Fundamentals of Mobile Data Networks

Learn the fundamentals of efficient design and management of state-of-the-art mobile data networks with this unique and comprehensive text.

Guowang Miao (Author), Jens Zander (Author), Ki Won Sung (Author), Slimane Ben Slimane (Author)

9781107143210, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 3 March 2016

322 pages, 163 b/w illus. 12 tables 73 exercises
25.3 x 17.9 x 2.9 cm, 0.79 kg

This unique text provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the theory and practice of mobile data networks. Covering basic design principles as well as analytical tools for network performance evaluation, and with a focus on system-level resource management, you will learn how state-of-the-art network design can enable you flexibly and efficiently to manage and trade-off various resources such as spectrum, energy, and infrastructure investments. Topics covered range from traditional elements such as medium access, cell deployment, capacity, handover, and interference management, to more recent cutting-edge topics such as heterogeneous networks, energy and cost-efficient network design, and a detailed introduction to LTE (4G). Numerous worked examples and exercises illustrate the key theoretical concepts and help you put your knowledge into practice, making this an essential resource whether you are a student, researcher, or practicing engineer.

1. Introduction
2. Wireless network models
3. Medium access control
4. Scheduling
5. Principles of cellular systems
6. Transmitter power control
7. Interference management
8. Association and handover
9. Energy-efficient design
10. LTE
11. Wireless infrastructure economics.

Subject Areas: WAP [wireless technology TJKW], Mobile phone technology [TJKT1], Communications engineering / telecommunications [TJK], Electronics engineering [TJF]