Cellular Communications Explained

Preface

From relatively small beginnings in the 1970s and 1980s, the cellular telecommunications

industry has grown to be one of the most important areas of electronics today. It is

now one of the major drivers for technology, and its influence has been a significant factor

in moving semiconductor technology to provide solutions that are lower cost, use less

power, and provide increased levels of processing power and flexibility. Additionally, it has

driven forward the level of integration of RF circuitry, combining many of the RF circuits

onto a single chip with the digital processing circuitry. All of this seemed a far-off dream

in the early 1980s, when the first commercial cellular networks were being launched

and rolled out.

With the development ...