Overview of Wireless Personal
Jay E. Padgett, Christoph G. Günther, Takeshi Hattori · 1995
his century has seen the development of a public wireline network that allows reliable and affordable communicationofvoice andlow-rate data around the globe. There also is a multiplicity of specialized wired networks optimized for purposes such as the local communication of high-speed data. The goal of wireless communication is to allow the user access to the capabilities of the global network at any time without regard to location or mobility. Cellular and cordless telephony, both of which have gained widespread user acceptance during the last ten years, have begun this process but do not yet allow total wireless communication. Cellular systems currently are limited to voice and low-speed