4G Roadmap and Emerging Communication

Get a firm and thorough grasp on the cutting-edge suite of standards and technologies that is 4G. This forward-looking book explains how wired and wireless network technology, telecommunications and Web services, communications standards like IP, and consumer electronics are converging to create 4G. Personalization is one concept driving the market for 4G applications and services, and this book guides you through the user-centric scenarios creating these applications and services.

Young Kyun Kim is senior vice president, global and standards and research, telecommunications network business at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Korea Ramjee Prasad is the director of the Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTIF), Aalborg University

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xvii

Introduction

1

(28)

Visions

3

(4)

Next Generation

7

(5)

What Is 4G?

12

(1)

Scientific Approach

13

(7)

Adaptive and Scalable Air Interfaces

14

(1)

Reconfigurable Ambient Networks

15

(1)

Security Across All Layers

16

(1)

Highly Available Backbone Technologies

17

(1)

User Friendly Multimedia Interfaces and Context-Aware Technologies

18

(1)

Flexible Platforms

18

(2)

Preview of the Book

20

(9)

References

20

(9)

A User-Centric Approach to 4G: Visions and Foresights

29

(46)

Introduction and Motivation

29

(3)

Introduction

29

(1)

Motivation for the Development of a User-Centric View

30

(2)

User Needs and Trends

32

(5)

A Service-Driven Approach to 4G

32

(1)

User Needs and Trends

33

(4)

A User-Centric Approach to Developing Services

37

(4)

Scenario Development

37

(4)

Service Development

41

(1)

Scenarios

41

(5)

Factors

41

(1)

Trends

41

(1)

Key Trends

42

(1)

Scenario Images

43

(3)

Services

46

(1)

Existing Services Classification

46

(1)

New Services Extraction

46

(1)

Visions and Foresights

46

(16)

ITU Vision

54

(3)

Some Approaches to 4G

57

(1)

Foreseeing 4G

58

(4)

4G Spectrum Issues

62

(9)

Background

63

(1)

Plan and Timeline of Global 4G Spectrum Allocation

64

(1)

Prospective Frequency Bands

65

(6)

Conclusions

71

(4)

References

72

(3)

Multiple Access Techniques

75

(36)

Introduction

75

(1)

Multiple Access Protocols

76

(9)

Classification of Multiple Access Protocol

79

(6)

MC-CDMA System

85

(6)

MC-CDMA System Design

88

(1)

Summary

89

(2)

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)

91

(5)

Frequency Hopping OFDMA

92

(1)

Differences Between OFDMA and MC-CDMA

93

(3)

Discussions

96

(1)

OFDM-CDMA-SFH (Hybrid)

96

(5)

Description

97

(3)

Observations and Discussions

100

(1)

VSF-OFCDM

101

(6)

Two-Dimensional Spreading Procedure

102

(2)

Transceiver Architecture

104

(1)

Spreading Configuration

104

(2)

Summary

106

(1)

Conclusions

107

(4)

References

107

(4)

Emerging Technologies for 4G

111

(68)

Introduction

111

(1)

Multiantenna Technologies

112

(13)

Overview of MIMO Technology

112

(5)

Adaptive Multiple Antenna Techniques

117

(1)

Open-Loop MIMO Solutions

117

(2)

Closed-Loop MIMO Solutions

119

(6)

Radio Resource Management

125

(7)

QoS Requirements

126

(2)

General Formulation of the RRM Problem

128

(1)

RRM in Future Wireless Systems

129

(3)

Software Defined Radio (SDR) Communication Systems

132

(15)

Definition of SDR Communication System

133

(5)

Advantages of SDR Communication Systems

138

(1)

Problems in SDR Communication Systems

139

(2)

Future Applications of SDR Communication Systems

141

(6)

Summary

147

(1)

IP Network Issues

147

(12)

Mobility Management

148

(2)

Mobile IP

150

(1)

Evolution of Mobile IP

151

(8)

Relays for Next Generation 4G Systems

159

(8)

Introduction

159

(3)

Mobile Relay Types/Deployment Concepts

162

(1)

Rationale for Mobile Relays

163

(1)

Applicability to Environments

164

(1)

Parallels with Other Technologies

164

(1)

Cooperative Mobile Relaying

165

(1)

Conclusions

166

(1)

Other Enabling Technologies

167

(12)

References

167

(12)

4G Research Initiatives and Developments

179

(34)

Introduction

179

(1)

Major Research Initiatives Focusing on 4G

180

(21)

Wireless World Research Forum

180

(4)

Mobile IT Forum

184

(6)

Future Technology for Universal Radio Environment Project

190

(2)

Next Generation Mobile Communication Forum

192

(1)

4G Research Cooperation Projects in the European Sixth Framework Program

193

(5)

The Worldwide Wireless Initiative

198

(1)

Samsung 4G Forum

199

(1)

The eMobility Technology Platform

200

(1)

Other 4G Research Initiatives

200

(1)

Paving the Way to 4G: Worldwide Development

201

(7)

NTT DoCoMo (Japan)

202

(1)

Samsung's Terrestrial OFDM Packet Access System

203

(1)

The Wireless Broadband Project

204

(2)

The IEEE 802 Wireless Standards

206

(2)

Discussions and Conclusion

208

(5)

References

210

(3)

4G Terminals

213

(30)

Introduction

213

(1)

Multimode (All-in-One) Versus Single Purpose Terminals

214

(2)

Future Terminals and Technology

216

(11)

Hardware Technology Roadmap

221

(2)

Software Technology Roadmap and Issues

223

(4)

Key Applications for Future Mobile Terminals

227

(10)

Broadcast

227

(1)

Digital Rights Management

228

(2)

Multimedia Messaging Service

230

(1)

Over-the-Air (OTA) Provisioning

231

(2)

Presence

233

(1)

PTT over Cellular

234

(1)

User Plane Location

235

(2)

Challenges

237

(3)

Conclusions

240

(3)

References

241

(2)

Towards a Unified Convergence on 4G

243

(14)

Short and Long-Term Visions of 4G

244

(3)

The Challenges Ahead

247

(4)

Conclusions

251

(6)

References

255

(2)

List of Acronyms

257

(10)

About the Authors

267

(4)

Index

271

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