GSM - Architecture, Protocols and Services, 3rd Edition

by Jö; rg Eberspä; cher (Institute of Communication Networks, Germany); Hans-Joerg Vö; gel (BMW Group Research & Technology, Munich, Germany); Christian Bettstetter (University of Klagenfurt, Austria); Christian Hartmann (Institute of Communica

• ISBN13: 9780470741726
• ISBN10: 0470741724
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-12-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

With around 3 billion subscribers, GSM is the world's most commonly used technology for wireless communication. Providing an overview of the innovations that have fuelled this phenomena, GSM: Architecture, Protocols and Services, Third Edition offers a clear introduction to the field of cellular systems. Special emphasis is placed on system architecture and protocol aspects, and topics range from addressing concepts through mobility management to network management.This third edition contains around 25% new and reworked material and has been thoroughly updated to encompass recent advances and future trends. It serves as both an introductory textbook for graduate students as well as a reference resource for telecommunications engineers and researchers.This edition:Presents capacity enhancement methods like sectorization, the application of adaptive antennas for Spatial Filtering for Interference Reduction (SFIR) and Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA) Provides a detailed introduction to GPRS, HSCSD, and EDGE for packet-switched services and higher data rates Features updated coverage on the vastly expanded range of GSM services, including an examination of Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Adopts a highly graphical approach with numerous illustrations

Table of Contents

1 Introduction1.1 The Idea of Unbounded Communication1.2 The Success of GSM1.3 Classification of Mobile Communication Systems1.4 Some GSM History and Statistics1.5 Overview of the Book2 The Mobile Radio Channel and the Cellular Principle2.1 Characteristics of the Mobile Radio Channel2.2 Separation of Directions and Duplex Transmission2.3 Multiple Access2.4 Cellular Technology3 System Architecture and Addressing3.1 System Architecture3.2 The SIM concept3.3 Addressing3.4 Registers and Subscriber Data3.4.1 Location Registers (HLR and VLR)3.4.2 Security-Related Registers (AUC and EIR)3.4.3 Subscriber Data3.5 Network Interfaces and Configurations3.5.1 Interfaces3.5.2 Configurations4 Air Interface - Physical Layer4.1 Logical Channels4.1.1 Traffic Channels4.1.2 Signalling Channels4.1.3 Example: Connection Setup for Incoming Call4.1.4 Bit Rates, Block Lengths, and Block Distances4.1.5 Combinations of Logical Channels4.2 Physical Channels4.3 Synchronization4.4 Mapping of Logical onto Physical Channels4.5 Radio Subsystem Link Control4.6 Power-up Scenario4.7 Channel Coding, Source Coding, and Speech Processing4.8 Source Coding and Speech Processing4.9 Channel Coding5 Protocols5.1 Protocol Architecture Planes5.2 Protocol Architecture of the User Plane5.3 Protocol Architecture of the Signaling Plane5.4 Signaling at the Air Interface (Um)5.5 Signaling at the A and Abis Interfaces5.6 Security-Related Network Functions: Authentication and Encryption5.7 Signaling at the User Interface6 Roaming and Handover6.1 Mobile Application Part Interfaces6.2 Location Registration and Location Update6.3 Connection Establishment and Termination6.4 Handover7 Improved Data Services in GSM: GPRS, HSCSD, and EDGE7.1 System Architecture7.2 Services7.3 Session Management, Mobility Management, and Routing7.4 Protocol Architecture7.5 Signaling Plane7.6 Interworking with IP Networks7.7 Air Interface7.8 Authentication and Ciphering7.9 Summary7.10 HSCSD - High Speed Circuit Switched Data7.11 EDGE - Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution8 Services8.1 Classical GSMServices8.2 Popular GSMServices-SMS andMMS8.3 Overview of GSMServices in Phase 2+8.4 Bearer and Teleservices of GSMPhase 2+8.5 Supplementary Services in GSM Phase 2+8.6 Service Platforms8.7 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)9 Beyond GSM and UMTS: 4GA Data Communication and NetworkingA.1 Reference ConfigurationA.2 Overview of Data CommunicationA.3 Service Selection at Transitions between NetworksA.4 Bit Rate AdaptationA.5 Asynchronous Data ServicesA.5.1 Transparent Transmission in the Mobile NetworkA.5.2 Nontransparent Data TransmissionA.5.3 PAD Access to Public Packet-Switched Data NetworksA.6 Synchronous Data ServicesA.6.1 OverviewA.6.2 Synchronous X.25 Packet Data Network AccessA.7 Teleservices: FaxB Aspects of Network Operation 314B.1 Objectives of GSMNetworkManagementB.2 Telecommunication Management Network (TMN)B.3 TMN Realization in GSM NetworksBibliography