Get a comprehensive and detailed insight into the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) with this clear, concise and authoritative guide - a fully updated second edition that covers the latest standards and industry developments
KEY FEATURES
• The only book to describe and explain the entire EPC including architecture, features and protocols, giving you the knowledge and insight to see the potential in EPC, develop EPC products and deploy LTE/EPC mobile broadband Networks • The Second Edition includes 150+ new pages and numerous new illustrations. The content has also been focused towards the mainstream deployment 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 Dr. Kalyani Bogineni and Dr. Ulf Nilsson
DESCRIPTION
• The latest additions to the Evolved Packet System (EPS) including e.g. Positioning, User Data Management, eMBMS, SRVCC, VoLTE, CSFB • A detailed description of 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, LTE-Advanced, WCDMA/HSPA, 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
NEW CONTENT TO THIS EDITION
• 150+ New pages, new illustrations and call flows • Covers 3GPP Release 9, 10 and 11 in addition to release 8 • Expanded coverage on Diameter protocol, interface and messages • Architecture overview • Positioning • User Data Management • eMBMS (LTE Broadcasting) • H(e)NodeB/Femto Cells • LIPA/SIPTO/Breakout architectures • Deployment Scenarios • WiFi interworking • VoLTE/MMTel, CS fallback and SRVCC
1. Part I: Introduction – Background and Vision of EPC 2. Chapter 1. Mobile Broadband and the Core Network Evolution 3. Part II: Overview of EPS 4. Chapter 2. Architecture Overview 5. Chapter 3. EPS Deployment Scenarios and Operator Cases 6. Chapter 4. Data Services in EPS 7. Chapter 5. Voice Services in EPS 8. Part III: Key Concepts and Services 9. Chapter 6. Session Management and Mobility 10. Chapter 7. Security 11. Chapter 8. Quality of Service, Charging, and Policy Control 12. Chapter 9. Selection Functions 13. Chapter 10. Subscriber Data Management 14. Chapter 11. Voice and Emergency Services 15. Chapter 12. LTE Broadcasting 16. Chapter 13. Positioning 17. Chapter 14. Offload Functions and Simultaneous Multi-Access 18. Part IV: The Nuts and Bolts of EPC 19. Chapter 15. EPS Network Entities and Interfaces 20. Chapter 16. Protocols 21. Chapter 17. Procedures 22. Part V: Conclusion and Future of EPS 23. Chapter 18. Conclusions and Looking Ahead 24. Appendix A: Standards Bodies Associated with EPS 25. References 26. Index
Get a comprehensive and detailed insight into the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) with this clear, concise and authoritative guide - a fully updated second edition that covers the latest standards and industry developments
KEY FEATURES
• The only book to describe and explain the entire EPC including architecture, features and protocols, giving you the knowledge and insight to see the potential in EPC, develop EPC products and deploy LTE/EPC mobile broadband Networks • The Second Edition includes 150+ new pages and numerous new illustrations. The content has also been focused towards the mainstream deployment 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 Dr. Kalyani Bogineni and Dr. Ulf Nilsson
DESCRIPTION
• The latest additions to the Evolved Packet System (EPS) including e.g. Positioning, User Data Management, eMBMS, SRVCC, VoLTE, CSFB • A detailed description of 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, LTE-Advanced, WCDMA/HSPA, 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
NEW CONTENT TO THIS EDITION
• 150+ New pages, new illustrations and call flows • Covers 3GPP Release 9, 10 and 11 in addition to release 8 • Expanded coverage on Diameter protocol, interface and messages • Architecture overview • Positioning • User Data Management • eMBMS (LTE Broadcasting) • H(e)NodeB/Femto Cells • LIPA/SIPTO/Breakout architectures • Deployment Scenarios • WiFi interworking • VoLTE/MMTel, CS fallback and SRVCC
1. Part I: Introduction – Background and Vision of EPC 2. Chapter 1. Mobile Broadband and the Core Network Evolution 3. Part II: Overview of EPS 4. Chapter 2. Architecture Overview 5. Chapter 3. EPS Deployment Scenarios and Operator Cases 6. Chapter 4. Data Services in EPS 7. Chapter 5. Voice Services in EPS 8. Part III: Key Concepts and Services 9. Chapter 6. Session Management and Mobility 10. Chapter 7. Security 11. Chapter 8. Quality of Service, Charging, and Policy Control 12. Chapter 9. Selection Functions 13. Chapter 10. Subscriber Data Management 14. Chapter 11. Voice and Emergency Services 15. Chapter 12. LTE Broadcasting 16. Chapter 13. Positioning 17. Chapter 14. Offload Functions and Simultaneous Multi-Access 18. Part IV: The Nuts and Bolts of EPC 19. Chapter 15. EPS Network Entities and Interfaces 20. Chapter 16. Protocols 21. Chapter 17. Procedures 22. Part V: Conclusion and Future of EPS 23. Chapter 18. Conclusions and Looking Ahead 24. Appendix A: Standards Bodies Associated with EPS 25. References 26. Index
