HUT Comms.
Lab, Timo O. Korhonen
14
2G +
Public Land Mobile
Networks (PLMN)
nMobility is required practically for
all services in the very near future!
nIn this course we will discuss especially the GSM (Global System
for Mobile communications) (9.6 kbit/s++) and WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, or UMTS)
networks
nUMTS will be launched 2002-2003 yielding mobile data rates
up to 2 Mb/s. However, the GSM network will be upgraded
for higher rates thanks to
nGPRS (General Packet Switched Data),
nHSCSD (High Speed Circuit Switched
Data) and
nEDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM
Evolution)
