Switching, Services and Protocols Second Edition GSM Switching, Services and Protocols Second Edition Jorg Eberspacher È È È Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany È Hans-Jorg Vogel È È The Fantastic Corporation, Switzerland and Christian Bettstetter È Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany È JOHN WILEY & SONS, LTD Chichester . New York . Weinheim . Brisbane . Singapore . Toronto Originally published in the German language by B. G. Teubner GmbH as ``Jorg Eberspacher/Hans-Jorg Vogel/Christian È È È È Bettstetter: GSM Global System for Mobile Communication. 3. Au¯age (3rd edition)''. q B. G. Teubner Stuttgart/Leipzig/Wiesbaden, 2001 Copyright q 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Baf®ns Lane, Chichester, West. | GSM Switching Services and Protocols . Second Edition. Jôrg Eberspacher Hans-Jorg Vogel and Christian Bettstetter Copyright 2001 John Wiley Sons Ltd Print ISBN 0-471-49903-X Online ISBN 0-470-84174-5 GSM Switching Services and Protocols Second Edition GSM Switching Services and Protocols Second Edition Jörg Eberspächer Technische Universität München Germany Hans-Jörg Vögel The Fantastic Corporation Switzerland and Christian Bettstetter Technische Universität München Germany JOHN WILEY SONS LTD Chichester New York Weinheim Brisbane Singapore Toronto Originally published in the German language by B. G. Teubner GmbH as Jorg Eberspacher Hans-Jorg Vogel Christian Bettstetter GSM Global System for Mobile Communication. 3. Auflage 3rd edition . B. G. Teubner Stuttgart Leipzig Wiesbaden 2001 Copyright 2001 by John Wiley Sons Ltd Baffins Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 IUD England National 01243 779777 International 44 1243 779777 e-mail for orders and customer service enquiries cs-books@ Visit our Home Page on http or http All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording scanning or otherwise except under the terms of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency 90 Tottenham Court Road London W1P 9HE UK without the permission in writing of the Publisher with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system for exclusive use by the purchaser of the publication. Neither the author s nor John Wiley Sons Ltd accept any responsibility or liability for loss or damage occasioned to any person or property through using the material instructions methods or ideas contained herein or acting or refraining from acting as a result of such use. The author s and Publisher .