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Index
Cover
About the Authors
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 Introduction
Reference
2 Background on Mobile Network Services (Pre-5G)
2.0 Smoke to 5G Services
2.1 Basic Mobile Network Services
2.1.1 General
2.1.2 Bearer Services
2.1.3 Teleservices
2.1.4 Supplementary Services (SS)
2.1.5 Display Supplementary Services
2.1.6 Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD)
2.1.7 Management of Services
2.1.8 Service Descriptions
2.2 5G Enhanced Mobile Network Services
2.3 Service Evolution Toward 5G (Historical Background)
2.3.1 Internet of Things (IoT)
2.3.2 Vehicle to Anything (V2X)
2.3.3 Mission Critical Communication (MCC)
2.3.4 Healthcare (Remote Operation by Doctors from Different Locations)
2.3.5 Manufacturing (Vertical LAN, URLLC)
References
Problems/Exercise Questions
3 Evolution of Mobile Technologies
3.0 Introduction
3.1 The Gs
3.1.1 Zero Generation (0G)
3.1.2 First Generation (1G)
3.1.3 Second Generation (2G)
3.1.4 Third Generation (3G)
3.1.5 Fourth Generation (4G)
3.1.6 Fifth Generation (5G)
3.2 Radio Network Architecture
3.2.1 Radio Access Network Evolution
3.2.2 Key Functions of the Radio Access Network
3.2.3 3G UMTS RAN Architecture
3.2.4 4G LTE and LTE-Advanced RAN Architecture
3.3 Core Network Architecture
3.3.1 Historical Background
3.3.2 Circuit Switching
3.3.3 Packet Switching
3.3.4 Key Functions of Mobile Core Network
3.4 Terminals
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 UICC and Applications
3.4.3 Mobile Equipment
3.4.4 eSIM
References
Problems/Exercise Questions
4 5G Services and Applications
4.0 Introduction
4.1 Market Trends
4.2 Deployment in Asia and the United States
4.3 Smart Vehicles
4.4 Mission Critical Service Using URLLC
4.4.1 Public Safety and Disaster
4.4.2 Smart Factory Including Robotics and Automation
4.4.3 Smart Healthcare
4.5 Massive Internet-of-Things (IoT)
4.5.1 Smart Home/Office/Building
4.5.2 Smart City
4.5.3 Smart Grid and Energy Management
4.6 Enhanced Mobile Broadband
4.6.1 On-Demand Media
4.6.2 Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
4.7 Interworking with Internet-of-Things (IoT) Application Servers
4.7.1 MTC and IoT Features in 5G
4.7.2 IoT Service Layer Interworking with CIoT
4.7.3 End-to-End CIoT Use Case in Vehicle Domain
References
Problems/Exercise Questions
5 5G Radio Access Network Architecture
5.0 Introduction
5.1 5G Radio Access Network Overview
5.1.1 5G Requirements
5.1.2 5G Spectrum
5.1.3 5G RAN Interfaces and Functionalities
5.1.4 3GPP 5G RAN Architecture Overview
5.1.5 5G Centralized/Cloud-RAN Deployments
5.1.6 5G RAN Mobility
5.1.7 5G RAN Quality-of-Service Handling
5.1.8 Energy Saving Enhancements
5.2 5G/NR Design Considerations
5.2.1 User-Plane Design
5.2.2 Control-Plane Design
5.3 5G/NR Enhancements for D2D/V2V Operation
5.3.1 Scenarios
5.3.2 Protocol Aspects
5.3.3 Radio Resource Management Aspects
5.3.4 QoS Aspects
5.4 5G RAN Design Challenges
5.4.1 RAN Internal Challenges
5.4.2 Architecture Challenges
5.5 Toward AI-Driven RAN Deployments
References
Problems/Exercise Questions
6 5G Core Network Architecture
6.0 Introduction
6.1 Mobile System Domains
6.2 Evolution of 3GPP Mobile Core Network Architectures
