Chapter 16
Wireless WANs:
Cellular Telephone
and Satellite Networks
16.1
, 16-1 CELLULAR TELEPHONY
Cellular telephony is designed to provide
communications between two moving units, called
mobile stations (MSs), or between one mobile unit and
one stationary unit, often called a land unit.
Topics discussed in this section:
Frequency-Reuse Principle
Transmitting
Receiving
Roaming
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
16.2
, Figure 16.1 Cellular system
16.3
, Figure 16.2 Frequency reuse patterns
16.4
Wireless WANs:
Cellular Telephone
and Satellite Networks
16.1
, 16-1 CELLULAR TELEPHONY
Cellular telephony is designed to provide
communications between two moving units, called
mobile stations (MSs), or between one mobile unit and
one stationary unit, often called a land unit.
Topics discussed in this section:
Frequency-Reuse Principle
Transmitting
Receiving
Roaming
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
16.2
, Figure 16.1 Cellular system
16.3
, Figure 16.2 Frequency reuse patterns
16.4