The development of the DECT standard : an example of technical standardisation wireless communications
Fredrik Gessler · 2000
This thesis treats the development of the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications, DECT, standard for cordless telephony. It explores the relationship between the development of the DECT standard, and the general research and development efforts in wireless communications. The role of the DECT standard as a link between technological development in wireless communications, and the market diffusion of products adhering to the standard, is also considered. The empirical basis for the thesis is a case study of how the DECT standard was developed. DECT is an open, de jure standard that was designed in co-operation between a number of telecommunications manufacturers. The standard was formally approved by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, ETSI, in 1992. The case study has been complemented with extensive literature studies into the areas of technical development, and standardisation. The main result of the thesis is a conceptual framework for how a technical standa...