Personal communications networks bridging the gap between cellular and cordless phones

Author

Lipoff, Stuart J.

Author_Institution

Electron. Syst. Lab., Arthur D. Little Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

82

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

4/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

564

Lastpage

571

Abstract

Today´s cellular radiotelephone systems currently serve some 12 million subscribers but at average costs of $70/month for service, cellular remains a business, not a consumer, service. On the other hand, cordless phones are already a consumer product in over 40% of US households and annual sales of new cordless phones are already greater than sales of regular corded phones. Personal Communications Networks (PCN) providing Personal Communications Services (PCS) are designed to bridge the gap between expensive public cellular and private cordless services. In this paper we explore PCN/PCS topics including: a definition of the service, identification of the underlying technologies, and discussion of tradeoffs between the technologies

Keywords

cellular radio; cordless telephone systems; personal communication networks; radiotelephony; PCN; PCS; cellular radiotelephone systems; cordless phones; personal communications networks; personal communications services; Base stations; Business communication; Cellular networks; Cities and towns; Consumer products; Costs; Marketing and sales; Narrowband; Personal communication networks; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.282242

Filename

282242