GPRS and 3G Wireless Networks

Satyajit H. Rai

Abstract:

The Mobile Cellular Systems have evolved very rapidly in the past few years. Starting from the First Generation Systems which supported only speech we now have systems which offer varied kind of services like audio-video, Internet access, facsimile etc. In this report, fist of all an introduction to Mobile cellular concepts is presented. This is followed by discussion of GPRS and UMTS (Third Generation) Cellular Systems in greater detail. The architecture of both the systems is discussed in detail.