Gsm and Personal Communications Handbook (Artech House Mobile Communications Library)

540 Pages·1998·2.48 MB·English

by  Siegmund Redl

GSM and Personal
Communications Handbook
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GSM and Personal
Communications Handbook
Siegmund M. Redl
Matthias K.Weber
Malcolm W. Oliphant
Artech House
Boston • London
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GSMandpersonalcommunicationshandbook/SiegmundRedl,
MatthiasWeber,MalcolmOliphant
p. cm.—(ArtechHousemobilecommunicationslibrary)
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ISBN0-89006-957-3(alk.paper)
1.Globalsystemformobilecommunications. 2.Personal
communicationservicesystems. I.Weber,MatthiasK.
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Contents
Contents
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xxi
Part I GSM in the light of today 1
1 The changing scene—again 3
1.1 Thedigitalcellularevolution 4
1.2 Basicmarketfiguresandthesystemstandards 6
1.2.1 Cellularandpersonalcommunicationsservices:
market presenceandpotential 10
1.2.2 Meetingthedemands 13
1.3 Aspectsonmarketingtheproduct 17
1.3.1 Serviceproviders 18
1.3.2 Fulfillmenthouses 20
1.4 Phones:shrinkthem,droptheirprice,and
growtheirfeatures 20
1.4.1 What’syoursize? 21
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1.4.2 Howlongcanyoustandby? 21
1.4.3 Ninety-ninecents? 22
1.4.4 WhatcanyoudothatIcan’t? 23
1.4.5 Multiplebandsandmultiplemodes 23
1.5 Whatispersonalcommunications? 26
1.5.1 PCS:definingtherequirements 27
1.5.2 PCS:thetechnicalsolutionstotherequirements 30
1.5.3 PCSandwhatsystemtechnology? 36
1.5.4 Wheredoesitlead? 37
1.5.5 GSMandPCSintheUnitedStates:anoverview 42
References x
2 From Pan-European mobile telephone to global system
for mobile communications 51
2.1 GSM:whatitwasmeanttobeandwhat
itbecame 52
2.1.1 TheinitialgoalsofGSM 52
2.1.2 Theinitialresults 52
2.1.3 Firstexperiences 54
2.1.4 PCNnetworksandDCS1800 55
2.1.5 PCS1900 59
2.1.6 UIC 63
2.2 TheroleoftheGSMMoU 65
2.3 ETSIandtheSpecialMobileGroup 67
2.4 Standards:thepresentandthefuture 69
2.4.1 GSMPhase1 72
2.4.2 GSMPhase2 72
2.4.3 GSMPhase2+ 74
2.5 GSMtypeapprovalissues 75
2.5.1 Theobjectives 77
2.5.2 Theauthorities 78
Contents vii
References x
3 A look over the fence 81
3.1 Competitionorcomplement? 83
3.1.1 Cellularandpersonalcommunications 83
3.1.2 Cordlessaccess 84
3.1.3 Wirelessinthelocalloop 85
3.2 Whatelseisoutthere? 86
3.2.1 DigitalEnhancedCordlessTelecommunications 88
3.2.2 PersonalHandyPhoneSystem 96
3.2.3 PersonalAccessCommunicationsSystem 96
3.2.4 CDMA(IS-95) 101
3.2.5 TDMA(IS-136) 104
3.2.6 IS-661 111
3.3 Noncellulardigitaltrunkingsystems 117
3.4 Interferenceandhealthissues 122
References 125
Part II GSM services and features 127
4 The development of GSM standards and features 129
4.1 Phase1 132
4.1.1 Phase1teleservices 132
4.1.2 Phase1bearerservices 132
4.1.3 Phase1supplementaryservices 133
4.2 Phase2 134
4.2.1 Phase2teleservices 134
4.2.2 Phase2supplementaryservices 135
4.2.3 Phase2networkimprovements 136
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4.3 Phase2+ 138
4.3.1 Release96 138
4.3.2 Release97 143
4.4 Conclusion 144
References 146
5 GSM telecommunication services 147
5.1 BearerservicesinGSM 149
5.2 TeleservicesinGSM 152
5.3 ConnectiontypesinaGSMPLMN 152
5.3.1 Lowerlayercapabilities 153
5.3.2 Connections 153
5.3.3 Attributesbetweentwonetworks 155
5.4 Rateadaptation 157
5.4.1 Errorprotection 163
5.4.2 Terminalequipmentandmobiletermination 164
5.5 Radiolinkprotocol 165
5.5.1 Framestructure 166
5.5.2 ControlofRLP 167
5.5.3 Errorrecovery 171
5.5.4 RLPsummary 171
5.6 Accesstodifferentnetworks 172
5.6.1 TransmissionintothePSTN 172
5.6.2 Facsimiletransmission 174
5.6.3 TransmissionintotheISDN 175
5.6.4 TransmissionintothePSPDN 175
5.6.5 TransmissionintotheCSPDN 177
5.7 Faxservices 178
5.7.1 End-to-endviewviatheGSMinfrastructure 179
Contents ix
5.7.2 Configurationatthemobilestation 181
5.7.3 Transparentfaxservice 182
5.7.4 Nontransparentfaxservice 185
5.7.5 In-callmodification 186
5.8 Connectingamobilestationtoexternaldevices 187
5.8.1 Applicationforshortmessageservices 188
5.8.2 Remotecontrolofmobileequipment 190
5.9 Futuredevelopments 193
5.9.1 High-speedcircuit-switcheddata 194
5.9.2 Generalpacketradioservice 199
5.9.3 Packetdataonsignalingchannels 202
5.9.4 The14.4-Kbpsuserdatarate 204
5.9.5 Facsimileenhancements 204
5.9.6 Generalbearerservices 205
5.9.7 Emergencycallwithadditionaldatatransfer 206
References 206
6 Short message service 211
6.1 Shortmessageservice:pointtopoint 212
6.1.1 Implementationofpoint-to-pointSMSinthenetwork 213
6.1.2 AlphabetofSMS 228
6.1.3 ExampleofaSMS-MTmessageframe 228
6.1.4 Problemsthatcanoccurwhilesendingshortmessages 231
6.1.5 SMSandsupplementaryservices 232
6.1.6 UseofadditionaldevicesforSMS 233
6.1.7 Thefuture 235
6.2 SMScellbroadcast 237
6.2.1 ImplementationofCBinthenetwork 238
6.2.2 Contentsofacellbroadcastmessage 240
6.2.3 Futuredevelopmentsforcellbroadcast 243
References 244