Practical Guide to Lte-A, Volte and Iot: Paving the Way Towards 5g

ISBN-13: 9781119063308 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 480 str.

Ayman Elnashar; Mohamed A. El-Saidny

Opis

Essential reference providing best practice of LTE-A, VoLTE, and IoT Design/deployment/Performance and evolution towards 5G This book is a practical guide to the design, deployment, and performance of LTE-A, VoLTE/IMS and IoT.

Spis treści

About the Authors xviiPreface xixAcknowledgments xxi1 LTE and LTE-A Overview 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Link Spectrum Efficiency 31.3 LTE-Advanced and Beyond 41.4 Evolved Packet System (EPS) Overview 91.5 Network Architecture Evolution 111.6 LTE UE Description 141.7 EPS Bearer Procedures 151.8 Access and Non-access Stratum Procedures 201.9 LTE Air Interface 261.10 OFDM Signal Generation 321.11 LTE Channels and Procedures 341.12 Uplink Physical Channels 431.13 Physical Layer Procedures 451.14 RRC Layer and Mobility Procedures 511.15 LTE Idle Mode Mobility Procedures 601.16 LTE Connected Mode Mobility Procedures 681.17 Interworking with Other 3GPP Radio Access 76References 862 Introduction to the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) 872.1 Introduction 872.2 IMS Network Description 912.3 IMS Identities and Subscription 1312.4 IMS Architecture and Interfaces 1342.5 MMTel (Multimedia Telephony) Services 1362.6 Service Centralization and Continuity AS (SCC AS) 1412.7 Operator X IMS-VoLTE Architecture 1453 VoLTE/CSFB Call Setup Delay and Handover Analysis 1583.1 Overview 1583.2 Introduction 1583.3 CSFB Call Flow and Relevant KPIs 1603.4 VoLTE Call Flow and Relevant KPIs 1623.5 VoLTE Handover and Data Interruption Time 1663.6 Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) 1693.7 Performance Analysis 1713.8 Latency Reduction During Handover 1823.9 Practical Use Cases and Recommendations 1873.10 Conclusions 190References 1954 Comprehensive Performance Evaluation of VoLTE 1974.1 Overview 1974.2 Introduction 1974.3 VoLTE Principles 1984.4 Main VoLTE Features 2004.5 Testing Environment and Main VoLTE KPIs 2034.6 VoLTE Performance Evaluation 2044.7 EVS Coding and Voice Evolution 2144.8 TTI Bundling Performance Evaluation 2194.9 BLER Impact on Voice Quality 2204.10 Scheduler Performance 2204.11 VoLTE KPI Evaluation 2214.12 Use Cases and Recommendations 2234.13 Conclusions 226References 2285 Evaluation of LTE-Advanced Features 2305.1 Introduction to LTE-Advanced Features 2305.2 Carrier Aggregation in LTE-A and LTE-A Pro 2315.3 Higher-order Modulation (HOM) for Uplink and Downlink 2425.4 LTE-A Feature Dependencies 2475.5 Other Enhancements Towards Advanced LTE Deployments 252References 2636 LTE Network Capacity Analysis 2646.1 Overview 2646.2 Introduction 2646.3 Users and Traffic Utilization 2666.4 Downlink Analysis 2706.5 DL KPI Analysis 2746.6 UL KPI Analysis 2896.7 Data Connection Performance 3026.8 Link Reliability Analysis 3056.9 Main KPI Comparison for Different Operators 307References 3097 IoT Evolution Towards a Super-connected World 3107.1 Overview 3107.2 Introduction to the IoT 3107.3 IoT Standards 3127.4 IoT Platform 3147.5 IoT Gateways, Devices, and "Things" Management 3187.6 Edge and Fog Computing 3197.7 IoT Sensors 3227.8 IoT Protocols 3237.9 IoT Networks 3277.10 3GPP Standards for IoT 3377.11 3GPP NB-IoT 3417.12 NB-IoT DL Specifications 3437.13 NB-IoT UL Specifications 3527.14 Release 13 Machine-type Communications Overview 3587.15 Link Budget Analysis 3597.16 NB-IoT Network Topology 3647.17 Architecture Enhancement for CIoT 3677.18 Sample IoT Use Cases 374References 3808 5G Evolution Towards a Super-connected World 3828.1 Overview 3828.2 Introduction 3828.3 5G New Radio (NR) and Air Interface 3858.4 What is Next for LTE-A Pro Evolution? 3868.5 5G Spectrum View 3878.6 5G Design Considerations 3908.7 5G Deployment Scenarios for Mobile Applications 4008.8 Air-to-Ground and Satellite Scenarios 4018.9 5G Evaluation KPIs 4058.10 Next-generation Radio Access Requirements 4078.11 5G NextGen Core Network Architecture 4168.12 5G Waveform and Multiple Access Design 4238.13 NFV and SDN 4338.14 Conclusion 440References 441Index 445

