Communication systems for the mobile information society / Martin Sauter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sauter, Martin.

Contributor:

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mobile communication systems.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, [2006]

Summary:

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.

Communication Systems for the Mobile Information Society not only contains a technical description of the different wireless systems available today, but also explains the thoughts that are behind the different mechanisms and implementations; not only the 'how' but also the 'why' is in focus. Thus the advantages and the limitations of each technology become apparent. Provides readers with a solid introduction to major global wireless standards and compares the different wireless technologies and their applications, Describes the different systems based on the standards, their practical implementation and why they were designed the way they are, The performance and capacity of each system in practice is analyzed and explained, accompanied with practical tips on how to discover the functionality of different networks, Questions at the end of each chapter and answers on the accompanying website make this book ideal for self study or as course material, Illustrated with many realistic examples of how mobile people can stay in touch with other people, the Internet and their corporate intranet. This book is an essential resource for telecommunication engineers, professionals and computer science and electrical engineering students who want to get a thorough end-to-end understanding of the different technical concepts of the systems on the market today.

Contents:

1 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) 1

1.1 Circuit-Switched Data Transmission 1

1.2 Standards 3

1.3 Transmission Speeds 4

1.4 The Signaling System Number 7 5

1.4.1 The SS-7 Protocol Stack 5

1.4.2 SS-7 Protocols for GSM 8

1.5 The GSM Subsystems 9

1.6 The Network Subsystem 9

1.6.1 The Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 9

1.6.2 The Visitor Location Register (VLR) 12

1.6.3 The Home Location Register (HLR) 13

1.6.4 The Authentication Center 17

1.6.5 The Short Messaging Service Center (SMSC) 19

1.7 The Base Station Subsystem (BSS) 20

1.7.1 Frequency Bands 21

1.7.2 The Base Transceiver Station (BTS) 22

1.7.3 The GSM Air Interface 24

1.7.4 The Base Station Controller (BSC) 30

1.7.5 The TRAU for Voice Data Transmission 35

1.8 Mobility Management and Call Control 44

1.8.1 Location Area and Location Area Update 45

1.8.2 The Mobile Terminated Call 46

1.8.3 Handover Scenarios 49

1.9 The Mobile Station 51

1.10 The SIM Card 54

1.11 The Intelligent Network Subsystem and CAMEL 59

2 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) 65

2.1 Circuit-Switched Data Transmission over GSM 65

2.2 Packet-Switched Data Transmission over GPRS 66

2.2.1 GPRS and the IP Protocol 68

2.2.2 GPRS vs. Fixed-Line Data Transmission 68

2.3 The GPRS Air Interface 69

2.3.1 GPRS vs. GSM Timeslot Usage on the Air Interface 69

2.3.2 Mixed GSM/GPRS Timeslot Usage in a Base Station 71

2.3.3 Coding Schemes 72

2.3.4 Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) - EGPRS 73

2.3.5 Mobile Station Classes 77

2.3.6 Network Mode of Operation 77

2.3.7 GPRS Logical Channels on the Air Interface 79

2.4 The GPRS State Model 81

2.5 GPRS Network Elements 84

2.5.1 The Packet Control Unit (PCU) 84

2.5.2 The Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) 86

2.5.3 The Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) 88

2.6 GPRS Radio Resource Management 89

2.7 GPRS Interfaces 93

2.8 GPRS Mobility Management and Session Management (GMM/SM) 98

2.8.1 Mobility Management Tasks 98

2.8.2 GPRS Session Management 101

2.9 Session Management from a User Point of View 103

2.10 WAP over GPRS 106

2.11 The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) over GPRS 111

2.12 Web Browsing via GPRS 116

2.12.1 Impact of Delay on the Web Browsing Experience 116

2.12.2 Web Browser Optimization for Mobile Web Browsing 119

3 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) 121

3.1 Overview, History, and Future 121

3.1.1 UMTS Release 99: A New Radio Access Network 123

3.1.2 UMTS Release 4: Enhancements for the Circuit-Switched Core Network 126

3.1.3 UMTS Release 5: Introduction of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) 127

3.1.4 UMTS Release 5: High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) 129

3.1.5 UMTS Release 6: High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) 129

3.1.6 UMTS Release 7 and Beyond: Even Higher Data Rates 129

3.2 Important New Concepts of UMTS 130

3.2.1 The Radio Access Bearer (RAB) 130

3.2.2 The Access Stratum and Non-Access Stratum 130

3.2.3 Common Transport Protocols for CS and PS 131

3.3 Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 132

3.3.1 Spreading Factor, Chip Rate, and Process Gain 136

3.3.2 The OVSF Code Tree 137

3.3.3 Scrambling in the Uplink and Downlink Directions 138

3.3.4 UMTS Frequency and Cell Planning 139

3.3.5 The Near-Far Effect and Cell Breathing 140

3.3.6 Advantages of the UMTS Radio Network Compared to GSM 142

3.4 UMTS Channel Structure on the Air Interface 144

3.4.1 User Plane and Control Plane 144

3.4.2 Common and Dedicated Channels 144

3.4.3 Logical, Transport, and Physical Channels 145

3.4.4 Example: Network Search 149

3.4.5 Example: Initial Network Access Procedure 151

3.4.6 The Uu Protocol Stack 153

3.5 The UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) 158

3.5.1 Node-B, Iub Interface, NBAP, and FP 158

3.5.2 The RNC, Iu, Iub, and Iur Interfaces, RANAP and RNSAP 159

3.5.3 Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) Codec for Voice Calls 164

