Title : 
Evolution towards 3rd generation wireless access
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Radio Commun. Lab., Nokia Res. Center, Fin, Finland
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents an overview of how current cellular systems are evolving towards the third-generation of wireless personal communication systems dubbed Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems (UMTS) in Europe. It pays attention to the standardization process globally in general with the focus on Europe
         
        
            Keywords : 
cellular radio; land mobile radio; personal communication networks; standardisation; Asia; Europe; IMT-2000; ITU; Japan; Korea; UMTS; USA; Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems; cellular systems; multimedia services; standardization; third generation wireless access; wireless personal communication systems; Electronic mail; Europe; GSM; Laboratories; Radio frequency; Radio spectrum management; Standardization; Telephony; USA Councils; Wireless communication;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Personal Wireless Communications, 1997 IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Mumbai
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-4298-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICPWC.1997.655467