Mobile Networks
Khaldoun Al Agha, Guy Pujolle, Tara Ali‐Yahiya · 2016
Evolution of the global system for mobile communication (GSM) based systems was handled under the 3GPP and defines a global 3G Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) cellular system. The main components of this system are universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN), based on wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) radio technology, and GSM/ enhanced data rates for gsm evolution (EDGE) radio access network (GERAN), based on GSM/EDGE radio technology. Traffic engineering has been developed for the circuit switching based network design. In the context of cellular networks, it is essential to know how to plan the network to accept the maximum number of calls. A cellular network is based on the use of low-power transmitters. This chapter discusses the principles of cellular network functionalities and gives a brief overview about cellular networks such as 1G network, 2G networks, 3G networks, 4G networks and 5G networks.