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| Preface | |
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| List of Figures | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) | |
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| Circuit-Switched Data Transmission | |
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| Standards | |
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| Transmission Speeds | |
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| The Signaling System Number 7 | |
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| The SS-7 Protocol Stack | |
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| SS-7 Protocols for GSM | |
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| The GSM Subsystems | |
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| The Network Subsystem | |
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| The Mobile Switching Center (MSC) | |
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| The Visitor Location Register (VLR) | |
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| The Home Location Register (HLR) | |
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| The Authentication Center | |
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| The Short Messaging Service Center (SMSC) | |
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| The Base Station Subsystem (BSS) | |
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| Frequency Bands | |
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| The Base Transceiver Station (BTS) | |
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| The GSM Air Interface | |
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| The Base Station Controller (BSC) | |
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| The TRAU for Voice Data Transmission | |
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| Mobility Management and Call Control | |
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| Location Area and Location Area Update | |
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| The Mobile Terminated Call | |
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| Handover Scenarios | |
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| The Mobile Station | |
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| The SIM Card | |
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| The Intelligent Network Subsystem and CAMEL | |
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| Questions | |
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| References | |
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| General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) | |
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| Circuit-Switched Data Transmission over GSM | |
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| Packet-Switched Data Transmission over GPRS | |
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| GPRS and the IP Protocol | |
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| GPRS vs. Fixed-Line Data Transmission | |
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| The GPRS Air Interface | |
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| GPRS vs. GSM Timeslot Usage on the Air Interface | |
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| Mixed GSM/GPRS Timeslot Usage in a Base Station | |
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| Coding Schemes | |
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| Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) - EGPRS | |
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| Mobile Station Classes | |
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| Network Mode of Operation | |
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| GPRS Logical Channels on the Air Interface | |
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| The GPRS State Model | |
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| GPRS Network Elements | |
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| The Packet Control Unit (PCU) | |
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| The Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) | |
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| The Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) | |
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| GPRS Radio Resource Management | |
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| GPRS Interfaces | |
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| GPRS Mobility Management and Session Management (GMM/SM) | |
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| Mobility Management Tasks | |
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| GPRS Session Management | |
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| Session Management from a User Point of View | |
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| WAP over GPRS | |
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| The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) over GPRS | |
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| Web Browsing via GPRS | |
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| Impact of Delay on the Web Browsing Experience | |
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| Web Browser Optimization for Mobile Web Browsing | |
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| Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) | |
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| Overview, History, and Future | |
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| UMTS Release 99: A New Radio Access Network | |
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| UMTS Release 4: Enhancements for the Circuit-Switched Core Network | |
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| UMTS Release 5: Introduction of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) | |
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| UMTS Release 5: High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) | |
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| UMTS Release 6: High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) | |
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| UMTS Release 7 and Beyond: Even Higher Data Rates | |
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| Important New Concepts of UMTS | |
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| The Radio Access Bearer (RAB) | |
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| The Access Stratum and Non-Access Stratum | |
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| Common Transport Protocols for CS and PS | |
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| Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) | |
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| Spreading Factor, Chip Rate, and Process Gain | |
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| The OVSF Code Tree | |
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| Scrambling in the Uplink and Downlink Directions | |
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| UMTS Frequency and Cell Planning | |
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| The Near-Far Effect and Cell Breathing | |
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| Advantages of the UMTS Radio Network Compared to GSM | |
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| UMTS Channel Structure on the Air Interface | |
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| User Plane and Control Plane | |
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| Common and Dedicated Channels | |
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| Logical, Transport, and Physical Channels | |
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| Example: Network Search | |
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| Example: Initial Network Access Procedure | |
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| The Uu Protocol Stack | |
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| The UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) | |
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| Node-B, Iub Interface, NBAP, and FP | |
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| The RNC, Iu, Iub, and Iur Interfaces, RANAP and RNSAP | |
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| Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) Codec for Voice Calls | |
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| Radio Resource Control (RRC) States | |
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| Core-Network Mobility Management | |
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| Radio Network Mobility Management | |
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| Mobility Management in the Cell-DCH State | |
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| Mobility Management in Idle State | |
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| Mobility Management in Other States | |
