Introduction to Mobile Network Engineering : GSM, 3G-WCDMA, LTE and the Road To 5G.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Types of Mobile Network by Multiple‐Access Scheme -- Chapter 3: Cellular System -- 3.1 Historical Background -- 3.2 Cellular Concept -- 3.3 Carrier‐to‐Interference Ratio -- 3.4 Formation of Clusters -- 3.5 Sectorization -- 3.6 Frequency Allocation -- 3.7 Trunking Effect -- 3.8 Erlang Formulas -- 3.9 Erlang B Formula -- 3.10 Worked Examples -- Chapter 4: Radio Propagation -- 4.1 Propagation Mechanisms -- Chapter 5: Mobile Radio Channel -- 5.1 Channel Characterization -- 5.2 Worked Examples -- 5.3 Fading -- 5.4 Diversity to Mitigate Multipath Fading -- 5.5 Worked Examples -- 5.6 Receiver Noise Factor (Noise Figure) -- Chapter 6: Radio Network Planning -- 6.1 Generic Link Budget -- 6.2 Worked Examples -- Chapter 7: Global System Mobile, GSM, 2G -- 7.1 General Concept for GSM System Development -- 7.2 GSM System Architecture -- 7.3 Radio Specifications -- 7.4 Background for the Choice of Radio Parameters -- 7.5 Communication Channels in GSM -- 7.6 Mapping the Logical Channels onto Physical Channels -- 7.7 Signalling During a Call -- 7.8 Signal Processing Chain -- 7.9 Estimating Required Signalling Capacity in the Cell -- References -- Chapter 8: EGPRS: GPRS/EDGE -- 8.1 GPRS Support Nodes -- 8.2 GPRS Interfaces -- 8.3 GPRS Procedures in Packet Call Setups -- 8.4 GPRS Mobility Management -- 8.5 Layered Overview of the Radio Interface -- 8.6 GPRS/GSM Territory in a Base‐Station Transceiver -- 8.7 Summary -- References -- Chapter 9: Third Generation Network (3G), UMTS -- 9.1 The WCDMA Concept -- 9.2 Major Parameters of 3G WCDMA Air Interface -- 9.3 Spectrum Allocation for 3G WCDMA -- 9.4 3G Services -- 9.5 UMTS Reference Network Architecture and Interfaces -- 9.6 Air‐Interface Architecture and Processing.

9.7 Channels on the Air Interface -- 9.8 Physical‐Layer Procedures -- 9.9 RRC States -- 9.10 RRM Functions -- 9.11 Initial Access to the Network -- 9.12 Summary -- References -- Chapter 10: High‐Speed Packet Data Access (HSPA) -- 10.1 HSDPA, High‐Speed Downlink Packet Data Access -- 10.2 HSPA RRM Functions -- 10.3 MAC‐hs and Physical‐Layer Processing -- 10.4 HSDPA Channels -- 10.5 HSUPA (Enhanced Uplink, E‐DCH) -- 10.6 Air‐Interface Dimensioning -- 10.7 Summary -- References -- Chapter 11: 4G‐Long Term Evolution (LTE) System -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Architecture of an Evolved Packet System -- 11.3 LTE Integration with Existing 2G/3G Network -- 11.4 E‐UTRAN Interfaces -- 11.5 User Equipment -- 11.6 QoS in LTE -- 11.7 LTE Security -- 11.8 LTE Mobility -- 11.9 LTE Radio Interface -- 11.10 Principle of OFDM -- 11.11 OFDM Implementation using IFFT/FFT Processing -- 11.12 Cyclic Prefix -- 11.13 Channel Estimation and Reference Symbols -- 11.14 OFDM Subcarrier Spacing -- 11.15 Output RF Spectrum Emissions -- 11.16 LTE Multiple‐Access Scheme, OFDMA -- 11.17 Single‐Carrier FDMA (SC‐FDMA) -- 11.18 OFDMA versus SC‐FDMA Operation -- 11.19 SC‐FDMA Receiver -- 11.20 User Multiplexing with DFTS‐OFDM -- 11.21 MIMO Techniques -- 11.22 Link Adaptation and Frequency Domain Packet Scheduling -- 11.23 Radio Protocol Architecture -- 11.24 Downlink Physical Layer Processing -- 11.25 Downlink Control Channels -- 11.26 Mapping the Control Channels to Downlink Transmission Resources -- 11.27 Uplink Control Signalling -- 11.28 Uplink Reference Signals -- 11.29 Physical‐Layer Procedures -- 11.30 LTE Radio Dimensioning -- 11.31 Summary -- References -- Chapter 12: LTE‐A -- 12.1 Carrier Aggregation -- 12.2 Enhanced MIMO -- 12.3 Coordinated Multi‐Point Operation (CoMP) -- 12.4 Relay Nodes -- 12.5 Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (E‐PDCCH).

12.6 Downlink Multiuser Superposition, MUST -- 12.7 Summary of LTE‐A Features -- References -- Chapter 13: Further Development for the Fifth Generation -- 13.1 Overall Operational Requirements for a 5G Network System -- 13.2 Device Requirements -- 13.3 Capabilities of 5G -- 13.4 Spectrum Consideration -- 13.5 5G Technology Components -- 13.6 5G System Architecture (Release 15) -- 13.7 New Radio (NR) -- 13.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 14: Annex: Base‐Station Site Solutions -- 14.1 The Base‐Station OBSAI Architecture -- 14.2 Common Public Radio Interface, CPRI -- 14.3 SDR and Multiradio BTS -- 14.4 Site Solution with OBSAI Type Base Stations -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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