Description
Digital PCS (otherwise known as ANSI-136) is one of today's most successful TDMA cellular standards, offering cellular customers superior network capacity coupled with advanced features such as privacy, longer battery life, caller identification, message waiting, and much more. Now you can unravel the complex engineering details behind the fast-moving ANSI-136 standard with this one-of-a-kind new book. The book contains over 250 illustrations, defines current terminology, and explains complex concepts in a comprehensive, detailed manner that is factual, accurate, and easy to understand. It is an expertly authored guidebook that provides you with the technical foundation for understanding how satellite applications are implemented through the design of the space and ground segments. Whether you're an engineer responsible for developing new Digital PCS products and services, or a marketing professional who needs to broaden your general selling knowledge of Digital PCS, you 'll value this expertly written guide that uses plain, easy-to-understand language to: Explain how the ANSI-136 compliant mobile phone operates and how it works together with the cellular network to allow customers to send and receive calls, and obtain advanced services such as Short Message Service; Strengthen your understanding of the ANSI-136 standardization process; Bridge the gap between the ANSI-136 standard and actual implementation of ANSI-136 by describing network parameter settings, network optimization techniques, and equipment testing; Identify and describe the teleservice and data capabilities of ANSI-136; Outline the modifications made to ANSI-136 that allow it to operate in the 1900 MHz PCS band; Increase your knowledge of the ANSI-41 standard and how the network elements interact to help you better understand how the entire Digital PCS system works; Examine industry activities currently underway to help make ANSI-136 a truly global, third-generation cellular system. More than one hundred easy-to-follow illustrations and a minimum of mathematical equations make this book comprehensible to a wide range of readers, including design engineers who need to understand the individual components of the Digital PCS system, RF performance engineers responsible for setting Digital PCS network parameters, and technology planners and product developers. It's also a valuable tool for technology sales professionals who need to explain the benefits of Digital PCS to prospective clients.
Table Of Contents
The Digital PCS Family Tree. Advantages of Digital PCS. The Digital PCS Family of Standards. Layer 1 - The Digital PCS Physical Layer. Layer 2 - The Digital PCS Data Link Layer. Layer 3 - The Digital PCS Network Layer. Network Architecture and Intersystem Operation. Mobile Station Operation. Reselection and Hierarchical Cell Structures. Mobile Sleep Mode. Voice Services. Teleservices. Circuit-Switches Data Services. Non-Public Services. Special Considerations for 1900 MHz Operation. Authentication, Privacy, and Encryption. Network Parameter Settings. Equipment Testing. Towards Global TDMA. The Future of Digital PCS.
Author
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Cameron Kelly Coursey
Cameron Coursey is a Member of the Technical Staff at SBC Technology Resources, Inc., a division of SBC Communications, Inc., where he provides implementation support and participates in standards activities and industry forums related to ANSI-136. Mr. Coursey earned his M.Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and is a member of the IEEE.