Epc and 4g Packet Networks - 9780123945952

Understand and apply the architecture of the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) with this clear, concise and authoritative guide - now fully updated with the latest developments

This book provides clear, concise and comprehensive coverage of the entire EPC architecture, explaining the concepts and standards and how they are used in commercial service settings.

This second edition has been updated and places more emphasis on key aspects such as mobile systems and protocols (Diameter, GTP, S1-AP), and includes new coverage of positioning, User Data Management, femtocells, SIPTO, LIPA, LTE Relay, SRVCC, VoTLE and ICS.

• The only book to describe and explain the entire EPC architecture, giving you the knowledge and insight to develop products and networks for LTE and providing potential service and operator scenarios
• Written by established experts in the 3GPP standardization process, with extensive, in-depth experience of its goals, development and future direction.
• Case studies of deployment scenarios show how the functions described within EPC are placed within a live network context
• Forewords written by Kalyani Bogineni and Ulf Nilsson

• The latest additions to the Evolved Packet System (EPS) for Rel-10, including Positioning, User Data Management, SRVCC, rSRVCC, VoLTE, ICS, etc…
• The nuts and bolts of EPC that are required to really get services up and running on a variety of operator networks
• An in-depth overview of the EPC architecture and its connections to the wide variety of network accesses, including LTE, WCDMA, GSM, WiFi, etc…
• The most common operator scenarios of EPS and the common issues faced in their design
• The reasoning behind many of the design decisions taken in EPC, in order to understand the full details and background of the all-IP core.

• Positioning
• User Data Management
• H(e)NodeB/Femto Cells
• eMBMS (Broadcast)
• Simultaneous Multi Access (MAPCON, IFOM in 3GPP language)
• M2M
• FMC/BBI
• VoLTE/MMTel, CS fallback and SRVCC

All of the authors have from their positions within the industry (Ericsson) been actively involved in EPC and 3GPP from a business and technical perspective for many years. Several of the authors have also been actively driving the standardization efforts within 3GPP.

• SAE is the core network that supports LTE, the next key stage in development of the UMTS network to provide mobile broadband. It aims to provide an efficient, cost-effective solution for the ever-increasing number of mobile broadband subscribers
• There is no other book on the market that covers the entire SAE network architecture; this book summarizes the important parts of the standards, but goes beyond mere description and offers real insight and explanation of the technology
• Fully updated with the latest developments since the first edition published, and now including additional material and insights on industry trends and views regarding future potential applications of SAE