Preface |
List of Figures |
List of Tables |
List of Abbreviations |
Global System for Mobile Communications / 1: |
Circuit-Switched Data transmission / 1.1: |
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) |
Standards / 1.2: |
Circuit-Switched Data Transmission / 1.3: |
Transmission Speeds |
The Signaling System Number / 1.4: |
The GSM Subsystems / 7.1.5: |
The Network Subsystem / 1.6: |
The Base Station Subsystem (BSS) / 1.7: |
The Signaling System Number 7 |
Mobility Management and Call Control / 1.8: |
The SS-7 Protocol Stack / 1.9: |
The Mobile Station |
The SIM card / 1.4.2: |
SS-7 Protocols for GSM |
The Intelligent Network Subsystem and CAMEL / 1.11: |
Questions / 1.12: |
General Packet Radio Service / 2: |
Circuit Switched Data Transmission over GSM / 2.1: |
The Mobile Switching Center (MSC) / 2.2: |
Packet Switched Data Transmission over GPRS |
The GPRS Air Interface / 1.6.2: |
The Visitor Location Register (VLR) |
The GPRS State Model / 2.4: |
The Home Location Register (HLR) / 2.5: |
GPRS Network Elements |
GPRS Radio Resource Management / 1.6.4: |
The Authentication Center |
GPRS Interfaces / 2.7: |
The Short Messaging Service Center (SMSC) / 2.8: |
GPRS Mobility Management and Session Management (GMM/SM) |
Session Management from a User Point of View / 2.9: |
WAP over GPRS / 2.10: |
Frequency Bands / 2.11: |
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) over GPRS |
Web Browsing via GPRS / 1.7.2: |
The Base Transceiver Station (BTS) |
The GSM Air Interface / 2.13: |
University Mobile Telecommunications System |
Overview, History and Future / 1.7.4: |
The Base Station Controller (BSC) |
Important New Concepts of UMTS / 3.2: |
The TRAU for Voice Data Transmission / 3.3: |
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) |
UMTS Channel Structure on the Air Interface / 3.4: |
The UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) / 3.5: |
Location Area and Location Area Update / 3.6: |
Core Network Mobility Management |
Mobility Management in the Cell-DCH State / 1.8.2: |
The Mobile Terminated Call |
UMTS CS and PS Call Establishment / 3.8: |
Handover Scenarios / 3.9: |
UMTS Release 99 Performance |
UMTS Release 5: High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) / 3.10: |
UMTS Release 6: High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) / 3.11: |
The SIM Card / 3.12: |
UMTS and CDMA 2000 |
Wireless Local Area Network / 3.13: |
Wireless LAN Overview / 4.1: |
References / 4.2: |
Transmission Speeds and Standards |
Wireless LAN Configurations: From Ad-hoc to Wireless Bridging / 4.3: |
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) |
Management Operations / 4.4: |
Circuit-Switched Data Transmission over GSM / 4.5: |
The MAC Layer |
The Physical Layer / 4.6: |
Packet-Switched Data Transmission over GPRS |
Wireless LAN Security / 4.7: |
GPRS and the IP Protocol / 4.8: |
Comparison of Wireless LAN and UMTS |
GPRS vs. Fixed-Line Data Transmission / 2.2.2: |
802.16 and WiMAX / 5: |
Overview / 5.1: |
Standards, Evolution and Profiles / 2.3.1: |
GPRS vs. GSM Timeslot Usage on the Air Interface |
WiMAX PHYs for Point to Multipoint FDD or TDD Operation / 5.3: |
Mixed GSM/GPRS Timeslot Usage in a Base Station / 5.4: |
Physical Layer Framing |
Ensuring Quality of Service / 2.3.3: |
Coding Schemes |
MAC Management Functions / 5.6: |
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) - EGPRS / 5.7: |
MAC management of user data |
Security / 2.3.5: |
Mobile Station Classes |
Advanced 802.16 Functionalities / 5.9: |
Network Mode of Operation / 5.10: |
Mobile WiMAX: 802.16e |
WiMAX Network Infrastructure / 2.3.7: |
GPRS Logical Channels on the Air Interface |
Comparison of 802.16 with UMTS, HSDPA and WLAN / 5.12: |
Bluetooth / 5.13: |
Overview and Applications / 6.1: |
The Packet Control Unit (PCU) / 6.2: |
Physical Properties |
Piconets and the Master/Slave Concept / 2.5.2: |
The Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) |
The Bluetooth Protocol Stack / 6.4: |
The Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) / 6.5: |
Bluetooth Security |
Bluetooth Profiles / 6.6: |
Comparison between Bluetooth and Wireless LAN / 6.7: |
Index / 6.8: |
Mobility Management Tasks / 2.8.1: |
GPRS Session Management / 2.8.2: |
Impact of Delay on the Web Browsing Experience / 2.12.1: |
Web Browser Optimization for Mobile Web Browsing / 2.12.2: |
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) |
Overview, History, and Future |
