GPRS-PACS: evolution of T-PACS towards third generation wireless services

Author

Chen, Pi-Chun ; Varma, Vijay ; Pollini, Gregory P. ; Sherry, Howard

Author_Institution

Wireless Syst. Res., Telcordia Technol. Inc., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

994

Abstract

The Personal Access Communications System (PACS) is an air interface standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is a low tier wireless communications system designed to support high quality voice, voiceband data, digital data, and messaging services. This paper describes third generation advancements to PACS. Our proposed protocol, GPRS-PACS, adopts principles of GPRS over the PACS physical layer to handle packet traffic. The issues covered include protocol layering, the channel and superframe structures, the RLC/MAC block formats, and the MAC layer procedures

Keywords

ANSI standards; access protocols; data communication; error correction; network interfaces; packet radio networks; personal communication networks; radio access networks; standardisation; telecommunication standards; voice communication; ANSI; American National Standards Institute; GPRS-PACS; MAC layer procedures; PACS physical layer; Personal Access Communications System; RLC/MAC block formats; T-PACS; channel contention; channel reservation; channel structure; circuit switched services; digital data services; error control mechanism; high quality voice services; messaging services; packet traffic; packet-mode variable bandwidth; protocol; protocol layering; standardised air interface; superframe structure; third generation wireless services; voiceband data services; wireless communications system; Access protocols; Communication standards; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Personal communication networks; Picture archiving and communication systems; RLC circuits; Standards development; Telecommunication standards; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2000. PIMRC 2000. The 11th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6463-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2000.881571

Filename

881571