Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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3rd Generation Cellular Systems
nnext generation mobile communication systems under development at ITU and ETSI (one of GSM study groups)
nEuropean project is Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), while ITU project is called International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 (IMT-2000), formerly known as Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunication System (FPLMTS)
ntime horizon: basic standards by 2000, commercialization by 2005, “life” expectancy beyond 2025
nmobile access part of future Broadband ISDN network
nservice objectives
–broad range of customizable telecommunication services up to 2 Mbps, subset of B-ISDN
–support Universal Personal Telecommunications (UPT), fixed network service for personal mobility, allowing registration and deregistration at any terminal
–support wide range of terminal types