Creators: Timo Halonen, Javier Romero, Juan Melero
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 521042

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 654
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.9 x 1.6

ISBN: 0470866942
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.38456
EAN: 9780470866948
ASIN: 0470866942

Publication Date: December 2, 2003
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Product Description
GSM, GPRS and EDGE Performance - Second Edition provides a complete overview of the entire GSM system.GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) is the digital transmission technique widely adopted in Europe and supported in North America. It features comprehensive descriptions of GSM’s main evolutionary milestones - GPRS, (General Packet Radio Services) is a packet-based wireless communication service that promises data rates from 56 up to 114 Kbps and continuous connection to the Internet for mobile phone and computer users. AMR and EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment), and such developments have now positioned GERAN (GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network) as a full 3G radio standard. The radio network performance and capabilities of GSM, GPRS, AMR and EDGE solutions are studied in-depth by using revealing simulations and field trials.

Cellular operators must now roll out new 3G technologies capable of delivering wireless Internet based multimedia services in a competitive and cost-effective way and this volume, divided into three parts, helps to explain how:

1. Provides an introduction to the complete evolution of GSM towards a radio access network that efficiently supports UMTS services (GERAN).

2. Features a comprehensive study of system performance with simulations and field trials. Covers all the major features such as basic GSM, GPRS, EDGE and AMR and the full capability of the GERAN radio interface for 3G service support is envisaged.

3. Discusses different 3G radio technologies and the position of GERAN within such technologies.

Featuring fully revised and updated chapters throughout, the second edition contains 90 pages of new material and features the following new sections, enabling this reference to remain as a leading text in the area:

Expanded material on GPRS
Includes IMS architecture (Rel’5) and GERAN (Rel’6) features
Presents field trial results for AMR and narrowband
Provides EGPRS deployment guidelines
Features a new chapter on Service Performance

An invaluable reference for Engineering Professionals, Research and Development Engineers,Business Development Managers, Technical Managers and Technical Specialists working for cellular operators

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3 out of 5 stars

It's mostly a reference manual July 21, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

For me personaly it's too complicated.
This book mostly intends for high level specialists and can be used as a reference manual.
If you already know about GSM and only want to understand what is GPRS and how it's differ from GSM, this book is not for you.

5 out of 5 stars

Great Book March 30, 2003
1 out of 7 found this review helpful

All my CDMA Engineers really like this book

5 out of 5 stars

This is a very good and serious book. February 7, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I don't agree with the previous reviewer. It is a serious book with wealth of information and it is not a marketing info book. It covers GSM basics, detailed GPRS and EDGE information and an intro on 3G technologies. GPRS and EDGE chapters particularly good and contain a lot of simulation results also. Warmly recommended.

2 out of 5 stars

Marketing information September 24, 2002
2 out of 11 found this review helpful

Not a very interesting book. Reading it is like reading pure marketing material from Nokia.

5 out of 5 stars

Required reading August 15, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I cannot recommend this book enough. We have several copies in our company library, all of which are out. Permanently. Today, when requested to return a copy I had, I learned a new BCCH optimisation technique while reading a page in the elevator to the library....
Go get it!