GSM and Personal Communications Handbook

( Presented by Henrik Kaare Poulsen as a selected GSM reading )

GSM: a major digital wireless standard

An inside look at how and why GSM has progressed to become a major digital wireless standard and how it will be standardized, regulated and developed in the future.

Facts about the book
Title: GSM and Personal Communications Handbook
Authors: Siegmund Redl, Matthias Weber, Malcolm W. Oliphant
Publisher: Artech House Mobile Communications Library
Year: 1998
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Here is what the publisher says:

An inside look at how and why GSM has progressed to become a major digital wireless standard and how it will be standardized, regulated and developed in the future.

You see how GSM delivers PCS services in comparison with competing systems such as DECT, PHS/PHP, CDMA, IS 136, learn how current GSM services work, and discover details on new services just over the horizon. Also included is a unique review of digital radio technology and techniques used in modern PCS handsets.

The book's comprehensive, yet non-technical, explanation of GSM technology is valuable to managers of PCS networks, PCS customer service and marketing professionals, and engineers new to GSM and PCS technology.

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