Abstract :
Issues concerning the ancillary PCN (personal communication network) markets, including the required data rate, coexistence, range and environment, FCC regulation, system complexity, and cost of implementation, are discussed. Considerations in establishing system goals, the battery operation and dynamic range of portable transmitters and receivers, and implementation approaches such as data modulation, direct sequence, and frequency hopping are also discussed.<>
Keywords :
mobile radio systems; modulation; personal communication networks; radio receivers; radio transmitters; spread spectrum communication; FCC regulation; PCN; US Federal Communications Commission; coexistence; cost of implementation; data modulation; data rate; direct sequence; environment; frequency hopping; implementation approaches; mobile radio systems; personal communication network; portable receivers; portable transmitters; spread spectrum communication; system complexity; system goals; wireless link costs; Bandwidth; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; Cost function; Environmental economics; FCC; Multiaccess communication; Personal communication networks; Spread spectrum communication; Time division multiple access;
