GSM : architecture, protocols and services

GSM architecture, protocols and services

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 cellula...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Eberspacher, J. (Jorg) (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, U.K. : Wiley 2009.
Edición:3rd ed., English lang. ed
Materias:
Global system for mobile communications.
Cell phone systems.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. The idea of unbounded communication
  • 1.2. The success of GSM
  • 1.3. Classification of mobile communication systems
  • 1.4. Some history of statistics of GSM
  • 1.5. Overview of the book
  • 2. The mobile radio channel and the cellular principle
  • 2.1. Characteristics of the mobile radio channel
  • 2.2. Separation of directions and duplex transmission
  • 2.3. Multiple access
  • 2.4. Cellular principle
  • 3. System architecture and addressing
  • 3.1. System architecture
  • 3.2. The SIM concept
  • 3.3. Addressing
  • 3.4. Registers and subscriber data
  • 3.5. Network interfaces and configurations
  • 4. Air interface - physical layer
  • 4.1. Logical channels
  • 4.2. Physical channels
  • 4.3. Synchronization
  • 4.4. Mapping of logical onto physical channels
  • 4.5. Radio subsystem link control
  • 4.6. Channel coding, source coding and speech processing
  • 4.7. Source coding and speech processing
  • 4.8. Channel coding
  • 4.9. Power-up scenario
  • 5. Protocols
  • 5.1. Protocols architrecutre planes
  • 5.2. Protocol architecture of the user plane
  • 5.3. Protocol architecture of the signaling plane
  • 5.4. Signaling at the air interface (Um)
  • 5.5. Signaling at the A and Abis interfaces
  • 5.6. Security-related network functions: authentication and encryption
  • 5.7. Signaling at the user interface
  • 6. Roaming an handover
  • 6.1. Mobile application part interfaces
  • 6.2. Location registration and location update
  • 6.3. Connection estalishment and termination
  • 6.4. Handover
  • 7. Services
  • 7.1. Classical GSM services
  • 7.2. Popular GSM services: SMS and MMS
  • 7.3. Overviwe of GSM services in Phase 2+
  • 7.4. Bearer and teleservices of GSM Phase 2+
  • 7.5. Supplementary services in GSM Phase 2+
  • 7.6. Service platforms
  • 7.7. Wireless application protocol
  • 8. Improved data services in GSM: GPRS, HSCSD and EDGE
  • 8.1. GPRS
  • 8.2. HSCSD
  • 8.3. EDGE
  • 9. Beyond GSM and MTS: 4G
  • Appendices
  • A. Data communication and networking.
  • B. Aspects of network operation
  • C. GSM Addresses
  • D. List of Acronyms
  • References
  • Index.

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