Europe´s future mobile telephony system

Author

Johnston, William

Author_Institution

British Telecom Labs., Ipswich, UK

Volume

35

Issue

10

fYear

1998

fDate

10/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

53

Abstract

Building on the huge success of its homegrown cellular system, Europe is planning a next-generation wireless system to handle data as well as voice, and-it is hoped-lay the foundation for universal roaming. The system being developed in the framework of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is called UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System). In parallel, the International Telecommunication Union, based in Geneva, is formulating IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications) 2000, which is to be a family of systems that will let users roam worldwide with the same handset, and which will include UMTS as a subset

Keywords

cellular radio; data communication; voice communication; Europe; European Telecommunications Standards Institute; IMT 2000; International Mobile Telecommunications 2000; International Telecommunication Union; UMTS; Universal Mobile Telecommunication System; data communication; mobile telephony system; next-generation wireless system; universal roaming; voice communication; 3G mobile communication; Cellular networks; Communication standards; Electronic mail; Europe; GSM; Mobile computing; Mobile handsets; Standards development; Telecommunication standards;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.722322

Filename

722322