Wireless and Personal Communications Systems

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

Personal communications network (PCN) and personal communications services

Wireless and Personal Communications Systems. Offering a practical treatment of the latest technologies, system design implementations and plans - as of 1995 - this book describes the emerging personal communications network (PCN) and personal communications services (PCS).

Facts about the book
Title: Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice
Author: Vijay Kumar Garg, Garg Vijay, Joseph Wilkes
Publisher: Feher/Prentice Hall Digital and Wireless Communications Series
Year: 1995
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This book from 1995 gives a technical description of personal communication networks, and assumes the reader is familar with technical topics.

The book starts by giving a good introduction to the technology behind wireless communication, and the history of the evolution of the technology.

The second part of the book covers the american, european and japanese standards for analog and cellular systems.

The fundamentals of cellular technology is presented, and guidelines are given on design and implementation. The book also covers security and network management.

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