3rd Generation Cellular Systems
support public and private environments
operation in, and roaming between, different operating environments
sparse, rural, suburban, urban
indoor/outdoor
residential/business
pedestrian/vehicular
provide integrated satellite component
combine range of existing wireless systems (cellular, cordless, mobile
data, paging) to share infrastructure costs and harmonize services
allow flexible and rapid creation of new services
efficient usage of spectrum resources
enable provision of wireless local loop