O autorze

AYMAN ELNASHAR, PHD, has 20+ years of experience in the telecoms industry including 2G/3G/LTE/WiFi/IoT/5G/Wireless Networks. He was part of three major start–up telecom operators in the MENA region (Orange/Egypt, Mobily/KSA, and du/UAE). Currently, he is Head of Core and Cloud planning with the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co. "du", UAE. He is the founder of the Terminal Innovation Lab and UAE 5G Innovation Gate (U5GIG). Prior to this, he was Sr. Director Wireless Networks, Terminals and IoT where he managed and directed the evolution, evaluation, and introduction of du wireless networks, terminals and IoT including LTE/LTE–A, HSPA+, WiFi, NB–IoT and is currently working towards deploying 5G networks in UAE.

Prior to this, he was with Mobily, Saudi Arabia, from June 2005 to January 2008, as Head of Projects. He played a key role in contributing to the success of the mobile broadband network of Mobily/KSA. From March 2000 to June 2005, he was with Orange Egypt.

He has published 30+ papers in the wireless communications arena in highly ranked journals and international conferences. He is the author of Design, Deployment, and Performance of 4G–LTE Networks: A Practical Approach, Wiley 2014, and Simplified Robust Adaptive Detection and Beamforming for Wireless Communications, Wiley 2018.

His research interests include practical performance analysis, planning and optimization of wireless networks (3G/4G/WiFi/IoT/5G), digital signal processing for wireless communications, multiuser detection, smart antennas, massive MIMO, and robust adaptive detection and beamforming.

MOHAMED EL–SAIDNY, M.SC., is a leading technical expert in wireless communication systems for modem chipsets and network design. He established and managed the Carrier Engineering Services Business Unit at MediaTek, the department responsible for product business development and strategy alignment with network operators and direct customers. He has 15+ years of technical, analytical and business experience, with an international working experience in the United States, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and South–East Asia markets.

Mohamed is the inventor of numerous patents in CDMA and OFDM systems and the co–author of Design, Deployment and Performance of 4G–LTE Networks: A Practical Approach, Wiley 2014. He has published several international research papers in IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, other IEEE Transactions, in addition to contributions to 3GPP specifications.

Blurb

ESSENTIAL REFERENCE PROVIDING BEST PRACTICE OF LTE–A, VOLTE AND IOT DESIGN/DEPLOYMENT/PERFORMANCE AND EVOLUTION TOWARDS 5G

This book is a practical guide to the design, deployment, and performance of LTE–A, VoLTE/IMS and IoT. A comprehensive practical performance analysis for VoLTE is conducted based on field measurement results from live LTE networks. Also, it provides a comprehensive introduction to IoT and 5G evolutions. Practical aspects and best practice of LTE–A/IMS/VoLTE/IoT, plus LTE–Advanced features, are presented. In addition, LTE/LTE–A network capacity dimensioning and analysis are demonstrated based on live LTE/LTE–A networks KPIs. A comprehensive foundation for 5G technologies is provided including massive MIMO, eMBB, URLLC, mMTC, NGCN and network slicing, cloudification, virtualization and SDN.

Practical Guide to LTE–A, VoLTE and IoT: Paving the Way Towards 5G can be used as a practical comprehensive guide for best practices in LTE/LTE–A/VoLTE/IoT design, deployment, performance analysis and network architecture and dimensioning. It offers tutorial introduction on LTE–A/IoT/5G networks, enabling the reader to use this advanced book without the need to refer to more introductory texts.

• Offers a complete overview of LTE and LTE–A, IMS, VoLTE, IoT and 5G
• Introduces readers to IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS)
• Performs a comprehensive evaluation of VoLTE/CSFB
• Provides LTE/LTE–A network capacity and dimensioning
• Examines IoT and 5G evolutions towards a super connected world
• Introduces 3GPP NB–IoT evolution for low power wide area (LPWA) network
• Provides a comprehensive introduction for 5G evolution including eMBB, URLLC, mMTC, network slicing, cloudification, virtualization, SDN and orchestration

Practical Guide to LTE–A, VoLTE and IoT will appeal to all deployment and service engineers, network designers, and planning and optimization engineers working in mobile communications. Also, it is a practical guide for R&D and standardization experts to evolve the LTE/LTE–A, VoLTE and IoT towards 5G evolution.