Redl, Siegmund M.

An introduction to GSM / Siegmund M. Redl, Matthias K. Weber and Malcolm W. Oliphant. - Boston : Artech House, 1995. - xv, 379 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk. - Artech House mobile communication series . - Artech House telecommunications library. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Introduction - cellular mobile radio -- The global scenario for cellular mobile radio -- The transition from analog to digital cellular radio - Why? -- Part II: Digital cellular mobile radio - GSM -- GSM - a digital cellular mobile radio system -- Layers and signaling principles in the GSM system -- The physical layer - layer 1 -- The data link layer - layer 2 -- The network layer - layer 3 -- Part III: Testing GSM -- Testing - analog versus digital GSM systems -- Testing a GSM mobile station -- Testing a GSM base station -- Applications for GSM test equipment -- Part IV: Competing digital cellular standards -- North American digital cellular and personal digital cellular -- Code-division multiple access.

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