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Title	Understanding Digital PCs: The Tdma Standard (Artech House Mobile Communications Library)
Author(s)	Cameron Kelly Coursey
ISBN	0890063621
Language	English
Published	January 1999
Publisher	Artech House

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
PCS (Personal Communications Service) is generally known in North America as the "digital" type of cellular telephone. It would be more accurate to refer to the service as TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) or EIA (Electronics Industry Association) standard 136, which grew out of IS (Interim Standard) 136. Chapter one of the book shows the relation of PCS and T/EIA-136 to the analogue AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Service), the European GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication), and coming enhancements. Despite the alphabet soup, the material is quite readable. Chapter two outlines the advantages of PCS, although most of these accrue to the service provider. The TIA and EIA standards bodies are described in chapter three, as well as a rough outline of standards 130, 135, 136, 137, 138, and 641. The physical layer (air interface) is reviewed in chapter four. There is also some detail of the data structures, and an oddly mathematical intensity to the discussion of keying. Chapter five looks at the data link layer, concentrating on the related protocols. Management messages are the major emphasis in chapter six's presentation of the network layer. Chapter seven outlines the basic components and division of functions as the basis of network architecture. Function and the operations of mobile units are described in chapter eight. Chapter nine examines the issues and algorithms involved in changing from cell to cell while moving, as well as the hierarchy of cells and microcells. There is a look at sleep mode in chapter ten. Speech processing and call setup are the topic of chapter eleven. Chapter twelve looks at teleservice and roaming. Circuit switched data is examined in chapter thirteen, non-public services (private connections such as cordless phones) in fourteen, and special 1900 MHz functions in fifteen. Authentication and encryption, network parameters, and testing equipment are covered in chapters sixteen through eighteen. Chapters nineteen and twenty cover the near term future of TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), looking at global standardization and other developments. Oddly, no mention is made of competing technologies, such as the very strong CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) contender. copyright Robert M. Slade, 2000
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