Giving a sound technical introduction to 3GPP LTE and SAE, this book explains the decisions taken during standardization while also examining the likely competition for LTE such as HSPA+ and WiMAX. As well as looking at next generation network technologies, Beyond 3G - Bringing Networks, Terminals and the Web Together describes the latest mobile device developments, voice and multimedia services and the mobile web 2.0. It considers not only how the systems, devices and software work but also the reasons behind why they are designed in this particular way. How these elements strongly influence each other is discussed as well as how network capabilities, available bandwidth, mobile device capabilities and new application concepts will shape the way we communicate in the future. This book gives an end to end introduction to wireless, from mobile software architecture to core networks, making it a valuable resource for anyone working in the industry.Examines current and next-generation network technologies such as UMTS, HSPA+, WiMAX, LTE and WifiAnalyses and explains performance and capacity in practice as well as future capacity requirements and how they can be fulfilledIntroduces the reader to the current cellular telephony architecture and to voice over IP architectures such as SIP, IMS and TISPANLooks at mobile device hardware and mobile operating system evolutionEncompasses all major global wireless standards for application development and the latest state of the mobile web 2.0
Author(s): Martin Sauter
Edition: 1
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 366
Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
First Half of the 1990s - Voice-centric Communication......Page 12
Between 2000 and 2005: Dot Com Burst, Web 2.0, Mobile Internet......Page 13
From 2005 to today: Global Coverage, VoIP and Mobile Broadband......Page 15
The Future - the Need for Beyond 3G Systems......Page 16
All Over IP......Page 19
Summary......Page 22
Overview......Page 23
UMTS, HSPA and HSPA+......Page 24
LTE......Page 55
802.16 WiMAX......Page 80
802.11 Wi-Fi......Page 98
Usage in Developed Markets and Emerging Economies......Page 117
How to Control Mobile Usage......Page 118
Measuring Mobile Usage from a Financial Point of View......Page 121
Cell Capacity in Downlink......Page 122
Example 1: UMTS......Page 125
Example 3: LTE......Page 126
Current and Future Frequency Bands for Cellular Wireless......Page 127
Cell Capacity in Uplink......Page 128
Per-user Throughput in Downlink......Page 130
Per-user Throughput in the Uplink......Page 135
Traffic Estimation Per User......Page 137
Overall Wireless Network Capacity......Page 139
Network Capacity for Train Routes, Highways and Remote Areas......Page 143
When will GSM be Switched Off ?......Page 145
Cellular Network VoIP Capacity......Page 146
Wi-Fi VoIP Capacity......Page 150
Wi-Fi and Interference......Page 151
Wi-Fi Capacity in Combination with DSL and Fibre......Page 153
Backhaul for Wireless Networks......Page 158
A Hybrid Cellular/Wi-Fi Network for the Future......Page 163
Voice over Wireless......Page 167
Circuit-switched Mobile Voice Telephony......Page 168
Packet-switched Voice Telephony......Page 169
SIP Telephony over Fixed and Wireless Networks......Page 174
Voice and Related Applications over IMS......Page 186
Voice over DSL and Cable with Femtocells......Page 234
Unlicensed Mobile Access and Generic Access Network......Page 238
Introduction......Page 244
The ARM Architecture for Voice-optimized Devices......Page 247
The ARM Architecture for Multimedia Devices......Page 250
The x86 Architecture for Multimedia Devices......Page 253
Hardware Evolution......Page 256
Multimode, Multifrequency Terminals......Page 261
Impact of Hardware Evolution on Future Data Traffic......Page 264
The Impact of Hardware Evolution on Networks and Applications......Page 266
Mobile Operating Systems and APIs......Page 267
Overview......Page 282
(Mobile) Web 1.0 - How Everything Started......Page 283
Web 2.0 from the User’s Point of View......Page 284
The Ideas Behind Web 2.0......Page 291
Discovering the Fabrics of Web 2.0......Page 295
Mobile Web 2.0 - Evolution and Revolution of Web 2.0......Page 305
(Mobile) Web 2.0 and Privacy......Page 326
Mobile Applications......Page 331
Conclusion......Page 354
Index......Page 357
