Some Research Programmes in Wireless Telecommunications
Arne Svensson · 1999
. Here we will describe three research programmes in the area of telecommunications. Two of them are national Swedish programmes, while the third is a European project with partners from nine countries. The programmes have two aspects in common. One is a strong cooperation between industry and academia. The other is that they are in the area of telecommunications. The two programmes that have finished (one is close to its end) have proved to be very successful. The third programme is only one and a half years old and is still under development. 1 Introduction Wireless telecommunications is an area that has seen a tremendous growth during the last ten to twenty years. Although wireless communications has been known since the late eighteen hundreds, the starting point came with the first mobile telephone systems that were taken into service around 1970. The Nordic PTT were among the first to develop and take such systems into service. From this point on research and development of mobil...