Future trends for mobile communications in Europe

Author

Evci, C. Cengiz

Author_Institution

Alcatel Radiotelephone, Paris, France

fYear

1994

fDate

12-14 Apr 1994

Firstpage

133

Abstract

Mobile communications is one of the fastest growing market segments in telecommunications. The current mobile systems are expected to saturate around the turn of the century, which has fuelled an intense research and development effort towards a new generation mobile system, universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS). This paper first outlines the salient features of existing European mobile systems. It then details the requirements and services behind the development of third generation systems. It then explains the evolutionary path for UMTS, and finally reviews the major technical advances for UMTS to be a reality

Keywords

cordless telephone systems; digital radio; land mobile radio; technological forecasting; telecommunication standards; DECT; European mobile systems; GSM; UMTS; mobile communications; reviews; technical advances; telecommunications market; third generation systems; universal mobile telecommunication system; 3G mobile communication; Communication industry; Europe; GSM; Intelligent networks; Land mobile radio; Mobile communication; Speech codecs; Standards development; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 7th Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Antalya

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1772-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.1994.381126

Filename

381126