Fundamentals of network planning and optimisation 2G/3G/4G : evolution to 5G / Ajay R. Mishra, Ericsson, IN

Revised edition of: Fundamentals of cellular network planning and optimisation

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Available to OhioLINK libraries

This welcome new edition provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of network planning in all the technologies, from 2G to 5G, in radio, transmission and core aspects. Written by leading experts in the field, it serves as a handbook for anyone engaged in the study, design, deployment and business of cellular networks. It increases basic understanding of the currently deployed, and emerging, technologies, and helps to make evolution plans for future networks. The book also provides an overview of the forthcoming technologies that are expected to make an impact in the future, such as 5G. This book encompasses all the technologies as well as the planning and implementation details that go with them. It covers 2G (GSM, EGPRS), 3G (WCDMA) and 4G (LTE) networks and introduces 5G. The book also looks at all the sub-systems of the network, focusing on both the practical and theoretical issues. Provides comprehensive coverage of the planning aspects of the full range of today's mobile network systems, covering radio access network, circuit and packet switching, signaling, control, and backhaul/Core transmission networks; New elements in book include HSPA, Ethernet, 4G/LTE and 5G; Covers areas such as Virtualization, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Spectrum Management and Cloud