Network Architect's Guide to 5G, A
Network Architect's Guide to 5G, A
Hassan, Syed; Orel, Alexander; Islam, Kashif
Pearson Education (US)
06/2022
464
Mole
Inglês
9780137376841
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Chapter 1: A Peek at the Past 2
Brief History of Pre-Cellular Mobile Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Very First Cellular Networks: 1G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Second Generation (2G) Cellular Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Generation Two and a Half (2.5G). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Third Generation (3G).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 2: Anatomy of Mobile Communication Networks 28
Understanding Radio Access Network.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mobile Transport and Backhaul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Mobile Core Concepts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 3: Mobile Networks Today 76
3GPP Releases and Evolved Packet System.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Evolved Packet Core (EPC) Architecture.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
RAN Evolution.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Modern Mobile Backhaul Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Chapter 4: The Promise of 5G 120
Emerging Trends and Expectations from Mobile Networks.. . . . . . . . . . 121
5G Technology Enablers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
5G Service Offerings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Chapter 5: 5G Fundamentals 138
5G Radio Access Network.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
5G Core Network.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
5G Transport Network.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Chapter 6: Emerging Technologies for 5G-Ready Networks: Segment Routing 212
Complexity in Today's Network.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Introducing Segment Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Software-Defined Transport with Segment Routing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
5G Transport Network Slicing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Redundancy and High Availability with Segment Routing.. . . . . . . . . . . 238
Segment Routing for IPv6 (SRv6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Chapter 7: Essential Technologies for 5G-Ready Networks:
DC Architecture and Edge Computing 250
Data Center Basics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
From Centralized to Distributed to Cloud Data Centers. . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Deploying Data Centers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Optimizing Compute Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Chapter 8: Essential Technologies for 5G-Ready Networks: Transport Services 274
What's a 5G Transport Service?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
VPN Services.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Transport Services Across MCN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Chapter 9: Essential Technologies for 5G-Ready Networks: Timing and Synchronization 302
Types of Synchronization.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Why Synchronization Is Important in 5G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Synchronization Sources and Clock Types.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Implementing Timing in Mobile Networks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Chapter 10: Designing and Implementing 5G Network Architecture 334
5G Architecture Recap.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
5G Fronthaul Considerations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
xHaul Transport Technology Choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Designing the Mobile Transport Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Routing Design Simplification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Transport Services for 5G MCN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Taking MCN to the Cloud.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Automation in 5G Networks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Deciphering 5G Mobile Requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Afterword: Beyond 5G 386
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Chapter 1: A Peek at the Past 2
Brief History of Pre-Cellular Mobile Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Very First Cellular Networks: 1G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Second Generation (2G) Cellular Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Generation Two and a Half (2.5G). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Third Generation (3G).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 2: Anatomy of Mobile Communication Networks 28
Understanding Radio Access Network.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mobile Transport and Backhaul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Mobile Core Concepts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 3: Mobile Networks Today 76
3GPP Releases and Evolved Packet System.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Evolved Packet Core (EPC) Architecture.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
RAN Evolution.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Modern Mobile Backhaul Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Chapter 4: The Promise of 5G 120
Emerging Trends and Expectations from Mobile Networks.. . . . . . . . . . 121
5G Technology Enablers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
5G Service Offerings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Chapter 5: 5G Fundamentals 138
5G Radio Access Network.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
5G Core Network.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
5G Transport Network.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Chapter 6: Emerging Technologies for 5G-Ready Networks: Segment Routing 212
Complexity in Today's Network.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Introducing Segment Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Software-Defined Transport with Segment Routing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
5G Transport Network Slicing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Redundancy and High Availability with Segment Routing.. . . . . . . . . . . 238
Segment Routing for IPv6 (SRv6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Chapter 7: Essential Technologies for 5G-Ready Networks:
DC Architecture and Edge Computing 250
Data Center Basics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
From Centralized to Distributed to Cloud Data Centers. . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Deploying Data Centers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Optimizing Compute Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Chapter 8: Essential Technologies for 5G-Ready Networks: Transport Services 274
What's a 5G Transport Service?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
VPN Services.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Transport Services Across MCN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Chapter 9: Essential Technologies for 5G-Ready Networks: Timing and Synchronization 302
Types of Synchronization.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Why Synchronization Is Important in 5G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Synchronization Sources and Clock Types.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Implementing Timing in Mobile Networks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Chapter 10: Designing and Implementing 5G Network Architecture 334
5G Architecture Recap.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
5G Fronthaul Considerations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
xHaul Transport Technology Choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Designing the Mobile Transport Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Routing Design Simplification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Transport Services for 5G MCN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Taking MCN to the Cloud.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Automation in 5G Networks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Deciphering 5G Mobile Requirements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
References.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Afterword: Beyond 5G 386
9780137376841, TOC, 4/14/2022