Cover -- Mobile Networks Architecture -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The GSM Network -- 1.1. Services -- 1.2. The architecture of the network -- 1.2.1. Network components -- 1.2.2. The mobile -- 1.2.3. The radio sub-system -- 1.2.4. The network sub-system -- 1.3. The radio interface -- 1.3.1. The transmission chain -- 1.3.2. Source coding -- 1.3.3. Channel coding -- 1.3.4. Time-division multiplexing -- 1.3.5. Modulation -- 1.3.6. The frequency plan -- 1.4. Communication management -- 1.4.1. Establishment of the SDCCH -- 1.4.2. Security management -- 1.4.3. Location management -- 1.4.4. Call management -- 1.4.5. Handover management -- Chapter 2. The GPRS Network -- 2.1. Services -- 2.2. Network architecture -- 2.2.1. Network components -- 2.2.2. Protocol architecture -- 2.2.3. Logical identifiers -- 2.2.4. Mobility context -- 2.2.5. The WAP gateway -- 2.2.6. Roaming between operators -- 2.3. Radio interface -- 2.3.1. The transmission chain -- 2.3.2. The MS-BSS interface -- 2.3.3. The MS-SGSN interface -- 2.4. Communication management -- 2.4.1. Roaming management -- 2.4.2. Session management -- 2.4.3. Traffic establishment -- 2.4.4. Location management -- 2.5. The EDGE evolution -- 2.5.1. The impact on the GSM/GPRS network -- 2.5.2. Modification of the physical layer -- 2.5.3. Modification of the RLC/MAC layer -- 2.5.4. Link control -- Chapter 3. The UMTS Network -- 3.1. The services -- 3.2. The architecture of the network -- 3.2.1. Network components -- 3.2.2. Protocol architecture -- 3.2.3. The femtocell -- 3.3. Radio interface -- 3.3.1. The RRC protocol -- 3.3.2. RLC protocol -- 3.3.3. MAC protocol -- 3.3.4. Physical layer -- 3.3.5. The spread spectrum -- 3.3.6. Modulation -- 3.3.7. The frequency plan -- 3.3.8. Power control -- 3.3.9. The RAKE receiver -- 3.4. Communication management.

3.4.1. The establishment of a connection for the NAS -- 3.4.2. Paging -- 3.4.3. Establishment of the RAB -- 3.4.4. Soft handover -- 3.4.5. Relocation -- 3.4.6. Inter-system handover -- 3.5. HSPA evolutions -- 3.5.1. The HSDPA evolution -- 3.5.2. HSUPA evolution -- 3.5.3. The HSPA+ evolution -- Chapter 4. The NGN -- 4.1. Network architecture -- 4.1.1. Network components -- 4.1.2. Protocol architecture -- 4.2. Communication management -- 4.2.1. Communication establishment -- 4.2.2. Communication release -- 4.2.3. The handover -- Chapter 5. The EPS Network -- 5.1. Network architecture -- 5.1.1. Network components -- 5.1.2. Protocol architecture -- 5.2. The radio interface -- 5.2.1. Antenna system -- 5.2.2. Access mode -- 5.2.3. Frame structure -- 5.2.4. The signals and physical channels -- 5.3. Communication management -- 5.3.1. The attachment procedure -- 5.3.2. Location updating -- 5.3.3. The establishment of a session -- 5.3.4. Mobility procedure -- Chapter 6. The IMS Network -- 6.1. The SIP -- 6.1.1. The SIP entities -- 6.1.2. The SIP Identity -- 6.1.3. The procedures -- 6.2. The IMS architecture -- 6.2.1. Control of sessions -- 6.2.2. The Application Servers -- 6.2.3. The databases -- 6.2.4. The interconnection -- 6.2.5. Multimedia flow processing -- 6.2.6. Charging -- 6.3. Communication management -- 6.3.1. Registration -- 6.3.2. The session -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.