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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
1981: AT&T and RCC (Radio Common Carrier) reach an agreement to split
40 MHz spectrum into two 20 MHz bands. Band A belongs to nonwireline
operators (RCC), and Band B belongs to wireline operators (telephone
companies). Each market has two operators.
1982: AT&T is divested, and seven RBOCs (Regional Bell Operating
Companies) are formed to manage the cellular operations
1982: MFJ (Modified Final Judgment) is issued by the government DOJ.
All the operators were prohibited to (1) operate long-distance business;
(2) provide information services; and (3) do manufacturing business
1983: Ameritech system in operation in Chicago
1984: Most RBOC markets in operation
1986: FCC allocates 5 MHz in extended band
1987: FCC makes lottery on the small MSA and all RSA licenses
1988: TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) voted as a digital cellular
standard in North America
1992: GSM (Groupe Speciale Mobile) operable in Germany D2 system
Washington,
DC
Microwave
Tower
Cell
Cincinnati
Subscriber Growth
3G Subscribers
Subscribers
Year
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Transmission Capacity
Cellular
Wireless LAN/PAN
GPS
Home Networking
Ad Hoc Networks
Sensor Networks
Bluetooth
IP or ATM based
BS backbone
network
MSC
In-hospital
Databases
physician
BS AP
Wireless remote
consultation
Ambulance
BS
Cell
MS
Alternative MS
Hexagonal cell area
shape of a cell
used in most models
Frequency
User n
User 2
User 1
Time
1 2 3 4 n
Frequency
Total bandwidth
Frequency 2
User 2
Frequency n
User n
Frequency
User 1
User 2
User n Time
1 2 3 4 n
Time
Frame
Time 1
User 1
Time 2
User 2
Time n
User n
Mobile Stations
Base Station
Frequency
User 1
User 2
. .
User n
.
Time
Code
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Code at Time
transmitting end
Code at
receiving end Time
Decoded signal
at the receiver Time
Frequency
Frequency
Orthogonal multicarrier modulation used in OFDM
Frequency Hopping
Frequency
Frame Slot
f1
f2
f3
f4
f5
Time
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Service area
BS BS
BS BS BS
BS BS
Home phone
PSTN
MSC MSC
BS MS BS MS BS MS BS MS BS MS BS MS BS MS BS MS
BS MS
1. Need to establish path
3. Control information
Acknowledgement
4. Start communication
BS MS
5. Start communication
Antenna
Information
to be Coding Modulator Transmitter
transmitted
(Voice/Data)
Carrier
Antenna
Information
received Decoding Demodulator Receiver
(Voice/Data)
Carrier
802.3 802.5
MAC MAC 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) MAC sublayer
Satellite Systems
Traditional Applications
Weather satellite
Radio and TV broadcasting
Military satellites
Telecommunication Applications
Global telephone connections
Backbone for global network
GPS
Ad Hoc Network
Sensor
Radio
RadioRange
range
Predicted position
Predicted for for
position
the cloud of smoke
the Cloud of Smoke
Path
Path of theResponse
of the response
Data collection
Data Collection andand
Monitoring Agency
monitoring agency