3G Tutorial

Original 3G Tutorial – January 2003

By Brough Turner and Marc Orange, NMS Communications

You may download our complete 120+ slide tutorial on 3rd Generation Mobile Wireless Systems, in PDF (2 MB) or PowerPoint *(6 MB) formats. This comprehensive slide set on 3G communications will benefit both the technical and general telecom audience. The tutorial reviews the history and evolution of mobile radio, evolving network architectures, services, applications, and business models. Alternative 3G paths and potential for convergence in the evolving network are reviewed in detail.

*NOTE: The PowerPoint version is roughly three times as large as the PDF version, and requires Microsoft PowerPoint to display. The advantage of the PowerPoint version, however, is that many of the graphical slides "build" on consecutive keystrokes, illustrating message flows or the evolution of network architectures.

Here is an outline of the slide set:

A brief history of cellular mobile telephony
The 3G vision and variants that are included within "3G"
2G and 3G radio technologies and how today's systems evolve to 3G
Core network architectures and their evolution to 3G
The potential for global roaming
New applications and application frameworks
Business models: what's really happening and how is the 3G vision likely to unfold?
Evolving services in 2.5G and 3G: SMS, EMS, MMS Messaging; location and presence; video and IP multimedia


Source:www.nmscommunications.com/DevPlatforms/OpenAccess/Technologies/3G324MandIPVideo/3GTutorial.htm