The impact of emerging cellular technologies on radio spectrum utilization in the 1990s

Summary form only given. Many new potentially spectral efficiency technologies have emerged recently, e.g. digital cellular radio, linear radio channels, microcellular technology, and low-bit-rate speech encoding. The author examines the characteristics of these emerging cellular technologies, particularly in terms of spectrum utilization, cost, and availability. He also examines the potential gains to the industry by addressing the vital need for improved quality of service and capacity demands. He also describes many of the technological barriers, as well as the standard setting process, that will be utilized within the United States to permit the deployment of some of those technologies within the early 1990s