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dc.contributor.authorCheng, H-
dc.contributor.authorWang, X-
dc.contributor.authorHuang, M-
dc.contributor.authorYang, S-
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-16T13:04:45Z-
dc.date.available2011-09-16T13:04:45Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationMobile Computing Research and Applications Chen, KY; Lee, HK Ed(s)), Ch.8: 149 - 165, 2009en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-60741-101-7-
dc.identifier.uriwww.cs.le.ac.uk/people/sy11/Papers/MCRA09.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5810-
dc.descriptionThis article can be accessed from the link below - Copyright @ 2009 Nova Science Publishers, Ltden_US
dc.description.abstractPCS is an acronym for Personal Communications Service. PCS has two layers of meaning. At the low layer, from the technical perspective, PCS is a 2G mobile communication technology operating at the 1900 MHz frequency range. At the upper layer, PCS is often used as an umbrella term that includes various wireless access and personal mobility services with the ultimate goal of enabling users to freely communicate with anyone at anytime and anywhere according to their demand. Ubiquitous PCS can be implemented by integrating the wireless and wireline systems on the basis of intelligent network (IN), which provides network functions of terminal and personal mobility. In this chapter, we focus on various aspects of PCS except location management. First we describe the motivation and technological evolution for personal communications. Then we introduce three key issues related to PCS: spectrum allocation, mobility, and standardization efforts. Since PCS involves several different communication technologies, we introduce its heterogeneous and distributed system architecture. IN is also described in detail because it plays a critical role in the development of PCS. Finally, we introduce the application of PCS and its deployment status since the mid-term of 1990’s.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 60673159 and 70671020; the National High-Tech Research and Development Plan of China under Grant No. 2006AA01Z214, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of UK under Grant EP/E060722/1.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNova Science Publishersen_US
dc.subjectTelecommunication networken_US
dc.subjectWireless communicationsen_US
dc.subjectCellular telephoneen_US
dc.subjectPersonal communications servicesen_US
dc.subjectPersonal communications networken_US
dc.subjectIntelligent networken_US
dc.subjectBroadband PCSen_US
dc.subjectNarrowband PCSen_US
dc.titleA review of personal communications servicesen_US
dc.typeBook Chapteren_US
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