Communication Systems for the Mobile Information Society

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ISBN: 9780470026762 | 0470026766
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/25/2006

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Many wireless systems like GSM, GPRS, UMTS, Bluetooth, WLAN or WiMAX offer possibilities to keep people connected while on the move. In this flood of technology and claims that one single resource will serve all our needs, this book seeks to enable readers to examine and understand each technology, and how to utilize several different systems for the best results.

Preface

List of Figures

xiii

List of Tables

xix

List of Abbreviations

xxi

Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)

(64)

Circuit-Switched Data Transmission

(2)

Standards

(1)

Transmission Speeds

(1)

The Signaling System Number 7

(4)

The SS-7 Protocol Stack

(3)

SS-7 Protocols for GSM

(1)

The GSM Subsystems

(1)

The Network Subsystem

(11)

The Mobile Switching Center (MSC)

(3)

The Visitor Location Register (VLR)

(1)

The Home Location Register (HLR)

(4)

The Authentication Center

(2)

The Short Messaging Service Center (SMSC)

(1)

The Base Station Subsystem (BSS)

(24)

Frequency Bands

(1)

The Base Transceiver Station (BTS)

(2)

The GSM Air Interface

(6)

The Base Station Controller (BSC)

(5)

The TRAU for Voice Data Transmission

(9)

Mobility Management and Call Control

(7)

Location Area and Location Area Update

(1)

The Mobile Terminated Call

(3)

Handover Scenarios

(2)

The Mobile Station

(3)

The SIM Card

(5)

The Intelligent Network Subsystem and CAMEL

(3)

Questions

(3)

References

(3)

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)

(56)

Circuit-Switched Data Transmission over GSM

(1)

Packet-Switched Data Transmission over GPRS

(3)

GPRS and the IP Protocol

(1)

GPRS vs. Fixed-Line Data Transmission

(1)

The GPRS Air Interface

(12)

GPRS vs. GSM Timeslot Usage on the Air Interface

(2)

Mixed GSM/GPRS Timeslot Usage in a Base Station

(1)

Coding Schemes

(1)

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) -- EGPRS

(4)

Mobile Station Classes

(1)

Network Mode of Operation

(2)

GPRS Logical Channels on the Air Interface

(2)

The GPRS State Model

(3)

GPRS Network Elements

(5)

The Packet Control Unit (PCU)

(2)

The Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)

(2)

The Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)

(1)

GPRS Radio Resource Management

(4)

GPRS Interfaces

(5)

GPRS Mobility Management and Session Management (GMM/SM)

(5)

Mobility Management Tasks

(3)

GPRS Session Management

101

(2)

Session Management from a User Point of View

103

(3)

WAP over GPRS

106

(5)

The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) over GPRS

111

(5)

Web Browsing via GPRS

116

(3)

Impact of Delay on the Web Browsing Experience

116

(3)

Web Browser Optimization for Mobile Web Browsing

119

(1)

Questions

119

(2)

References

120

(1)

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)

121

(96)

Overview, History, and Future

121

(9)

UMTS Release 99: A New Radio Access Network

123

(3)

UMTS Release 4: Enhancements for the Circuit-Switched Core Network

126

(1)

UMTS Release 5: Introduction of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)

127

(2)

UMTS Release 5: High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)

129

(1)

UMTS Release 6: High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)

129

(1)

UMTS Release 7 and Beyond: Even Higher Data Rates

129

(1)

Important New Concepts of UMTS

130

(2)

The Radio Access Bearer (RAB)

130

(1)

The Access Stratum and Non-Access Stratum

130

(1)

Common Transport Protocols for CS and PS

131

(1)

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)

132

(12)

Spreading Factor, Chip Rate, and Process Gain

136

(1)

The OVSF Code Tree

137

(1)

Scrambling in the Uplink and Downlink Directions

138

(1)

UMTS Frequency and Cell Planning

139

(1)

The Near-Far Effect and Cell Breathing

140

(2)

Advantages of the UMTS Radio Network Compared to GSM

142

(2)

UMTS Channel Structure on the Air Interface

144

(14)

User Plane and Control Plane

144

(1)

Common and Dedicated Channels

144

(1)

Logical, Transport, and Physical Channels

145

(4)

Example: Network Search

149

(2)

Example: Initial Network Access Procedure

151

(2)

The Uu Protocol Stack

153

(5)

The UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN)

158

(12)

Node-B, Iub Interface, NBAP, and FP

158

(1)

The RNC, lu, lub, and lur Interfaces, RANAP and RNSAP

159

(5)

Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) Codec for Voice Calls

164

(1)

Radio Resource Control (RRC) States

165

(5)

Core Network Mobility Management

170

(1)

Radio Network Mobility Management

171

(12)

Mobility Management in the Cell-DCH State

171

(8)

Mobility Management in Idle State

179

(2)

Mobility Management in Other States

181

(2)

UMTS CS and PS Call Establishment

183

(3)

