| Description |
viii, 582 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) |
| Contents |
GSM's Achievements / Friedhelm Hillebrand -- GSM and UMTS Milestones -- GSM Success Measured by Numbers -- The Agreement on the Concepts and the Basic Parameters of the GSM Standard (Mid-1982 to Mid-1987) -- The Market Fragmentation in Europe and the CEPT Initiatives in 1982 / Thomas Haug -- The GSM Standardisation Work 1982-1987 / Thomas Haug -- The Franco-German, Tripartite and Quadripartite Co-operation from 1984 to 1987 / Philippe Dupuis -- The GSM Memorandum of Understanding the Engine that Pushed GSM to the Market / Stephen Temple -- The Role of the European Commission / Philippe Dupuis -- The Detailed Specification Work Leading to the GSM Phase 1 Standard used for the Opening of Service (1987-1991) / Thomas Haug -- Consolidating GSM Phase 1 and Evolving the Services and System Features to GSM Phase 2 in ETSI SMG (1992-1995) / Philippe Dupuis -- Evolving the Services and System Features to Generation 2.5 by the GSM Phase 2+ Program (1993-2000) -- The GSM Phase 2+ Work in ETSI SMG from 1993 to 1996 / Philippe Dupuis -- The GSM Work in ETSI SMG from May 1996 to July 2000 / Friedhelm Hillebrand -- GSM Railway / Ansgar Bergmann -- GSM Goes to North America / Don Zelmer -- The UMTS Related Work of the European Commission, UMTS Taskforce, UMTS Forum and GSM Association -- The European Research / Joao Schwarz da Silva -- The European Regulation / Ruprecht Niepold -- The UMTS Taskforce / Bosco Eduardo Fernandes -- The UMTS Forum / Thomas Beijer -- Spectrum Aspects / Josef Huber -- The UMTS Standardisation Work in ETSI |
| Summary |
GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) provides a service to more than 500 million users throughout 168 countries worldwide. It is the world market leader serving 69 % of all mobile digital users and is currently evolving into UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System). By describing the critical decisions and the phases of the development this key text explains how the GSM initiative became a success in Europe and how it evolved to the global mobile communication system. Initially the strategy and technical specifications were agreed for Europe and the subsequent evolution to a global solution was achieved by incorporating all non-European requirements and by inviting all committed parties worldwide to participate. The process started in 1982 and the first GSM networks went into commercial service in 1992. The first UMTS networks are expected in 2002 and the fourth generation discussions have begun.*Presents a complete technical history of the development of GSM and the early evolution to UMTS*Clarifies the creation of the initial GSM second generation system in CEPT GSM, the evolution to a generation 2.5 system in ETSI SMG and the evolution to the Third Generation (UMTS) in ETSI SMG and 3GPP*Covers all of the services and system features together with the working methods and organisational aspects GSM and UMTS provides an interesting and informative read and will appeal to everyone involved in the mobile communications market needing to know how GSM and UMTS technologies evolved. The accompanying CD-ROM provides nearly 500 reference documents including reports of all standardisation plenary meetings, strategy documents, key decisions, the GSM Memorandum of Understanding and the report of the UMTS Task Force |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Includes CD-ROM with reference documents |
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Systems requirements : Windows 95 or later, Adobe Acrobat reader 4.05 |
| Subject |
Mobile communication systems.
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Wireless communication systems.
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Global system for mobile communications.
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| Author |
Hillebrand, Friedhelm.
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| ISBN |
0470843225 hardback alkaline paper |
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