Wireless interconnection of personal communications: an overview of interconnection relating to three PCS architectures

Personal communications service (PCS) is a term which has different meanings to different telecommunications service providers. Hence, several views of PCS have arisen as the industry begins to launch initial service offerings. The paper overviews typical interconnections between three commonly discussed PCS architectures and a typical local exchange carrier (LEC) network. Interconnection is discussed between a typical LEC and these three PCS architectures: 1. Personal communications network-this architecture is being used by some cellular system operators and is being considered by start-up PCS companies who are planning new telecommunications infrastructure for PCS. 2. Cable systems-this architecture is typical of the planned deployment of PCS in some cable systems. 3. Bellcore proposed arrangement-this architecture has been proposed by Bellcore as a modularized approach to network elements which could be interconnected with a typical Regional Bell Operating Company. In order to appreciate the commonality of interconnection between PCS and a typical LEC, a review of the commonality of the industry (as a whole) and consumer perspective of PCS is given