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| UMTS CS and PS Call Establishment | |
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| UMTS Release 99 Performance | |
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| Data Rates, Delay, and Applications | |
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| Radio Resource Management Example | |
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| UMTS Web Browsing Experience | |
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| Number of Simultaneous Users per Cell | |
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| UMTS Release 5: High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) | |
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| HSDPA Channels | |
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| Shorter Delay Times and Hybrid ARQ (HARQ) | |
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| Node-B Scheduling | |
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| Adaptive Modulation, Coding, and Transmission Rates | |
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| Establishment and Release of an HSDPA Connection | |
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| HSDPA Mobility Management | |
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| UMTS Release 6: High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) | |
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| E-DCH Channel Structure | |
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| The E-DCH Protocol Stack and Functionality | |
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| E-DCH Scheduling | |
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| E-DCH Mobility | |
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| E-DCH Terminals | |
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| UMTS and CDMA2000 | |
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| Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) | |
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| Wireless LAN Overview | |
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| Transmission Speeds and Standards | |
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| WLAN Configurations: From Ad-hoc to Wireless Bridging | |
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| Ad-hoc, BSS, ESS, and Wireless Bridging | |
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| SSID and Frequency Selection | |
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| Management Operations | |
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| The MAC Layer | |
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| Air Interface Access Control | |
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| The MAC Header | |
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| The Physical Layer | |
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| IEEE 802.11b - 11 Mbit/s | |
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| IEEE 802.11g with up to 54 Mbit/s | |
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| IEEE 802.11a with up to 54 Mbit/s | |
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| WLAN Security | |
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| Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) | |
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| Wireless Protected Access (WPA), WPA2, and 802.11i | |
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| Comparison of WLAN and UMTS | |
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| Questions | |
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| References | |
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| 802.16 and WiMAX | |
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| Overview | |
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| Standards, Evolution, and Profiles | |
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| WiMAX PHYs for Point-to-Multipoint FDD or TDD Operation | |
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| Adaptive OFDM Modulation and Coding | |
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| Physical Layer Speed Calculations | |
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| Cell Sizes | |
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| Physical Layer Framing | |
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| Frame Structure in FDD Mode for Point-to-Multipoint Networks | |
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| Frame Structure in TDD Mode for Point-to-Multipoint Networks | |
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| Ensuring Quality of Service | |
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| MAC Management Functions | |
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| Connecting to the Network | |
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| Power, Modulation, and Coding Control | |
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| Dynamic Frequency Selection | |
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| MAC Management of User Data | |
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| Fragmentation and Packing | |
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| Data Retransmission (ARQ) | |
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| Header Compression | |
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| Security | |
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| Authentication | |
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| Ciphering | |
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| Advanced 802.16 Functionalities | |
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| Mesh Network Topology | |
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| Adaptive Antenna Systems | |
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| Mobile WiMAX: 802.16e | |
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| OFDM Multiple Access for 802.16e Networks | |
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| MIMO | |
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| Handover | |
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| Power-Saving Functionality | |
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| Idle Mode | |
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| WiMAX Network Infrastructure | |
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| Network Reference Architecture | |
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| Micro Mobility Management | |
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| Macro Mobility Management | |
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| Comparison of 802.16 with UMTS, HSDPA, and WLAN | |
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| Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Bluetooth | |
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| Overview and Applications | |
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| Physical Properties | |
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| Piconets and the Master/Slave Concept | |
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| The Bluetooth Protocol Stack | |
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| The Baseband Layer | |
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| The Link Controller | |
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| The Link Manager | |
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| The HCI Interface | |
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| The L2CAP Layer | |
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| The Service Discovery Protocol | |
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| The RFCOMM Layer | |
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| Bluetooth Connection Establishment Overview | |
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| Bluetooth Security | |
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| Pairing | |
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| Authentication | |
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| Encryption | |
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| Authorization | |
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| Security Modes | |
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| Bluetooth Profiles | |
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| Basic Profiles: GAP, SDP, and the Serial Profile | |
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| The Network Profiles: DUN, LAP, and PAN | |
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| Object Exchange Profiles: FTP, Object Push, and Synchronize | |
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| Headset, Hands-Free, and SIM Access Profile | |
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| High-Quality Audio Streaming | |
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| Comparison between Bluetooth and Wireless LAN | |
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| Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |