Overview of PACS: a low-tier US PCS standard

Author

Ci Fung Chang ; Sherry, Howard ; Leland, Ken ; Noerpel, Anthony

Author_Institution

Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

5-7 May 1996

Firstpage

833

Abstract

In the USA, the FCC has allocated the frequency spectrum between 1850 MHz and 1990 MHz for personal communications services (PCS). The newly available spectrum presents an opportunity for PCS providers to offer a mass market, multi-functional, high quality, mobile communications service. Of the seven radio air interface being standardized in the TIA/T1 Joint Technical Committee, one offers some unique features and performance. The Personal Access Communications System or PACS is one of only two low tier radio systems. This paper provides an overview of the PACS system

Keywords

frequency allocation; land mobile radio; personal communication networks; telecommunication standards; 1850 to 1990 MHz; FCC; PACS system; PCS; PCS standard; Personal Access Communications System; TIA/T1 Joint Technical Committee; UHF; USA; frequency spectrum allocation; low tier radio systems; mobile communications service; performance; personal communications services; radio air interface; standardization; DSL; FCC; Mobile communication; Personal communication networks; Picture archiving and communication systems; Radio spectrum management; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Telephone sets; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Technology Proceedings, 1996. ICCT'96., 1996 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2916-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCT.1996.545010

Filename

545010