Introduction to 4G mobile communications /

Juha Korhonen is a project manager within the Mobile Competence Center at ETSI, Sophia Antipolis, France. He earned his Ph.D. in telecommunications engineering from University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK. Long Term Evolution (LTE) was originally an internal 3GPP name for a program to enhance the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Korhonen, Juha (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Artech House, [2014]
Series:	Artech House mobile communications series.
Subjects:	Long-Term Evolution (Telecommunications)

Table of Contents:

1.Introduction
2.History of Mobile Telecommunications
2.1.First Generation
2.1.1.Introduction
2.1.2.AMPS
2.1.3.TACS
2.1.4.NMT
2.1.5.C-NETZ
2.1.6.Radiocom2000
2.1.7.Japanese Systems
2.1.8.Summary
2.2.Second Generation
2.2.1.Introduction
2.2.2.Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)
2.2.3.Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System (D-AMPS)
2.2.4.Code Division Multiple Access (IS-95 CDMA)
2.2.5.Personal Digital Cellular (PDC)
2.2.6.Integrated Dispatch Enhanced Network (iDEN)
2.2.7.Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)
2.3.Third Generation
2.3.1.Introduction
2.3.2.3GPP
2.3.3.3GPP2
2.4.Conclusions
References
3.Overview of a Modern 4G Telecommunications System
3.1.Introduction
3.2.LTE-A System Architecture
3.3.LTE RAN
3.4.OFDM Air Interface
3.5.Evolved Packet Core
3.6.LTE Requirements
3.7.LTE-Advanced
3.8.LTE-A in Release 11
References
4.OFDMA
Contents note continued: 4.1.Introduction
4.2.OFDM Principles
4.3.LTE Uplink---SC-FDMA
4.4.Summary of OFDMA
References
5.Air Interface: Physical Layer
5.1.Introduction
5.2.Physical Layer---General
5.3.Physical-Layer Processing
5.3.1.CRC Insertion
5.3.2.Channel Coding
5.3.3.Physical-Layer Hybrid-ARQ Processing
5.3.4.Rate Matching and Channel Interleaving
5.3.5.Scrambling
5.3.6.Modulation
5.3.7.Layer Mapping and Precoding
5.3.8.Mapping to Assigned Resources and Antenna Ports
5.4.Physical Channels in LTE-A
5.4.1.Downlink Physical Channels
5.4.2.Uplink Physical Channels
5.5.Physical Layer Signals
5.5.1.Downlink Signals
5.5.2.Uplink Signals
5.6.Summary
References
6.Air Interface: Protocol Stack
6.1.Introduction
6.2.Medium Access Control (MAC)
6.2.1.MAC---General
6.2.2.Transport Channels
6.3.Radio Link Control (RLC)
6.3.1.RLC---General
6.3.2.RLC Functions
6.3.3.Logical Channels
Contents note continued: 6.4.Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)
6.5.Radio Resource Control (RRC)
6.5.1.Introduction
6.5.2.UE States
6.5.3.RRC Functions
References
7.Radio Access Network
7.1.Introduction
7.2.E-UTRAN Architecture
7.3.eNodeB
7.3.1.eNodeB Introduction
7.3.2.eNodeB Functionality
7.4.Home eNodeB
7.4.1.Introduction
7.4.2.Closed Subscriber Group (CSG)
7.4.3.HeNB Mobility
7.4.4.HeNB Gateway
7.4.5.Traffic Offloading
7.5.Relay Node
References
8.Core Network: Evolved Packet Core
8.1.Introduction
8.2.Architecture
8.2.1.Mobility Management Entity
8.2.2.Serving GW
8.2.3.Packet Data Network Gateway
8.2.4.Home Subscriber Server
8.2.5.Evolved Serving Mobile Location Center
8.2.6.Gateway Mobile Location Center
8.2.7.Policy Control and Charging Rules Function
8.3.EPC Interfaces and Protocols
8.3.1.EPC Control Plane
8.3.2.EPC User Plane
8.3.3.Summary of EPC Interfaces
Contents note continued: References
9.Procedures
9.1.Introduction
9.2.Cell Search
9.3.Random Access
9.4.Tracking Area Update
9.5.Initial Context Setup
9.6.Handover (X2 interface)
9.7.CSG Inbound HO
9.8.S1 Release Procedure
9.9.Dedicated Bearer Activation
References
10.Specifications
10.1.Introduction
10.2.Internal Structure
10.2.1.TSG RAN
10.2.2.TSG SA
10.2.3.TSG CT
10.2.4.TSGGERAN
10.2.5.Mobile Competence Center (MCC)
10.3.Standardization Process
10.3.1.Introduction
10.3.2.Work Items
10.3.3.Version Numbering
10.3.4.Releases
10.3.5.Development Cycle
10.4.Specification Numbering
10.5.Backwards Compatibility
10.6.E-UTRAN Specifications
References
11.LTE-A Features
11.1.Energy Saving
11.2.MIMO
11.2.1.MIMO Overview
11.2.2.Downlink MIMO
11.2.3.Uplink MIMO
11.3.Relays
11.4.Carrier Aggregation
11.5.Enhanced Intercell Interference Coordination
Contents note continued: 11.6.Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service
11.7.Self-Organizing Networks
11.7.1.Automatic Neighbour Relations (ANR)
11.7.2.Mobililty Load Balancing (MLB)
11.7.3.Mobility Robustness Optimization (MRO)
11.7.4.Coverage and Capacity Optimization
11.7.5.RACH Optimization Function
11.7.6.Coordination Between Various SON Functions
11.8.Coordinated Multipoint Transmission/Reception
11.8.1.Downlink CoMP
11.8.2.Uplink CoMP
11.9.LTE and Voice
References
12.Future Developments
12.1.Introduction
12.2.Evolving LTE-A
12.2.1.Proximity Services
12.2.2.Machine-Type Communications
12.2.3.Mobile Relays
12.2.4.Heterogeneous Networks
12.3.The Fifth Generation
12.3.1.Introduction
12.3.2.New Air Interface
12.3.3.Bandwidth
12.3.4.Network Architecture
12.3.5.Multiple Antennas
12.3.6.Support for M2M Communications
12.3.7.Other Improvements
12.4.METIS Project
References.