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 The first part consists of Chapters 1 and 2, which serve as an executive summary of the UMTS system. Chapter 1 introduces the UMTS technical and service architecture and key system concepts. Chapter 2 is an illustrated history of mobile network evolution from second-generation GSM to the first UMTS multi-access release and beyond to full IP mobility networks.The second part consists of Chapters 3–9, which examine the radio technology aspects, radio access and core network as well as, to a certain extent, the terminal in more detail. It also explains the functions and services provided to end users. Chapter 3 on the key architecture design challenges of cellular networks provides an overview of the fundamental challenges facing cellular networks and the way they have been resolved, particularly in the UMTS network. Chapter 4 presents an overview of UMTS access technologies, including the latest enhancements in WCDMA technology within the scope of 3GPP Release 5. In addition, it addresses the other access technologies, like GSM/EDGE and WLAN, as complementary components of the UMTS multi-access network. Chapters 5 and 6 describe the functional split between controlling functions distributed among the UMTS network elements in the radio access and core network parts. Chapter 7 provides an overview of UMTS user equipment, focusing on those aspects that are most visible to the rest of the UMTS network. In Chapter 8 the UMTS network is examined as a network for services. It addresses service realisation by describing Quality of Service (QoS) and giving some examples of services that can be brought about by UMTS. The advanced security solutions of the UMTS network are then discussed in Chapter 9. The remaining chapters (Chapters 10 and 11) form the third part of the book. In these chapters we take a protocol-oriented view to describe the system-wide interworking between the different architectural elements. Chapter 10 first elaborates on the basic UMTS protocol architecture and then introduces the individual system protocols one by one. Chapter 11 returns to the network-wide view of earlier chapters by showing selected examples of the system procedures that describe how transactions are carried out across UMTS network interfaces under the coordination of system protocols. Download free networking ebook: UMTS Networks: Architecture Mobility and Services (2nd edition)
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