UMTS Release 99: A New Radio Access Network / 3.1.1: |
UMTS Release 4: Enhancements for the Circuit-Switched Core Network / 3.1.2: |
UMTS Release 5: Introduction of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) / 3.1.3: |
UMTS Release 7 and Beyond: Even Higher Data Rates / 3.1.4: |
The Radio Access Bearer (RAB) / 3.2.1: |
The Access Stratum and Non-Access Stratum / 3.2.2: |
Common Transport Protocols for CS and PS / 3.2.3: |
Spreading Factor, Chip Rate, and Process Gain / 3.3.1: |
The OVSF Code Tree / 3.3.2: |
Scrambling in the Uplink and Downlink Directions / 3.3.3: |
UMTS Frequency and Cell Planning / 3.3.4: |
The Near-Far Effect and Cell Breathing / 3.3.5: |
Advantages of the UMTS Radio Network Compared to GSM / 3.3.6: |
User Plane and Control Plane / 3.4.1: |
Common and Dedicated Channels / 3.4.2: |
Logical, Transport, and Physical Channels / 3.4.3: |
Example: Network Search / 3.4.4: |
Example: Initial Network Access Procedure / 3.4.5: |
The Uu Protocol Stack / 3.4.6: |
Node-B, Iub Interface, NBAP, and FP / 3.5.1: |
The RNC, Iu, Iub, and Iur Interfaces, RANAP and RNSAP / 3.5.2: |
Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) Codec for Voice Calls / 3.5.3: |
Radio Resource Control (RRC) States / 3.5.4: |
Core-Network Mobility Management |
Radio Network Mobility Management |
Mobility Management in Idle State / 3.7.1: |
Mobility Management in Other States / 3.7.3: |
Data Rates, Delay, and Applications / 3.9.1: |
Radio Resource Management Example / 3.9.2: |
UMTS Web Browsing Experience / 3.9.3: |
Number of Simultaneous Users per Cell / 3.9.4: |
UMTS Release 5: High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) |
HSDPA Channels / 3.10.1: |
Shorter Delay Times and Hybrid ARQ (HARQ) / 3.10.2: |
Node-B Scheduling / 3.10.3: |
Adaptive Modulation, Coding, and Transmission Rates / 3.10.4: |
Establishment and Release of an HSDPA Connection / 3.10.5: |
HSDPA Mobility Management / 3.10.6: |
UMTS Release 6: High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) |
E-DCH Channel Structure / 3.11.1: |
The E-DCH Protocol Stack and Functionality / 3.11.2: |
E-DCH Scheduling / 3.11.3: |
E-DCH Mobility / 3.11.4: |
E-DCH Terminals / 3.11.5: |
UMTS and CDMA2000 |
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) |
WLAN Configurations: From Ad-hoc to Wireless Bridging |
Ad-hoc, BSS, ESS, and Wireless Bridging / 4.3.1: |
SSID and Frequency Selection / 4.3.2: |
Air Interface Access Control / 4.5.1: |
The MAC Header / 4.5.2: |
IEEE 802.11b - 11 Mbit/s / 4.6.1: |
IEEE 802.11g with up to 54 Mbit/s / 4.6.2: |
IEEE 802.11a with up to 54 Mbit/s / 4.6.3: |
WLAN Security |
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) / 4.7.1: |
Wireless Protected Access (WPA), WPA2, and 802.11i / 4.7.2: |
Comparison of WLAN and UMTS |
Standards, Evolution, and Profiles |
WiMAX PHYs for Point-to-Multipoint FDD or TDD Operation |
Adaptive OFDM Modulation and Coding / 5.3.1: |
Physical Layer Speed Calculations / 5.3.2: |
Cell Sizes / 5.3.3: |
Frame Structure in FDD Mode for Point-to-Multipoint Networks / 5.4.1: |
Frame Structure in TDD Mode for Point-to-Multipoint Networks / 5.4.2: |
Connecting to the Network / 5.6.1: |
Power, Modulation, and Coding Control / 5.6.2: |
Dynamic Frequency Selection / 5.6.3: |
MAC Management of User Data |
Fragmentation and Packing / 5.7.1: |
Data Retransmission (ARQ) / 5.7.2: |
Header Compression / 5.7.3: |
Authentication / 5.8.1: |
Ciphering / 5.8.2: |
Mesh Network Topology / 5.9.1: |
Adaptive Antenna Systems / 5.9.2: |
OFDM Multiple Access for 802.16e Networks / 5.10.1: |
MIMO / 5.10.2: |
Handover / 5.10.3: |
Power-Saving Functionality / 5.10.4: |
Idle Mode / 5.10.5: |
Network Reference Architecture / 5.11.1: |
Micro Mobility Management / 5.11.2: |
Macro Mobility Management / 5.11.3: |
Comparison of 802.16 with UMTS, HSDPA, and WLAN |
The Baseband Layer / 6.4.1: |
The Link Controller / 6.4.2: |
The Link Manager / 6.4.3: |
The HCI Interface / 6.4.4: |
The L2CAP Layer / 6.4.5: |
The Service Discovery Protocol / 6.4.6: |
The RFCOMM Layer / 6.4.7: |
Bluetooth Connection Establishment Overview / 6.4.8: |
Pairing / 6.5.1: |
Encryption / 6.5.2: |
Authorization / 6.5.4: |
Security Modes / 6.5.5: |
Basic Profiles: GAP, SDP, and the Serial Profile / 6.6.1: |
The Network Profiles: DUN, LAP, and PAN / 6.6.2: |
Object Exchange Profiles: FTP, Object Push, and Synchronize / 6.6.3: |
Headset, Hands-Free, and SIM Access Profile / 6.6.4: |
High-Quality Audio Streaming / 6.6.5: |