Mobile Networks Evolution

Almost two years back my work made me realize that I needed to get familiar with mobile networks. I had spent most of my working life in working with data networks – TCP/IP networks to be precise. Telecommunication networks was a completely unknown beast. I soon realized that I had still underestimated it.

• Ever confusing standards documentation.
• Infinite acronyms.
• Lot of Jargon.
• Misinformation and misrepresentations in the literature available in public domain
• Too many pieces to know where to start;  how to proceed
• Vendor proprietary behavior
• No access to real systems to validate understanding

I created this presentation  in a view to provide a concise view of basic understanding required to develop deeper insights into mobile networks. This is not meant to be an expert level treatment as each slide probably deserves a full presentation of its own. However, when one wants to start developing deeper understanding of mobile networks this presentation should provide the big-picture view of things. It should make clear the reason for existence of each piece of this picture and its relation with the other pieces.

The presentation is available here