1 Introduction. - 1. 1 General Characteristics of PCS. - 1. 2 PCS Spectrum Allocations. - 1. 3 Wireless Access Standards. - 1. 4 Organization of the Book. - 2 Digital Wireless Communications Technology. - 2. 1 What is a Digital Communications System?. - 2. 2 Advantages of Digital Communications Systems. - 2. 3 Main Technology Elements of Digital Wireless Communications Systems. - 2. 4 Source Coding. - 2. 5 Channel Coding. - 2. 6 Modulation. - 2. 7 Methods of Creating Physical Channels. - 3 The Standard Based on the North American High-Tier TDMA System. - 3. 1 Overview. - 3. 2 The Digital Control Channel. - 3. 3 The Digital Traffic Channel. - 4 The Standard based on the North American High-Tier CDMA System. - 4. 1 Overview. - 4. 2 Physical Channels. - 4. 3 Logical Channels. - 4. 4 Frame Formats. - 4. 5 Digital Information Processing. - 4. 6 Call Processing. - 4. 7 Signaling Message Formats. - 5 Highlights of Other Wireless Access Standards. - 5. 1 The GSM-Based TDMA system. - 5. 2 The Personal Access Communications System. - 5. 3 The Wideband CDMA System. - 5. 4 The Composite TDMA/CDMA System. - 5. 5 The DECT-Based System. - 5. 6 Wireless Access Standards for the Unlicensed Operation. - References. - About the Author. Language: English