Cellular Communications A Comprehensive and Practical Guide [Hardcover]

Even as newer cellular technologies and standards emerge, many of the fundamental principles and the components of the cellular network remain the same. Presenting a simple yet comprehensive view of cellular communications technologies, Cellular Communications provides an end-to-end perspective of cellular operations, ranging from physical layer details to call set-up and from the radio network to the core network. This self-contained source for practitioners and students represents a comprehensive survey of the fundamentals of cellular communications and the landscape of commercially deployed 2G and 3G technologies and provides a glimpse of emerging 4G technologies.

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PART I FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS

1 Introduction to Cellular Communications 3

1.1 Motivation for Cellular Communications 4

1.2 The History of Wireless Communications and the Birth of a Cellular System 4

1.2.1 Once Upon a Time... A Really Brief History of Communications 5

1.2.2 Frequency Spectrum Allocation 5

1.2.3 Pre-Cellular Mobile Telephone Systems 8

1.2.4 The Advent of Cellular Systems 9

1.3 Concepts of a Cellular System 11

1.3.1 Network Architecture 11

1.3.2 Air Interface 12

1.3.3 Frequency Reuse 13

1.3.4 Sectorization and Its Impact on Quality and Capacity 20

1.4 Concepts of Duplexing and Multiple Access 22

1.4.1 Duplexing Methods 22

1.4.2 Multiple Access Methods 24

1.5 Types of Interference 26

1.5.1 Adjacent Channel Interference 26

1.5.2 Co-Channel Interference 27

1.6 Evolution of Cellular Standards 28<lã…