Mobile network evolution: a revolution on the move
Johan De Vriendt, Philippe Laine, Christophe Lerouge, Xiaofeng Xu · IEEE Communications Magazine · 2002
This article gives an overview of the evolution in the mobile communications world. The uptake of 2G technologies has been tremendous, even though several systems exist that are not interoperable. 3G will bring some convergence, but will not achieve the goal of a single global technology. At the network level, IP is becoming more important. In hot spot environments, WLAN is bringing a complementary technology toward cellular.