Mobile communications is an exciting industry which is full of high-tech terminologies and buzzwords. People in the industry use terms like 3G, 4G, LTE, HSPA, HSPA+, etc. very often but it is not clear for everyone as to what these words really represent. In today's market when it is very common for people to work internationally, having an unclear view of the basic terminologies can lead to misunderstandings. For example, 3G could mean CDMA2000 to someone from the United States, but it may mean UMTS (based on W-CDMA) to someone in Europe. It is especially confusing for those who are relatively new to the industry such as students or new graduates. Why this book?The intention of this book is to save time for those looking for professional information quickly. It means that you don't have to read hundreds of pages to develop a basic understanding of mobile communications. It is written by someone who has already spent a lot of time reading hundreds (or thousands) of pages of academic and professional documentation whilst working full-time in the industry just to come to a simple conclusion: "I wish someone had explained it in fewer words". Hopefully, the ~24 pages of this book give you the basic understanding that you need before diving into the details of mobile communications technologies. The specific aim of this book is to provide a basic understanding of the main technologies used for enabling mobile cellular communications:1GAMPS2G GSMD-AMPSIS-95GPRSEDGE3G UMTSCDMA2000HSPAHSPA+EVDO4GLTE

From one of the field’s foremost educators, here is the classic guide to mobile communication—fully revised for the 1990s and beyond. It is unique because it shows readers how to understand the differences in applying technologies between wireline communications and wireless communications. The new second edition extensively updates the basics. It also coves traffic and capacity analysis on mobile communications networks and addresses rapidly expanding new technologies, such as digital cellular, PCS, and multiple access techniques not only including FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, and SDMA, but also applying the techniques on the virtual channels.

The deployment of 4G/LTE (Long-Term Evolution) mobile networks has solved the major challenge of high capacities to build a real broadband mobile internet. This was possible mainly through a very strong physical layer and flexible network architecture. However, bandwidth-hungry services such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), have been developed in an unprecedented way. Furthermore, mobile networks are facing other new services with extreme demand for greater reliability and almost zero-latency performance, like vehicle communications and the Internet of Vehicles (IoV). Therefore, industries and researchers are investigating new physical layers and softwarization techniques and including more intelligence in 5G and beyond 5G (B5G/6G). This book discusses some of these softwarization techniques, such as fog computing, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). It also presents use cases showing practical aspects from 5G deployment scenarios, where other communications technologies will co-habit to build the landscape of next-generation mobile networks (NGMNs).

Principles of Mobile Communication provides an authoritative treatment of the fundamentals of mobile communications, one of the fastest growing areas of the modern telecommunications industry. The book stresses the fundamentals of mobile communications engineering that are important for the design of any mobile system. Less emphasis is placed on the description of existing and proposed wireless standards. This focus on fundamental issues should be of benefit not only to students taking formal instruction but also to practising engineers who are likely to already have a detailed familiarity with the standards and are seeking to deepen their knowledge of this important field. The book stresses mathematical modeling and analysis, rather than providing a qualitative overview. It has been specifically developed as a textbook for graduate level instruction and a reference book for practising engineers and those seeking to pursue research in the area. The book contains sufficient background material for the novice, yet enough advanced material for a sequence of graduate level courses. Principles of Mobile Communication treats a variety of contemporary issues, many of which have been treated before only in the journals. Some material in the book has never appeared before in the literature. The book provides an up-to-date treatment of the subject area at a level of detail that is not available in other books. Also, the book is unique in that the whole range of topics covered is not presently available in any other book. Throughout the book, detailed derivations are provided and extensive references to the literature are made. This is of value to the reader wishing to gain detailed knowledge of a particular topic.

This textbook takes a unified view of the fundamentals of wireless communication and explains cutting-edge concepts in a simple and intuitive way. An abundant supply of exercises make it ideal for graduate courses in electrical and computer engineering and it will also be of great interest to practising engineers.

A comprehensive overview of the 5G landscape covering technology options, most likely use cases and potential system architectures.