3.5.4 Radio Resource Control (RRC) States 165

3.6 Core-Network Mobility Management 170

3.7 Radio Network Mobility Management 171

3.7.1 Mobility Management in the Cell-DCH State 171

3.7.2 Mobility Management in Idle State 179

3.7.3 Mobility Management in Other States 181

3.8 UMTS CS and PS Call Establishment 183

3.9 UMTS Release 99 Performance 186

3.9.1 Data Rates, Delay, and Applications 186

3.9.2 Radio Resource Management Example 187

3.9.3 UMTS Web Browsing Experience 190

3.9.4 Number of Simultaneous Users per Cell 191

3.10 UMTS Release 5: High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) 193

3.10.1 HSDPA Channels 194

3.10.2 Shorter Delay Times and Hybrid ARQ (HARQ) 195

3.10.3 Node-B Scheduling 198

3.10.4 Adaptive Modulation, Coding, and Transmission Rates 198

3.10.5 Establishment and Release of an HSDPA Connection 200

3.10.6 HSDPA Mobility Management 201

3.11 UMTS Release 6: High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) 202

3.11.1 E-DCH Channel Structure 204

3.11.2 The E-DCH Protocol Stack and Functionality 207

3.11.3 E-DCH Scheduling 208

3.11.4 E-DCH Mobility 211

3.11.5 E-DCH Terminals 212

3.12 UMTS and CDMA2000 213

4 Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) 217

4.1 Wireless LAN Overview 217

4.2 Transmission Speeds and Standards 218

4.3 WLAN Configurations: From Ad-hoc to Wireless Bridging 220

4.3.1 Ad-hoc, BSS, ESS, and Wireless Bridging 220

4.3.2 SSID and Frequency Selection 223

4.4 Management Operations 225

4.5 The MAC Layer 231

4.5.1 Air Interface Access Control 231

4.5.2 The MAC Header 234

4.6 The Physical Layer 235

4.6.1 IEEE 802.11b - 11 Mbit/s 235

4.6.2 IEEE 802.11g with up to 54 Mbit/s 238

4.6.3 IEEE 802.11a with up to 54 Mbit/s 240

4.7 WLAN Security 240

4.7.1 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) 240

4.7.2 Wireless Protected Access (WPA), WPA2, and 802.11i 242

4.8 Comparison of WLAN and UMTS 243

5 802.16 and WiMAX 249

5.2 Standards, Evolution, and Profiles 252

5.3 WiMAX PHYs for Point-to-Multipoint FDD or TDD Operation 253

5.3.1 Adaptive OFDM Modulation and Coding 254

5.3.2 Physical Layer Speed Calculations 257

5.3.3 Cell Sizes 258

5.4 Physical Layer Framing 260

5.4.1 Frame Structure in FDD Mode for Point-to-Multipoint Networks 260

5.4.2 Frame Structure in TDD Mode for Point-to-Multipoint Networks 264

5.5 Ensuring Quality of Service 264

5.6 MAC Management Functions 269

5.6.1 Connecting to the Network 269

5.6.2 Power, Modulation, and Coding Control 273

5.6.3 Dynamic Frequency Selection 274

5.7 MAC Management of User Data 274

5.7.1 Fragmentation and Packing 275

5.7.2 Data Retransmission (ARQ) 276

5.7.3 Header Compression 278

5.8 Security 279

5.8.1 Authentication 279

5.8.2 Ciphering 281

5.9 Advanced 802.16 Functionalities 282

5.9.1 Mesh Network Topology 282

5.9.2 Adaptive Antenna Systems 284

5.10 Mobile WiMAX: 802.16e 286

5.10.1 OFDM Multiple Access for 802.16e Networks 286

5.10.2 MIMO 288

5.10.3 Handover 289

5.10.4 Power-Saving Functionality 292

5.10.5 Idle Mode 293

5.11 WiMAX Network Infrastructure 294

5.11.1 Network Reference Architecture 295

5.11.2 Micro Mobility Management 297

5.11.3 Macro Mobility Management 298

5.12 Comparison of 802.16 with UMTS, HSDPA, and WLAN 300

6 Bluetooth 303

6.1 Overview and Applications 303

6.2 Physical Properties 304

6.3 Piconets and the Master/Slave Concept 307

6.4 The Bluetooth Protocol Stack 309

6.4.1 The Baseband Layer 310

6.4.2 The Link Controller 315

6.4.3 The Link Manager 317

6.4.4 The HCI Interface 319

6.4.5 The L2CAP Layer 321

6.4.6 The Service Discovery Protocol 323

6.4.7 The RFCOMM Layer 324

6.4.8 Bluetooth Connection Establishment Overview 326

6.5 Bluetooth Security 327

6.5.1 Pairing 327

6.5.2 Authentication 328

6.5.3 Encryption 329

6.5.4 Authorization 330

6.5.5 Security Modes 331

6.6 Bluetooth Profiles 331

6.6.1 Basic Profiles: GAP, SDP, and the Serial Profile 333

6.6.2 The Network Profiles: DUN, LAP, and PAN 334

6.6.3 Object Exchange Profiles: FTP, Object Push, and Synchronize 337

6.6.4 Headset, Hands-Free, and SIM Access Profile 340

6.6.5 High-Quality Audio Streaming 344

6.7 Comparison between Bluetooth and Wireless LAN 347.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

0470026766

OCLC:

64959139

Publisher Number:

9780470026762 (hbk.)