UMTS. The mobile part of broadband communications for the next century

Author

Dutnall, S. ; Lobley, N.C. ; Clapton, A.

Author_Institution

British Telecom Lab., UK

fYear

1998

fDate

26-29 May 1998

Firstpage

242

Lastpage

252

Abstract

This paper outlines the path from the developing broadband ISDN/ATM systems towards the European vision of the next generation mobile system UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System). The capabilities of UMTS, in terms of services and features compared to the network technologies behind N-ISDN and B-ISDN, are discussed with proposals for technical developments to satisfy the UMTS requirements. The UMTS requirements within the network for control, switching and transport to support the mobility, service and interconnecting network aspects of UMTS are outlined. Furthermore an analysis of the technical solutions currently under discussion and some latest thoughts on a potential high level architecture are presented

Keywords

B-ISDN; asynchronous transfer mode; cellular radio; B-ISDN; N-ISDN; UMTS; Universal Mobile Telecommunications System; broadband communications; control; high level architecture; interconnecting network aspects; mobility; next generation mobile system; service; switching; transport; 3G mobile communication; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Bit rate; Broadband communication; Communication system control; GSM; Intelligent networks; Mobile communication; Proposals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ATM Workshop Proceedings, 1998 IEEE

Conference_Location

Fairfax, VA

ISSN

1098-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4874-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ATM.1998.675182

Filename

675182