Wireless and Mobile Network Architectures

Lin and Chlamtac use a unique sustained example approach to teach you how PCS concepts apply to real network operation. For example, they use location update to illustrate concepts in chapters on network signaling, mobility, security/handoff, and mobile prepaid services.

This comprehensive guide is all you need to design and implement a mobile services network. You will find clear discussions of:

• Mobility management for different
  systems
  
• Wireless Application Protocol
  
• Network signaling for IS-41-based
  systems, PALS, and GSM
  
• Roaming procedures and
  international roaming
  
• Operational management
  
• VoIP service for mobile networks
  
• Mobile number portability
  
• GPRS
  
• Third generation (3G) mobile systems
  
• Wireless enterprise networks
  
• Wireless Local Loop
  
• And much more

• Preface
  
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  
• Chapter 2: Mobility Management
  
• Chapter 3: Handoff Management: Detection and Assignment
  
• Chapter 4: Handoff Management : Radio Link Transfer
  
• Chapter 5: IS-41 Network Signaling
  
• Chapter 6: Intersystem Handoff and Authentication in IS-41
  
• Chapter 7: PACS Network Signaling
  
• Chapter 8: Cellular Digital Packet Data
  
• Chapter 9: GSM System Overview
  
• Chapter 10: GSM Network Signaling
  
• Chapter 11: GSM MObility Management
  
• Chapter 12: GSM Short Message Service
  
• Chapter 13: GSM Operations, Administration, and Maintenance
  
• Chapter 14: Mobile Number Portaility
  
• Chapter 15: VoIP Service for Mobile Networks
  
• Chapter 16: Mobile Prepaid Phone Services
  
• Chapter 17: General Packet Radio Service
  
• Chapter 18: Wireless APplication Protocol
  
• Chapter 19: Heterogeneous PCS
  
• Chapter 20: Third-Generation Mobile Services Paging Systems
  
• Chapter 21: Wireless Local Loop
  
• Chapter 22: Wireles Enterprise Networks
  
• Index