Walters, Lourens O and Kritzinger, Pieter S (2000) Cellular Networks: Past, Present, and Future, ACM Crossroads Student Magazine.
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Abstract
Mobile communication is the fastest growing field in the telecommunications industry. The most successful mobile communication system is the cellular radio network. A cellular radio network is used to transmit voice and data. Data transmission over a cellular network is a new service, which makes data networks accessible from mobile terminals via cellular telephones. This article discusses cellular radio network technology and its applications, especially pertaining to data transmission. Its history, present state, operation and planned future developments are explained.
| Item Type: | Newspaper or Magazine article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | GSM, PCS, TDMA, UMTS, 3G, WCDMA, GPRS, WAP, STK, Bluetooth |
| Subjects: | Computer systems organization > Architectures > Distributed architectures |
| Alternate Locations: | http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds7-2/cellular.html |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2004 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Oct 2019 15:36 |
| URI: | http://pubs.cs.uct.ac.za/id/eprint/106 |
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