GSM - Architecture, Protocols and Services

GSM - Architecture, Protocols and Services

With around 3 billion subscribers, GSM is the world's most commonly used technology for wireless communication. Providing an overview of the innovations that have fuelled this phenomena, <i>GSM: Architecture, Protocols and Services, Third Edition</i> offers a clear introduction to the field of cellular systems. Special emphasis is placed on system architecture and protocol aspects, and topics range from addressing concepts through mobility management to network management. <p>This third edition contains around 25% new and reworked material and has been thoroughly updated to encompass recent advances and future trends. It serves as both an introductory textbook for graduate students as well as a reference resource for telecommunications engineers and researchers.</p> <p>This edition:</p> <ul> <li>Presents capacity enhancement methods like sectorization, the application of adaptive antennas for Spatial Filtering for Interference Reduction (SFIR) and Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA)</li> <li>Provides a detailed introduction to GPRS, HSCSD, and EDGE for packet-switched services and higher data rates</li> <li>Features updated coverage on the vastly expanded range of GSM services, including an examination of Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)</li> <li>Adopts a highly graphical approach with numerous illustrations</li> </ul>