Mobile Communications

1.1 COMMUNICATION WHILE TRAVELLING The pace of our daily life has been increasing for several decades. Our needs have multiplied as new products have appeared and then been replaced after a few years, or even months, of existence by a more fashionable pro

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M. de Villepin Dauphine University, Paris France

Translated by

J. C. C. Nelson

University of Leeds UK

SPRINGER FACHMEDIEN WIESBADEN GMBH

First published under the title Les telecommunications mobiles by Editions Eyrolles, © Eyrolles, Paris, 1991 Copyright © 1993 by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Originally published by B.G. Teubner, Stuttgart in 1993 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means, or transmitted, or translated into a machine language without the written permission of the publisher.

Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Jagoda, Amaud: Mobile communications / A. Jagoda and M. de Villepin. Trans!. by J. C. C. Nelson. (Wiley series in communication and distributed systems) Einheitssacht.: Les telecommunications mobiles (eng!.) ISBN 978-3-322-99271-0 ISBN 978-3-322-99269-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-322-99269-7

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WILEY SERIES IN COMMUNICATION AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS Editorial Advisory Board Professor B. Evans

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Universite Pierre et Marie Curie

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MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

CONTENTS PART 1 MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5

Communication while travelling Coverage and objective Mode of use History and importance Prospects for the European pocket telephone

2 TECHNICAL CONCEPTS 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5

3 3 4 4 5 5 7 7 10 10

Defmitions The spectrum and its allocation Basic technical concepts Principal system characteristics Principal characteristics of terminals

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3 REGULATION AND STANDARDISATION

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3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4

Introduction Statutory aspects Standardisation Standardisation of radio communication

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23 24 28 34

PART 2 MOBILE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS 4 RADIO PAGING 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4

Introduction Public paging Technical systems National markets

43 43 44

47 49

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Contents

4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8

Developments European participants The United States The future of radio paging

5 PRIVATE RADIOCOMMUNICATION 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4

Introduction Types of radiocommunication Development of private radiocommunication EDF-GDF case study

6 THE CELLULAR RADIOTELEPHONE 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5

Introduction The market and its ev