UMTS Release 99 Performance

186

(7)

Data Rates, Delay, and Applications

186

(1)

Radio Resource Management Example

187

(3)

UMTS Web Browsing Experience

190

(1)

Number of Simultaneous Users per Cell

191

(2)

UMTS Release 5: High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)

193

(9)

HSDPA Channels

194

(1)

Shorter Delay Times and Hybrid ARQ (HARQ)

195

(3)

Node-B Scheduling

198

(1)

Adaptive Modulation, Coding, and Transmission Rates

198

(2)

Establishment and Release of an HSDPA Connection

200

(1)

HSDPA Mobility Management

201

(1)

UMTS Release 6: High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)

202

(11)

E-DCH Channel Structure

204

(3)

The E-DCH Protocol Stack and Functionality

207

(1)

E-DCH Scheduling

208

(3)

E-DCH Mobility

211

(1)

E-DCH Terminals

212

(1)

UMTS and CDMA2000

213

(2)

Questions

215

(2)

References

215

(2)

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

217

(32)

Wireless LAN Overview

217

(1)

Transmission Speeds and Standards

218

(2)

WLAN Configurations: From Ad-hoc to Wireless Bridging

220

(5)

Ad-hoc, BSS, ESS, and Wireless Bridging

220

(3)

SSID and Frequency Selection

223

(2)

Management Operations

225

(6)

The MAC Layer

231

(4)

Air Interface Access Control

231

(3)

The MAC Header

234

(1)

The Physical Layer

235

(5)

IEEE 802.11b - 11 Mbit/s

235

(3)

IEEE 802.11g with up to 54 Mbit/s

238

(2)

IEEE 802.11a with up to 54 Mbit/s

240

(1)

WLAN Security

240

(3)

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

240

(2)

Wireless Protected Access (WPA), WPA2, and 802.11i

242

(1)

Comparison of WLAN and UMTS

243

(4)

Questions

247

(2)

References

247

(2)

802.16 and WiMAX

249

(54)

Overview

250

(2)

Standards, Evolution, and Profiles

252

(1)

WiMAX PHYs for Point-to-Multipoint FDD or TDD Operation

253

(7)

Adaptive OFDM Modulation and Coding

254

(3)

Physical Layer Speed Calculations

257

(1)

Cell Sizes

258

(2)

Physical Layer Framing

260

(4)

Frame Structure in FDD Mode for Point-to-Multipoint Networks

260

(4)

Frame Structure in TDD Mode for Point-to-Multipoint Networks

264

(1)

Ensuring Quality of Service

264

(5)

MAC Management Functions

269

(5)

Connecting to the Network

269

(4)

Power, Modulation, and Coding Control

273

(1)

Dynamic Frequency Selection

274

(1)

MAC Management of User Data

274

(5)

Fragmentation and Packing

275

(1)

Data Retransmission (ARQ)

276

(2)

Header Compression

278

(1)

Security

279

(3)

Authentication

279

(2)

Ciphering

281

(1)

Advanced 802.16 Functionalities

282

(4)

Mesh Network Topology

282

(2)

Adaptive Antenna Systems

284

(2)

Mobile WiMAX: 801.16e

286

(8)

OFDM Multiple Access for 802.16e Networks

286

(2)

MIMO

288

(1)

Handover

289

(3)

Power-Saving Functionality

292

(1)

Idle Mode

293

(1)

WiMAX Network Infrastructure

294

(6)

Network Reference Architecture

295

(2)

Micro Mobility Management

297

(1)

Macro Mobility Management

298

(2)

Comparison of 802.16 with UMTS, HSDPA, and WLAN

300

(1)

Questions

301

(2)

References

301

(2)

Bluetooth

303

(48)

Overview and Applications

303

(1)

Physical Properties

304

(3)

Piconets and the Master/Slave Concept

307

(2)

The Bluetooth Protocol Stack

309

(18)

The Baseband Layer

310

(5)

The Link Controller

315

(2)

The Link Manager

317

(2)

The HCI Interface

319

(2)

The L2CAP Layer

321

(2)

The Service Discovery Protocol

323

(1)

The RFCOMM Layer

324

(2)

Bluetooth Connection Establishment Overview

326

(1)

Bluetooth Security

327

(4)

Pairing

327

(1)

Authentication

328

(1)

Encryption

329

(1)

Authorization

330

(1)

Security Modes

331

(1)

Bluetooth Profiles

331

(16)

Basic Profiles: GAP, SDP, and the Serial Profile

333

(1)

The Network Profiles: DUN, LAP, and PAN

334

(3)

Object Exchange Profiles: FTP, Object Push, and Synchronize

337

(3)

Headset, Hands-Free, and SIM Access Profile

340

(4)

High-Quality Audio Streaming

344

(3)

Comparison between Bluetooth and Wireless LAN

347

(1)

Questions

347

(4)

References

348

(3)

Index

351

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