Radio and system design for a dense urban personal communication network

Future personal communication networks must be able to support handportable units in all environments. In particular, for dense urban applications where near ubiquitous radio coverage is essential, radio network design has to be sufficiently robust for good service quality to be maintained over a large range of outdoor and indoor conditions. This could be achieved through careful consideration of the many factors and tradeoffs which affect the performance of a radio network. In the paper these considerations are evaluated and their implications examined through a discussion of the planning process for a personal communication network based on the GSM standard