Pandya Mobile and Personal Communication Systems and Services

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-471-66096-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: IEEE Press Series on Digital & Mobile Communication

"Raj Pandya, international expert in Universal PersonalTelecommunications (UPT), guides you through the past, present, andfuture of mobile and personal communication systems.Telecommunications professionals and students will find acomprehensive discussion of mobile telephone, data, and multimediaservices, and how the evolution toward next-generation systems willshape tomorrow s mobile communications industry.
A broad systems overview combined with carefully selected technicaldetails give you a clear understanding of the basic technology,architecture, and applications associated with mobilecommunications. You ll learn valuable information on numbering,identities, and performance benchmarks to help you plan and designmobile systems and networks. A timely discussion of underlyingregional and international standards will keep you informed of theinfluences at work in the industry today.
You ll also gain essential insights into the future direction ofmobile and personal communications from an in-depth analysisof:
* International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 (IMT-2000)
* Global Mobile Satellite Systems
* Universal Personal Telecommunications
* Mobile Data Communications
* The outlook for GSM, IS-136, and IS-95.
MOBILE AND PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES AND SYSTEMS isindispensable reading for anyone who wants to understand what liesahead for this rapidly evolving technology."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pandya, Raj

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
The Cellular Concept and Its Initial Implementations.
Digital Cellular Mobile Systems.
Low Power Wireless Communications Systems and NorthAmericanPCS.
Mobile Data Communications.
IMT-2000: Third-Generation Mobile Communication Systems.
Global Mobile Satellite Systems.
Personal Mobility and Universal Personal Telecommunication(UPT).
Appendix A: Numbers and Identitied for Mobile and PersonalCommunication Networks.
Appendix B: Performance Benchmarks for Mobile and PersonalCommunication Systems and Networks.
Appendix C: Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in the Book.
Index.
About the Author.

Über Autor(innen)

About the Author Raj Pandya worked in the Systems Engineering Division of Bell-Northern Research and Nortel Networks for over 20 years. His research activities during this period included teletraffic modeling of telecommunication systems and networks, mobile network modeling and performance, and Personal Communication Services. Dr. Pandya is a consultant on mobile communications, with primary focus on Network Standards for IMT-2000, the international standard for the next generation mobile communications system specified by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). He is chairman of Working Party 3 in the ITU-T Study Group 11 responsible for developing signal requirements for IMT-2000. He is also the program manager for IMT-2000 network related studies in ITU-T.