Contents
Chapter1GSM’sAchievements.................................. 1
FriedhelmHillebrand
Section1Introduction.......................................1
Section2GSMandUMTSMilestones.............................5
Section3GSMSuccessMeasuredbyNumbers........................7
Chapter2TheAgreementontheConceptsandtheBasicParametersoftheGSMStandard
(Mid-1982toMid-1987)................................. 11
Section1TheMarketFragmentationinEuropeandtheCEPTInitiativesin1982...11
ThomasHaug
Section2TheGSMStandardisationWork1982–1987....................15
ThomasHaug
Section3TheFranco-German,TripartiteandQuadripartiteCo-operationfrom1984to198723
PhilippeDupuis
Section4TheGSMMemorandumofUnderstandingtheEnginethatPushedGSMtothe
Market..........................................36
StephenTemple
Section5TheRoleoftheEuropeanCommission.......................52
PhilippeDupuis
Chapter3TheDetailedSpecificationWorkLeadingtotheGSMPhase1Standardusedfor
theOpeningofService(1987–1991)......................... 57
ThomasHaug
Chapter4ConsolidatingGSMPhase1andEvolvingtheServicesandSystemFeaturesto
GSMPhase2inETSISMG(1992–1995)...................... 61
PhilippeDupuis
Chapter5EvolvingtheServicesandSystemFeaturestoGeneration2.5bytheGSMPhase
2+Program(1993–2000)................................ 73
Section1TheGSMPhase2+WorkinETSISMGfrom1993to1996..........73
PhilippeDupuis
Section2TheGSMWorkinETSISMGfromMay1996toJuly2000..........80
FriedhelmHillebrand
Section3GSMRailway......................................99
AnsgarBergmann
Chapter6GSMGoestoNorthAmerica............................. 105
DonZelmer
Chapter7TheUMTSRelatedWorkoftheEuropeanCommission,UMTSTaskforce,
UMTSForumandGSMAssociation........................ 115
Section1TheEuropeanResearch.................................115
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Joao Schwarz da Silva
Section2TheEuropeanRegulation................................128
RuprechtNiepold
Section3TheUMTSTaskforce..................................147
BoscoFernandez
Section4TheUMTSForum....................................156
ThomasBeijer
Section5SpectrumAspects....................................165
JosefHuber
Chapter8TheUMTSStandardisationWorkinETSI.................... 179
Section1TheInitialWorkinETSISMG(uptoSpring1996)...............179
PhilippeDupuis
Section2TheCreationoftheUMTSFoundationsinETSIfromApril1996toFebruary
1999..............................................184
FriedhelmHillebrand
Chapter9TheThirdGenerationPartnershipProject(3GPP).............. 221
Section1TheCreationof3GPP..................................221
KarlheinzRosenbrock
Section2UMTSin3GPP(December1998toMay2001)..................247
NielsP.S.Andersen
Chapter10ServicesandServices’ Capabilities........................ 263
Section1TheEarlyYearsuptotheCompletionoftheFirstSetofSpecificationsfor
TenderingofInfrastructure(1982toMarch1988)...................263
FriedhelmHillebrand
Section2TheYearsfromMid-1988toearly2001......................286
AlanCox
Chapter11SystemArchitectureEvolution........................... 301
MichelMouly
Chapter12RadioAspects..................................... 309
Section1TheEarlyYearsfrom1985to1995.........................309
DidierVerhulst
Section2TheDevelopmentfrom1995to2000........................319
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MichaelFarber
Chapter13TheSubscriberIdentityModule,Past,PresentandFuture......... 341
KlausVedder
Chapter14VoiceCodecs...................................... 371
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KariJarvinen
Chapter15SecurityAspects.................................... 385
MikeWalker
Contents
Chapter16ShortMessageandDataServices.......................... 407
Section1TheEarlyYearsuptotheCompletionoftheFirstSetofSpecificationsinMarch
1988forTendering...................................407
FriedhelmHillebrand
Section2TheDevelopmentfromMid-1988to2000.....................417
KevinHolley
Section3GeneralPacketRadioService(GPRS).......................425
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WolfgangRothandJurgenBaumann
Chapter17MobileStationsTypeApproval........................... 431
RemiThomasandDavidBarnes
Chapter18OperationandMaintenance............................. 445
GiselaHertel
Chapter19ProfessionalTechnicalSupportanditsEvolution............... 451
Section1ThePNintheCEPTEnvironment..........................451
BernardMallinder
Section2PT12andPTSMGintheETSIEnvironment...................453
AnsgarBergmann
Section3MCCinthe3GPPandETSIEnvironment.....................457
AdrianScrase
Chapter20WorkingMethodsandtheirEvolution...................... 463
AnsgarBergmann
Chapter21TheContributionsoftheGSMAssociation................... 481
Section1Co-operationoftheOperatorsfromtheAgreementoftheGSMMoUtothe
OpeningofServicein1991/1992..........................481
RenzoFailli
Section2GodSendMobiles,theExperiencesofanOperatorPioneer...........490
GeorgeSchmitt
Section3TheEvolutionfromtheInformalGSMMoUGrouptotheGSMAssociationfrom
1992to1998.......................................495
ArneFoxman
Section4TheEvolutionoftheGSMAssociationfrom1998to2000...........506
PetterBliksrud
Section5TheWorkonServicesAspects............................511
ArminToepfer
Section6TheWorkonDataInterchangeforInternationalRoaming...........516
MichaelGieSler
Section7TheThirdGenerationInterestGroup........................525
NeilLilly
Chapter22GSMandUMTSAcceptanceintheWorld.................... 531
Section1GlobalAcceptanceofGSM..............................531
FriedhelmHillebrand
Section2GlobalAcceptanceofUMTS.............................542
BerndEylert
Chapter23GSMSuccessFactors................................. 547
FriedhelmHillebrand
Annex1PlenaryMeetingsofGSM,SMG,TSGSA,GSMMoU,GSMA..........549
Annex2OrganisationEvolutionoftheTechnicalGroups...................555
Annex3ListsofChairpersons....................................568
Annex4ListofKeyAbbreviations.................................573
Index 577 |