Handbook of Mobile Radio Networks

Sami Tabbane is Professor and Director of Studies at the Ecole Sup?rieure des Communications de Tunis. He is a member of the IEEE and the Association des Anciens El?ves de L'Ecole des Mines de Paris. His recent research activities have focused on mobility management in cellular systems, cellular systems planning and engineering issues, and macrodiversity methods. He received his Ph.D. in Networks and Computer Science from the Ecole Sup?rieure des T?l?communications de Paris.

• Introduction: History and Development. Differences Between Fixed Networks and Mobile Networks. Management of the Spectrum and Standardisation. Contents of the Book. Propagation in the Mobile Radio Environment: Basic Elements of the Antennas. Mobile Radio Propagation. Interferences and Noise. Propagation Prediction Models. Access - Radio Channels Definition and Access to the Resources: Multiple Access Methods. Random Access Protocol. Protections and Strategies Against Transmission Problems: Mechanisms Implemented in the Transmission System. Diversity Techniques. Adaptive Antennas. Security: Definitions and General Problematics. Confidentiality Problems. Protection Methods. Examples. Resource Management in Cellular Systems: Historical. The Cellular Concept. Intrinsic System Capacity and Increase of the Network Quality. Cellular System Basic Architecture. Cellular Planning: Cellular Planning Elements. Evaluation Elements of the Traffic Dimensioning. Planning Stages of a Cellular Network. System Tuning: The GSM BSS Example. Increasing the Capacity of a Cellular Network. Conclusion. Mobility: Management of Radio Mobility: The Handover Procedure. Network Mobility: Cell Selection and Roaming. Conclusions. Part Two: Terrestrial Mobile-Radio Communications Systems. Professional Mobile Radiocommunications: Historic and General Background. Services Offered by PMRS. The Conventional-Pattern PMRS Networks. The Trunk Radio Networks. State of Progress of the PMRS. Cordless Systems and Applications: Basic Principles and Applications. Examples of Cordless Systems. Conclusions. Paging Systems: Concepts and Basic Principles. Examples of One-Way Paging Systems. Cellular Systems: First Generation Systems. Second Generation Systems. Conclusions. Wireless Data Networks: Wireless Local Area Networks. Wide Area Wireless Data Networks. Conclusions. The Future. Bibliography. Annexes. Index.