Understanding Cellular Radio (Artech House Telecommunications Library)

Contents	v......Page 5
Preface	xi......Page 11
Acknowledgments	xii......Page 12
Part I  Wireless Communications Systems  1......Page 13
1.1  Why a book simply explaining technical aspects?  3......Page 14
1.3  Acronyms, abbreviations, and other ways to make it complicated  4......Page 15
1.4  How to read this book  5......Page 16
1.5  Further reading  6......Page 17
2.2  Why it is called cellular?  7......Page 18
2.3  System overview  9......Page 20
3.1 Introduction  21......Page 32
3.2  The scarcity of radio spectrum  22......Page 33
3.3  The use of cells as a means to conserve spectrum  27......Page 38
3.4  Why one channel can serve many users  31......Page 42
3.5  Basic network design principles  35......Page 46
3.6  Connecting up the network  41......Page 52
Part II  Getting Calls to Moving Subscribers  49......Page 59
4.2  The concept of location areas  51......Page 61
4.3  Attach and detach  53......Page 63
4.4  Periodic location updating  54......Page 64
4.5  The mobile in a call  55......Page 65
5.2  Paging  57......Page 67
5.3  Responding to a paging message  59......Page 69
6.2  Handing the mobile to another cell  69......Page 79
6.3  Cell selection in idle mode  71......Page 81
7.1  Network management  73......Page 83
7.2  International roaming  78......Page 88
7.3  Authentication and ciphering  79......Page 89
7.4  Call routing  82......Page 92
Part III  Transmitting the Signal  85......Page 95
8.1  Introduction  87......Page 96
8.2  Wideband channels  94......Page 103
8.3  Predicting cellular coverage  95......Page 104
8.4  Sectorization  96......Page 105
8.5  Microcells and underlay/overlay networks  98......Page 107
9.1  From speech to radio waves  101......Page 110
9.2  Speech coding  102......Page 111
9.3  Error correction coding and interleaving  106......Page 115
9.4  Interleaving  110......Page 119
9.5  Modulation  111......Page 120
9.6  Frequency hopping  112......Page 121
9.7  Equalization  116......Page 125
9.8  Multiple access  118......Page 127
9.9  Packet and circuit switching  132......Page 141
10.1  Introduction to the debate  137......Page 145
10.2  A more general look at CDMA versus TDMA  138......Page 146
10.3  Comparison of advantages and disadvantages  142......Page 150
10.4  Summary  148......Page 156
Part IV  Specific Radio Systems  151......Page 158
11.1  The difference between analog and digital cellular  153......Page 159
11.2  Cellular systems in overview  155......Page 161
11.3  GSM  160......Page 166
11.4  CDMAone  177......Page 183
12.1  Overview of cordless  183......Page 189
12.2  DECT  185......Page 191
12.3  PHS  187......Page 193
13.1  Introduction  191......Page 197
13.2  Access technologies  194......Page 200
13.3  The attraction of WLL systems  197......Page 203
13.4  Current status of WLL  200......Page 206
13.6  WLL propagation  201......Page 207
14.1  Introduction  207......Page 212
14.2  The Lucent AirLoop WLL system  208......Page 213
14.3  DECT as a WLL technology  212......Page 217
15.1  Introduction  217......Page 221
15.2  Technical advances in WLL  218......Page 222
15.3  Technical advances in other access techniques  219......Page 223
15.4  Changing user demand  220......Page 224
15.5  Predictions for WLL  222......Page 226
16.1 Why use satellites?	225......Page 228
16.2 How satellite systems work	226......Page 229
16.3 Will satellite systems be successful?	227......Page 230
17.1 What could be better than current systems?	231......Page 233
17.2 The third-generation ideal	232......Page 234
17.3 Mobile/fixed convergence	237......Page 239
17.4 The longer term future	238......Page 240
Bibliography	241......Page 243
Model Answers	247......Page 248
Glossary	257......Page 257
About the Author	271......Page 271
Index	273......Page 272