Chapter 1 Introduction to Wireless Telecommunication Systems and Networks

Introduction

Objectives
Discuss the general history and evolution of wireless technology from a North American viewpoint and explain the cellular radio concept Discuss the evolution of modern telecommunications infrastructure. Discuss the structure and operation of the Public Switched Telephone Network, the Public Data Network, and the SS7 Network. Explain the basic structure of Broadband Cable TV systems. Explain the basic concept and structure of the Internet. Discuss the usage of the various telecommunications networks and their relationship to one another. Discuss the OSI model and how it relates to network communications. Discuss wireless network applications and the future of this technology 1.1 The History and Evolution of Wireless Radio Systems Early AM wireless systems Maxwell, Hertz, Fessenden, and Marconi Crude early low-frequency transmitters Used on-off keying (i.e. Morse code)

The first broadcast 1900s Fessenden 1910s Navy ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore radio development 1920s Short-wave radio development Modern AM The development of FM The evolution of digital radio The cellular telephone concept 1.2 The Development of Modern Telecommunications Infrastructure The early days of telecommunications The public switched telephone network The local exchange Intraoffice calls

Circuit-switched calls Interoffice calls T-carrier transport Signaling System #7 Signal transfer points Service switching points Service control points Operations support systems See Figure 1-4

The public data network Connectionless systems Private data networks Virtual private data networks Tunneling protocols

 2.1 Different Generations of Wireless Cellular Networks

Early mobile radio history The cellular concept takes shape Early AMPS systems The rest of the world Introduction Uplink and downlink AMPS characteristics AMPS channels Traffic and control channels AMPS system components and layout Radio base stations Communications links Mobile switching office

1G Cellular Systems

Information flow over AMPS channels Analog color codes Digital color codes Transponder Signaling tones See Figure 2-2 AMPS ongoing idle mode tasks Mobile-to-land calls Handshaking operations Signaling operations Service request

Land-to-mobile and mobile-to-mobile calls Paging ID information exchange Signaling Control messages

AMPS network operations Radio base station operations Base station control operations Mobile switching center operations See Figure 2-8

Handoff operations Handshaking operations Signal strength measurements MSC operations during handoff Confirmation messages See Figure 2-9

Other 1G systems TACS cellular NMT cellular NTT cellular Other analog cellular systems Digital AMPS

2G Cellular Systems
Introduction General characteristics of 2G systems GSM CDMA TDMA PDC and PCS systems Evolution of mobile data services CDPD HSCSD GPRS Packet data over CDMA Introduction 3G characteristics 3G radio interfaces UMTS Cdma2000 UWC-136/EDGE 3G mobile network evolution 3G harmonization Wireless ATM The All-IP wireless network IEEE 802.20x

2.5g Cellular Systems

3G Cellular Systems

4G Cellular Systems and Beyond