6.2.1 3GPP Release 1999 (UMTS—to Support 2G/3G UTRAN Radio Technology)
6.2.2 3GPP Release 4 (UMTS All-IP CN to Support 3G Radio Access Technology UTRAN)
6.2.3 3GPP Release 8 (EPC to Support 3G Radio Access Technology LTE)
6.2.4 3GPP Release 10 (Enhanced EPC to Support 4G Radio Access Technology LTE Advanced)
6.2.5 3GPP Release 14 (CUPS Feature for Enhanced EPC)
6.2.6 3GPP Release 15 (5GC to Support 5G New Radio Access Technology NR)
6.3 Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Network (SDN)
6.3.1 Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
6.3.2 Software-Defined Network (SDN)
6.3.3 Coexistence of NFV and SDN
6.4 5G CN Architecture
6.4.1 Origins of Service-Based Architecture (SBA)
6.4.2 Details of SBA
6.4.3 NF Services
6.4.4 URLLC
6.4.5 5G User-Plane Management
6.4.6 5G Protocol Stack
6.5 Quality of Service in Mobile Networks
6.5.1 QoS in UMTS
6.5.2 QoS in LTE
6.5.3 QoS in 5G
6.6 5GC Policy and Charging Control Framework
6.6.1 Background
6.6.2 5G PCC Framework
6.7 Core Network Procedures
6.7.1 Registration Procedure
6.7.2 Data Bearer Establishment
6.7.3 Mobile Voice Call Origination
6.7.4 Handover
6.8 Network Slicing Feature
6.8.1 Background
6.8.2 5G Network Slicing Architecture
6.8.3 Operational Aspects of Network Slicing
6.8.4 Interworking with EPC
6.9 IP Multimedia System (IMS)
6.9.1 Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
6.9.2 Session Description Language (SDP)
6.9.3 Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP)
6.9.4 Real Time Protocol (RTP)
6.9.5 Secure RTP (SRTP)
6.9.6 Real Time Control Protocol (RTCP)
6.9.7 Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
6.9.8 IMS Architecture
6.10 Vertical Services
6.10.1 General
6.10.2 V2X
6.10.3 MTC
6.10.4 CIoT Concepts in 5G
References
Definitions
Useful Technical Terms in Mobile Communications
Problems/Exercise Questions
7 Security
7.0 Introduction
7.1 4G Security
7.1.1 4G Security Architecture
7.1.2 4G Potential Threats
7.2 3GPP Release Timeline
7.3 5G Security Features in Release 15
7.3.1 Overview of 5G Security Features
7.3.2 5G Security Architecture
7.3.3 Service-Based Architecture
7.3.4 Security Associations
7.3.5 Identities and Enhanced Subscriber Privacy
7.3.6 Visibility and Configurability
7.3.7 Key Hierarchy
7.3.8 Overview of the Security Procedures
7.3.9 Primary Authentication and Key Agreement
7.3.10 Non-Access Stratum Security
7.3.11 Access Stratum Security
7.3.12 User-Plane Security Enhancements
7.3.13 Security during Mobility Procedures
7.3.14 Security of EPC Interworking
7.3.15 Non-Standalone (NSA) Security
7.3.16 Secondary Authentication
7.3.17 Interconnect Security
7.3.18 Steering of Roaming Security/UE Parameters Update
7.3.19 Non-3GPP Access Security
7.4 IMS Security
References
Problems/Exercise Questions
8 Future Evolution of Mobile Systems
8.1 Current Evolution of 5G
8.1.1 Proximity-Based Services in 5GS
8.1.2 5G Multicast-Broadcast Services
8.1.3 Network Automation for 5G
8.1.4 Edge Computing in 5GC
8.1.5 Non-Public Networks
8.1.6 Other Study Areas
8.2 Evolution toward 6G
8.2.1 Key Technology Trends and KPIs
8.2.2 Use Cases and Applications
8.2.3 Evolving Business Trends
References
Problems/Exercise Questions
Glossary of Terms
Index
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