Its helpful to understand the history of mobile/wireless I think since the Telecom industry takes acronyms to an insane level. The terminology changes slightly depending on which generation of mobile is being discussed. This is a good breakdown of the evolution of mobile networks. I think its a good starting point:
Its helpful to understand the history of mobile/wireless I think since the Telecom industry takes acronyms to an insane level. The terminology changes slightly depending on which generation of mobile is being discussed. This is a good breakdown of the evolution of mobile networks. I think its a good starting point:
http://www1.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/~wongtc/EE5406-Network-Archite...
This is a good resource for understanding more recent and relevant mobile architecture. This has a lot more detail:
http://www.slideshare.net/abhishekshringi/gsm-architecture-1...
If you really want to learn mobile and wireless networking, this is unbeatable and very thorough, I highly recommend it, grab a used copy.
https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Communications-Andreas-F-Mol...
If you just want the 10K view see:
http://www.telecomspace.com/gsm.html