[...]... screen Composite P1: FDJ book CRC -Wireless November 8, 2001 10:33 Char Count= 252 Part I Introduction © 2002 by CRC Press LLC E:\Java for Engineers\VP Publication\Java for Engineers.vp Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:27:36 AM Color profile: Disabled Default screen Composite P1: FDJ book CRC -Wireless November 8, 2001 10:33 Char Count= 252 1 Wireless Network 1.1 Introduction First-generation (1G) wireless networks... 25, 2002 9:27:36 AM Color profile: Disabled Default screen Composite P1: FDJ book CRC -Wireless November 16, 2001 11:33 Char Count= 1047 5.19.1 Increase in the Transmission Rate 5.19.2 Power Control 5.19.3 Soft Handoff Criteria 5.19.4 Hard Handoff 5.19.5 Idle Handoff 5.19.6 Conclusions 5.20 Summary Part III Wireless Data 6 Wireless Data Technology 6.1 Introduction 6.2 General Packet Radio Service 6.2.1... detailed in the following chapters 1.2 Intelligent Network Wireless technology has gained universal acceptance, with the number of wireless subscriptions already exceeding the number of fixed lines in many countries With the wireless market becoming increasingly competitive, rapid deployment of innovative solutions arise as the kernel of any successful wireless strategy This can be achieved by means of the... Default screen Composite P1: FDJ book CRC -Wireless 1.3 November 8, 2001 10:33 Char Count= 252 Network Architecture Different wireless networks are specified by different standardization organizations and exhibit different architectures However, a common framework may be identified in all wireless systems Thus, some IN elements are used as the basis for an architecture common to all wireless networks Figure... network 1.2.3 Wireless Service Requirements Some service requirements that are unique or essential to wireless networks call for IN concepts, as exemplified below: r Roaming Mobility, a feature inherent to a wireless network, creates situations in which subscribers may roam out of their local calling area or out of their service provider’s area To enable subscribers to still make use of their wireless services... Default screen Composite P1: FDJ book CRC -Wireless November 8, 2001 10:33 Char Count= 252 data technologies GPRS coupled with GSM or with IS-136, IS-95B—an evolution of IS-95A—, and HDR fulfill the aspirations of the incorporation of data transmission capabilities into wireless systems HDR, in particular, provides for data rates as required by third-generation (3G) systems 3G wireless network conception... digital technology, their data transmission capability is rather modest The advent of the Internet and the increase of the demand for mobile access to Internet applications boosted the development of wireless technologies that, as an evolution of the existing 2G systems, support data transmission Within this framework, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), IS-95B, and High Data Rate (HDR) emerged as wireless. .. 25, 2002 9:27:36 AM Color profile: Disabled Default screen Composite P1: FDJ book CRC -Wireless 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 8 November 16, 2001 11:33 Char Count= 1047 7.9.15 Service Data Point 7.9.16 Visitor Location Register Functional Entities and Their Interrelations Application of the IMT-2000 Family Member Concept 7.11.1 Radio Transmission Technology 7.11.2 Core Network 7.11.3 Radio Transmission Technologies... Engineers\VP Publication\Java for Engineers.vp Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:27:36 AM Color profile: Disabled Default screen Composite P1: FDJ book CRC -Wireless November 8, 2001 10:33 Char Count= 252 makes it possible for message validations and billing reciprocation of wireless calls r Carrier Select Carrier-select services allow providers to select the net- work to be used to handle a call In the same... various networks involved in a call, both wired and wireless, renders billing a difficult task IN flags can be used to facilitate the billing They can be included into the call record so that billing reflects the specific call handling and fees can be processed more easily r Data-Service Capability Short Message Service (SMS) is a very popular wireless feature Wireless phones are allowed to send and receive . version TIA/EIA/IS-95-B. Part III: Wireless Data Chapter 6 Wireless Data Technology depicts three data technologies ap- plied to wireless networks, namely, General. Default screen P1: FDJ book CRC -Wireless November 16, 2001 11:33 Char Count= 1047 Preface We can always wait a bit longer to write a better book on technology.