GSM/EDGE: Evolution and PerformanceISBN: 978-0-470-74685-1
Hardcover
504 pages
November 2010
|
With over four billion subscribers Worldwide, GSM/EDGE is by far
the World's most successful communications technology of all time.
Ubiquitous, deployed in every country of the World, except in Japan
and South Korea, GSM/EDGE is the result of a continued evolution
that has spanned over two decades.
A leading team of experts from Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks and Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia, guide you from the history of GSM standardization to the cutting-edge techniques in the latest 3GPP releases. Covering 3GPP Release 7 and Release 8, and addressing their motivation and detailing their concepts, this book also offers insights into further steps in evolution from Release 9 and beyond.
GSM/EDGE: Evolution and Performance allows you to keep apace with all of the new developments that have occurred in 3GPP on the GSM standard since the introduction of EDGE:
- Covers all the key aspects of GSM/EDGE Evolution from Release 7 until Release 9 in a systematic manner.
- Features performance evaluations derived from leading-edge simulation tools and field trials.
- Addresses network optimization techniques and environmental aspects.
- Written by leading experts in the field of GSM/EDGE evolution and standardisation.
- Contributors from Nokia, NSN, Helsinki University of Technology and Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia.