GSM, GPRS, and Edge Performance: Evolution Towards 3G/UMTS-Timo

GSM, GPRS and EDGE PerformanceEvolution Towards 3G/UMTS\nAuthor(s): Timo Halonen, Javier Romero, Juan Melero\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780470866948, 978-0470866948\nSynopsis\nGSM, GPRS and EDGE Performance - Second Edition provides a complete overview of the entire GSM [url] (Global System for Mobile Communications) is the digital transmission technique widely adopted in Europe and supported in North America. It features comprehensive descriptions of GSMs main evolutionary milestones - GPRS, (General Packet Radio Services) is a packet-based wireless communication service that promises data rates from 56 up to 114 Kbps and continuous connection to the Internet for mobile phone and computer users. AMR and EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment), and such developments have now positioned GERAN (GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network) as a full 3G radio standard. The radio network performance and capabilitiess