, Greg Beyer, Ed Illidge, Debby Maxwell and John Edwards for their kind help and good advice.

Furthermore, my sincere thanks go to Berenike, who has stood by me during this project with her love, friendship and good advice.

Readers familiar with previous editions of this book will find many updates in this revision. In Chapter 1, additional information has been included on the 3GPP Release 4 Mobile Switching Center architecture that is now used in most networks. In Chapter 2, only few updates were necessary because the deployed feature sets of GPRS and EDGE networks have remained stable in recent years. Chapter 3 was significantly enhanced as High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) features such as higher order modulation, dual carrier operation and enhanced mobility management states are now in widespread use. While only a few LTE networks were in operation at the publication of the previous edition, the technology has since spread and significantly matured. Chapter 4 was therefore extended to describe Circuit-Switched Fallback (CSFB) for voice telephony in more detail. In addition, a section on Voice over LTE (VoLTE) was added to give a solid introduction to standardized voice over IP telephony in LTE networks. Furthermore, a description of LTE-Advanced features was added at the end of the chapter. As the global success of LTE has significantly reduced the importance of WiMAX, the chapter on this technology was removed from this revised edition. In Chapter 5, on Wi-Fi, a new section was added on the new 802.11ac air interface. Also, a new section was added to describe the Wi-Fi-Protected Setup (WPS) mechanism that is part of commercial products today. Finally, the chapter on Bluetooth has also seen some changes as some applications such as dial-up networking have been replaced by other technologies such as Wi-Fi tethering. Bluetooth has become popular for other uses, however, such as for connecting keyboards to smartphones and tablets. This chapter has therefore been extended to cover these developments.

Martin SauterCologneJanuary 2014

Chapter 1Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)

At the beginning of the 1990s, GSM, the Global System for Mobile Communications triggered an unprecedented change in the way people communicate with each other. While earlier analog wireless systems were used by only a few people, GSM is used by over 5 billion subscribers worldwide in 2014. This has mostly been achieved by the steady improvements in all areas of telecommunication technology and the resulting steady price reductions for both infrastructure equipment and mobile devices. This chapter discusses the architecture of this system, which also forms the basis for the packet-switched extension called General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), discussed in Chapter 2, for the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), which is described in Chapter 3 and Long-Term Evolution (LTE), which is discussed in Chapter 4. While the first designs of GSM date back to the middle of the 1980s, GSM is still the most widely used wireless technology worldwide and it is not expected to change any time soon. Despite its age and the evolution toward UMTS and LTE, GSM itself continues to be developed. As shown in this chapter, GSM has been enhanced with many new features in recent years. Therefore, many operators continue to invest in their GSM networks in addition to their UMTS and LTE activities to introduce new functionality and to lower their operational cost.