Evaluation of Capacity and Spectral Efficiency of the Emerging Digital Mobile Systems
Ibrahim A. al-Kadi · International Journal of Network Management · 1996
Digital cellular systems will have profound implications for the integration of mobile computing and communications allowing true networking on the move. The European-developed GSM system is rapidly becoming the de-facto world standard for mobile communications. Other emerging standards include IS-54 in North America and PDC in Japan, in addition to the CDMA standard (IS-95) in the USA. The aim of this article is to compare the four emerging standards, with particular emphasis on their user capacity and spectrum utilization efficiency.