Software Defined Mobile Networks (SDMN) Beyond LTE Network Architecture [Hardcover]

This book describes the concept of a Software Defined Mobile Network (SDMN), which will impact the network architecture of current LTE (3GPP) networks. SDN will also open up new opportunities for traffic, resource and mobility management, as well as impose new challenges on network security. Therefore, the book addresses the main affected areas such as traffic, resource and mobility management, virtualized traffics transportation, network management, network security and techno economic concepts. Moreover, a complete introduction to SDN and SDMN concepts. Furthermore, the reader will be introduced to cutting-edge knowledge in areas such as network virtualization, as well as SDN concepts relevant to next generation mobile networks. Finally, by the end of the book the reader will be familiar with the feasibility and opportunities of SDMN concepts, and will be able to evaluate the limits of performance and scalability of these new technologies while applying them to mobile broadb and networks.

Editors xv

Contributors xvii

Foreword xxvii

Ulf Ewaldsson

Foreword xxix

Lauri Oksanen

Preface xxxi

Acknowledgments xxxvii

Abbreviations xxxix

Part I Introduction

1 Overview 3
Madhusanka Liyanage, Mika Ylianttila, and Andrei Gurtov

1.1 Present Mobile Networks and Their Limitations 4

1.2 Software Defined Mobile Network 5

1.3 Key Benefits of SDMN 7

1.4 Conclusion 9

References 9

2 Mobile Network History 11
Brian Brown, Rob Gonzalez, and Brian Stanford

2.1 Overview 11

2.2 The Evolution of the Mobile Network 12