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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Career Opportunities in Mobile Communications Networks Space -- Part I Network Architectures, Standardization, Protocols, and Functions -- Chapter 2 Network Architectures, Standardizations Process -- Introduction -- 2.1 Network Elements and Basic Networks Architectures -- 2.1.1 GSM (2G) Network Architecture -- 2.1.2 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS-2.5G) Network Architecture

2.1.3 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (3G) Network Architecture -- 2.1.4 LTE (4G) Network Architecture -- 2.1.5 GSM, UMTS, LTE, and 5G Network Elements: A Comparison -- 2.1.6 Circuit Switched (CS) vs Packet Switched (PS) -- 2.2 Mobile Communication Network Domains -- 2.2.1 AN Domain -- 2.2.2 Core Network (CN) Domain -- 2.2.3 Network Domains and Its Elements -- 2.2.4 Example: End-to-End Mobile Network Information Flow -- 2.2.5 Example: GSM MO Call -- 2.3 Mobile Communications Systems Evolutions -- 2.3.1 Evolutions of Air Interface -- 2.3.2 Evolutions of 3GPP Networks Architectures

2.4 Mobile Communications Network System Engineering -- 2.4.1 Mobility Management -- 2.4.2 Air Interface Management -- 2.4.3 Subscribers and Services Management -- 2.4.4 Security Management -- 2.4.5 Network Maintenance -- 2.5 Standardizations of Mobile Communications Networks -- 2.5.1 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) -- 2.5.2 3GPP Working Groups -- 2.5.3 3GPP Technical Specification and Technical Report -- 2.5.4 Stages of a 3GPP Technical Specification -- 2.5.5 Release Number of 3GPP Technical Specification -- 2.5.6 3GPP Technical Specification Numbering Nomenclature

2.5.7 Vocabulary of 3GPP Specifications -- 2.5.8 Examples in a 3GPP Technical Specification -- 2.5.9 Standardization of Technical Specifications by 3GPP -- 2.5.10 Scope of 3GPP Technical Specification (TS) -- 2.5.11 3GPP TS for General Description of a Protocol Layer -- 2.5.12 3GPP TS Drafting Rules: Deriving Requirements -- 2.5.13 Download 3GPP Technical Specifications -- 2.5.14 3GPP Change Requests -- 2.5.15 Learnings from 3GPP Meetings TDocs -- 2.6 3GPP Releases and Its Features -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 3 Protocols, Interfaces, and Architectures -- Introduction

3.1 Protocol Interface and Its Stack -- 3.1.1 Physical Interface -- 3.1.2 Logical Interface -- 3.1.3 Logical Interfaces' Names and Their Protocol Stack -- 3.1.4 Examples of Logical Interface and Its Protocol Layers -- 3.2 Classifications of Protocol Layers -- 3.2.1 Control Plane or Signaling Protocols -- 3.2.2 User Plane Protocols -- 3.3 Grouping of UMTS, LTE, and 5G Air Interface Protocol Layers -- 3.3.1 Access Stratum (AS): UMTS UE -- UTRAN -- LTE UE -- E-UTRAN -- 5G UE -- NG-RAN -- 3.3.2 Non-Access Stratum: UMTS UE -- CN, LTE UE -- EPC -- 5G UE-Core -- 3.4 Initialization of a Logical Interface

3.5 Protocol Layer Termination.

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