Up-to-date coverage of SAE including the latest standards development; Easily accessible overview of the architecture and concepts defined by SAE; Thorough description of the Evolved Packet Core for LTE, fixed and other wireless accesses; Comprehensive explanation of SAE key concepts, security and Quality-of-Service; Covers potential service and operator scenarios including interworking with existing 3GPP and 3GPP2 systems; Detailed walkthrough of network entities, protocols and procedures; Written by established experts in the SAE standardization process, all of whom have extensive experience and understanding of its goals, history and vision. This book provides a clear, concise, complete and authoritative introduction to System Architecture Evolution (SAE) standardization work and its main outcome: the Evolved Packet Core (EPC), including potential services and operational scenarios....