5G for the Connected World

<p><b>COMPREHENSIVE HANDBOOK DEMYSTIFIES 5G FOR TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS IN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION FIELDS</b> <p>Much is being said regarding the possibilities and capabilities of the emerging 5G technology, as the evolution towards 5G promises to transform entire industries and many aspects of our society. <i>5G for the Connected World</i> offers a comprehensive technical overview that telecommunication professionals need to understand and take advantage of these developments. <p>The book offers a wide-ranging coverage of the technical aspects of 5G (with special consideration of the 3GPP Release 15 content), how it enables new services and how it differs from LTE. This includes information on potential use cases, aspects of radio and core networks, spectrum considerations and the services primarily driving 5G development and deployment. <p>The text also looks at 5G in relation to the Internet of Things, machine to machine communication and technical enablers such as LTE-M, NB-IoT and EC-GSM. Additional chapters discuss new business models for telecommunication service providers and vertical industries as a result of introducing 5G, and strategies for staying ahead of the curve. Other topics include: <ul> <li>Key features of the new 5G radio such as descriptions of new waveforms, massive MIMO and beamforming technologies, as well as spectrum considerations for 5G radio regarding all possible bands</li> <li>Drivers, motivations and an overview of the new 5G system – especially RAN architecture and technology enablers (e.g. service-based architecture, compute-storage split and network exposure) for native cloud deployments</li> <li>Mobile edge computing, Non-3GPP access, Fixed-Mobile Convergence</li> <li>Detailed overview of mobility management, session management and Quality of Service frameworks</li> <li>5G security vision and architecture</li> <li>Ultra-low latency and high reliability use cases and enablers, challenges and requirements (e.g. remote control, industrial automation, public safety and V2X communication)</li> <li>An outline of the requirements and challenges imposed by a massive number of devices connected to cellular networks</li> </ul> <p>While some fa