Packet data over cellular networks: the CDPD approach

Author

Salkintzis, Apostolis K.

Author_Institution

British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Volume

37

Issue

6

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

152

Lastpage

159

Abstract

Cellular digital packet data is a mobile packet data technology that operates on the spectrum assigned to a telephone cellular network, such as the Advanced Mobile Phone Service. This article undertakes a thorough survey of the CDPD radio interface and explores the main functional layers of this interface. Specifically, it extensively studies the physical layer, the data link layer, and the subnetwork-dependent convergence protocol, and explains their semantics and functional characteristics. Furthermore, it emphasizes several significant aspects such as the medium access procedure, the forward and reverse channel configurations, the data multiplexing scheme, and the channel hopping procedure

Keywords

cellular radio; data communication; digital radio; network interfaces; packet radio networks; protocols; telecommunication channels; telephone networks; Advanced Mobile Phone Service; CDPD; CDPD radio interface; cellular digital packet data; channel hopping; data link layer; data multiplexing; forward channel configuration; functional layers; medium access control; mobile packet data technology; physical layer; reverse channel configuration; subnetwork-dependent convergence protocol; telephone cellular network; Access protocols; Cellular networks; Electronic switching systems; Internet; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile computing; Mobile handsets; Modems; Physical layer; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.769290

Filename

769290