Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 17 May 91 23:19:55 GMT From: Ron Dippold Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Information Wanted Message-ID: Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 367, Message 8 of 8 Lines: 19 In article TONY@mcgill1.bitnet (Tony Harminc) writes: > Can someone recommend a good book or document on cellular mobile ? I > am not looking for a Mickey Mouse (tm?) overview, but for something > that describes in some detail the process of setting up a call, > hand-off, paging, roaming, etc. I have the reference document from > the DOC which consists of state descriptions for a finite state > machine, and doesn't make a good introduction. Because this document The best one I've seen is a textbook by Bill Lee, a Pac*Tel VP, I believe. It's simply called "Mobile Cellular Telecommunications Systems." It's a bit heavy in the RF theory, but if you're not into that you can just bleep over those parts. Standard disclaimer applies, you legalistic hacks. | Ron Dippold