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"GMS and UMTS" Dieses Buch vermittelt ein einzigartiges Stück Technikgeschichte! Hier finden Sie einen Abriss der Entwicklung der GSM-Standards und der Anfänge von UMTS. Hintergrundinformationen und technische Details werden ebenso behandelt wie die Standardisierungsverfahren des European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI). Die Autoren sind ausgesprochene Experten auf diesem Gebiet und haben selbst an der Standardisierung von GSM und UMTS mitgearbeitet. Auf der mitgelieferten CD-ROM befinden sich die Referenzdokumente.
List of contents
GSM's Achievements (Friedhelm Hillebrand).
The Agreement on the Concepts and the Basic Parameter of the GSM Standard (Mid-1982 to Mid-1987) (Thomas Haug, Philippe Dupuis and Stephen Temple).
The Detailed Specification Work Leading to the GSM Phase 1 Standard used for the Opening of Service (1987-1991) (Thomas Haug).
Consolidating GSM Phase 1 and Evolving the Services and System Features to GSM Phase 2 in ETSI SMG (1992-1995) (Philippe Dupuis).
Evolving the Services and System features to Generation 2.5 by the GSM Phase 2+ Program (1993-2000) (Phillipe Dupuis, Friedhelm Hillebrand and Ansgar Bergmann).
GSM Goes to North America (Don Zelmer).
The UMTS Related Work of the European Commsiions, UMTS Taskforce, UMTS Forum and GSM Association (Joao da Silva, Ruprecht Niepold, Bosco Fernandez, Thomas Beijer and Josef Huber).
The UMTS Standardisation Work in ETSI (Philippe Dupuis and Friedhelm Hillebrand).
The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) (Karl Heinz Rosenbrock and Niels P.S. Andersen).
Services and Services' Capabilities (Friedhelm Hillebrand and Alan Cox).
System Architecture Evolution (Michel Mouly).
Radio Aspects (Didier Verhulst and Michael Färber).
The Subscriber Identity Module: Past, Present anf Future (Klaus Vedder).
Voice Codes (Kari Järvinen).
Security Aspects (Mike Walker and Timothy Wright).
Short Message and Data Service (Friedhelm Hillebrand, Kevin Holley, Wolfgang Roth and Jürgen Baumann).
Mobile Stations Type Appproval (Remi Thomas and David Barnes).
Operations and Maintenance (Gisela Hertel).
Professional Technical Support and its Evolution (Bernard Mallinder, Ansgar Bergmann and Adrian Scrase).
Working Methods and their Evolution (Ansgar Bergmann).
The Contributions of the GSM Association (Renzo Failli, George Schmitt, Arne Foxman, Petter Bliksrud, Armin Toepfer, Michael Giessler and Neil Lilly).
GSM and UMTS Acceptance in the World (Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernd Eylert).
GSM Success Factors (Friedhelm Hillebrand).
Appendices.
Index.
List of Authors.
About the author
Friedhelm Hillebrand is the Managing Partner of Hillebrand & Partners Consulting Engineers in Germany. Fred founded Hillebrand & Partners in 2001and prior to that he held leading positions in ETSI. From 1996-2000, he was Chairman of ETSI SMG, which is responsible for all GSM and UMTS standardization work. Before that he was a Technical Executive at GSM MoU Association responsible for GSM and UMTS evolution and development strategy and GSM promotion at global level. He is described as one of the Fathers of GSM.
Summary
This text provides a technical history of the development of GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) standards and the early evolution of UMTS (Univerisal Mobile Telecommunicaitons System). It presents background information and descriptions of the technical features of the GSM standards.
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"a useful source of reference" (World Surface Coatings Abstracts, January 2002)
"The author has done GSM industry a great service with this book-without it in twenty years time no one would remember anything about the early days of GSM." (GSM Daily)
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"a useful source of reference" (World Surface Coatings Abstracts, January 2002)
"The author has done GSM industry a great service with this book-without it in twenty years time no one would remember anything about the early days of GSM." (GSM Daily)
