EPC and 4G Packet Networks, 2nd Edition

Foreword by Dr. Kalyani Bogineni

There are billions of mobile devices operating on various types of 2G and 3G wireless networks. Projections are for several billion more devices in the next few years on newer technologies with expectations of simultaneous services with high throughput and low-latency requirements. There will be multiple wireless devices for each user and there will be wireless devices embedded in machines supporting automation of many functions. In short, the users will be “anywhere, any time, on any device”. This has heralded an era of communication and information exchange that is testing the limits of many existing telecommunications and data technologies. Hence the need for implementing concepts born out of disruptive thinking ...