Towards a Global 3G System: Advanced Mobile Communications in Europe, Volume I: Volume 1 (Artech House Universal Personal Communications Series) - Hardcover

This is the first of a two-volume work in which Europe's experts from academia and industry present the results of research into advanced mobile technologies and services performed within the scope of the ACTS R&D programme. The volumes describe and analyze the results of the Mobile Domain ACTS projects, and include implementation case studies. They cover: UMTS air interface (terrestrial and satellite); broadband wireless (terrestrial and satellite); wireless access; terrestrial and satellite networks; enabling technologies, including software radio and smart antennas; and services and applications, including multimedia and broadcasting.

Ramjee Prasad is wireless information and multimedia chair and co-director of the Center for PersonKommunikation at Aalborg University. He is the author of CDMA for Wireless Personal Communications (Artech House, 1996) and Universal Wireless Personal Communications (Artech House, 1998), co-author of OFDM for Wireless Multimedia Communications (Artech House, 2000), and co-editor of Third Generation Mobile Communication Systems (Artech House, 2000).