Introduction to Digital Professional Mobile Radio

by Hans-Peter A. Ketterling

Overview

If you are involved in the planning, design, testing, installation, maintenance, sales, or frequency management of digital PMR equipment and systems, this first-of-its-kind book is a smart choice. Written by one of the key developers of PMR, this essential reference provides comprehensive coverage of digital PMR systems, including the standards APCO 25, TETRA and DIIS and the proprietary systems ASTRO, EDACS, iDEN, MOBITEX II and TETRAPOL. Offering unique insight from the author's years of experience working with this technology, the book helps you gain a solid understanding of the transition from analogue to digital PMR. It provides you with methods for estimation coverage distance and bandwidth for digital PMR systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580531733
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Series:	Artech House Mobile Communications Library
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	7.24(w) x 10.26(h) x 0.96(d)

About the Author

Hans-Peter A. Ketterling is a consultant and author in the field of land mobile radio, operating through his consulting enterprise, Mobile Radio Consulting Berlin. He holds a Dipl.-Ing degree in telecommunications from the Technical University of Berlin.

Table of Contents

Foreword. Preface. PMR roots and user requirements. Alternatives to PMR. Propagation and Traffic Related Fundamentals of Digital PMR Technology. Review of the Basics of Analog PMR Technology. The Fundamentals of Digital Modulation and Coding. An Overview of TETRA. European and American Standardized Digital PMR Systems. Proprietary Digital PMR Systems. Specific PMR Topics. Outlook-PMR in the Decade Until 2010. About the Author. Index.