From GSM to LTE: An Introduction to Mobile Networks and Mobile Broadband

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Preface

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

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

1.12 Questions

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 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

2.13 Questions

Chapter 3: Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (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 ...