The Signalling System No. 7 (SS7) is used in GSM/UMTS telecommunication technologies
for signalling and management of communication. It was designed on the concept of private …

The continuous development of wireless networks and mobile devices has motivated an
intense research in mobile data services. Some of these services provide the user with …

This book provides comprehensive coverage of mobile data networking and mobile
communications under a single cover for diverse audiences including managers, practicing …

Location-based Services (LBSs) are mobile services for providing information that has been
created, compiled, selected or filtered under consideration of the users' current locations or …

The amount of software in cars grows exponentially. Driving forces of this development are
the availability of cheaper and more powerful hardware, as well as the demand for …

The present invention relates to an improved method for handover of a mobile node from E-
UTRAN to UTRAN in a scenario where SMS is the only service of the mobile node. The …

In this paper, network function virtualization (NFV) is identified as a promising key
technology, which can contribute to energy-efficiency improvement in 5G networks. An …

Deploying a new security protocol is expensive. This encourages system designers to look
for ways of re-using existing infrastructure. When security protocols and components are re …

Future wireless communication systems should be operating mainly, if not completely, on
burst data services carrying multimedia traffic. The need to support high-speed burst traffic …

Cellular network operators are now expected to maintain a good Quality of Experience
(QoE) for many services beyond circuit-switched voice and messaging. However, new smart …