Digital Mobile Communications and the Tetra System (Hardcover)

TETRA is the new digital standard designed for the professional mobile radio communications market. Unlike its counterpart GSM, in the personal telecommunications market, TETRA includes a wide range of features tailored for professional user requirements. It makes the best possible use of the radio spectrum through sharing of radio resources among users, on demand, and exploits the advantages of digital transmission. For professional user groups (e.g. police forces, emergency services, utility plants, transport etc.) TETRA provides a secured, reliable and cost effective means of communication with its capability of handling multimedia transmissions. As a comprehensive introduction to TETRA, this timely publication includes:

• Detailed discussion of public and private mobile communications domain
• Architecture, components and services of TETRA and
• Design and operational aspects of the system

Based on courses for industry presented by the authors, Digital Mobile Communications and the TETRA System will prove an indispensable read for service providers, design engineers and systems managers in the private mobile communications market. It also provides a thorough grounding in general digital mobile communications for communications engineers and undergraduate and postgraduate students in telecommunications.