Overview of wireless personal communications

Author

Padgett, Jay E. ; Günther, Christoph G. ; Hattori, Takeshi

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

33

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

1/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

41

Abstract

This article presents an overview of the current state of wireless communications, including relevant ongoing activities in technology development, standards, and spectrum allocation. The authors discuss cellular radio, cordless telephony, and wireless data systems. Ongoing and planned future developments are summarized. The presentation is oriented toward broad coverage rather than technical depth. However, brief discussions of the air interfaces for existing digital cellular and digital cordless systems are provided, because the air interface bears heavily on system capacity and the environments in which the system can be used, as well as on the cost and complexity of the equipment

Keywords

cellular radio; cordless telephone systems; digital radio; frequency allocation; land mobile radio; local area networks; personal communication networks; radio spectrum management; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; FPLMTS; LAN; air interface; cellular radio; cordless telephony; customer demand; future developments; overview; spectrum allocation; standards development; telecommunications services; telecommunications systems; wide area data service; wireless data systems; wireless personal communications; Base stations; Cellular networks; Frequency modulation; Frequency shift keying; Laboratories; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile communication; Telephone sets; Telephony; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.339877

Filename

339877