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Key Factors in Technology
n Regulation
n Determines who gets what and how
n In US “competition” was king
n Regional Bell’s and one other (1/2 each)
n In Europe “interoperability” was king
n Government owned “Bells”, so no competition, so let’s
interoperate
n Need to exchange billing and accounting information
n Security was designed to protect against fraud
n As opposed to protecting your data
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Cellular Basics
n Two Connections Types
n Circuit Switched
n Packet Switched
n More efficient (~10x) than circuit switched
n Transmission techniques
n Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
n Frequency range is divided into channels
n Dedicated channel/frequency per call
n Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
n Each call gets a “timeslot” of time on a certain frequency
n Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
n Uses spread spectrum techniques (i.e., is spread over the
available frequencies)
n Each call has a unique code
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