Third Generation Mobile Communication Systems

A study of "third generation" mobile communications systems. It details the technology underlying standards that allow wireless access to a varied telecommunications infrastructure and provides an in-depth description of all the elements required to create third generation systems and networks. The fast-growing demand for advanced high-speed, multimedia wireless services accessible to anyone, anywhere, requires the building of new "third generation" mobile communications systems. Critical to the development of these systems is the establishment of standards that will allow personalized, user-friendly wireless access to a widely varied telecommunications infrastructure. This volume details the technology underlying these standards and provides an in-depth description of all the elements required to create third generation systems and networks.