3G Mobile Networks is a detailed deconstruction and explanation of the UMTS 3G mobile communications protocol and the networks that run it.

Written for engineers and wireless networking professionals, 3G Mobile Networks details the 3GPP standards, UMTS architecture, the procedures for running UMTS across a wireless network, IP in UMTS networks, and network deployment.

More comprehensive than any other book available, this is also the most up to date treatment of UMTS engineering.

Contents

Introduction and Background

1. Introduction
2. Principles of WCDMA

UMTS Network Architecture and Protocols

3. UMTS Network Architecture
4. User Equipment
5. Access Network
6. Core Network

Procedures in UMTS Network

7. Radio Resource Control Procedures
8. UTRAN Signaling Procedures
9. Mobility Management
10. Call Handling
11. Session Management
12. Supplementary Services
13. Value-added Services
14. Security Management

IP Initiatives in UMTS Network

15. IP-Based Signaling Transport
16. IP Multimedia Subsystem

Appendices

Deployment of 3G Networks
Fourth Generation (4G) Networks

Index

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