Mobile Access Network Technologies
Mobile Access Network Technologies

In this part, there is introduced basic technology specification of the mobile wireless access networks, which provide access to a communication network by radio channel.

In term of used technology and radio channel, mobile access networks can be divided into two main units:

Mobile communication networks were taken as a part of wired telecommunication networks since the beginning of the mobile communication networks development. For this reason communication protocols and interfaces were solved to satisfy requirements of networks interconnection. Characteristic element of the public and private radio communication networks is mobile switching center, which is the gateway to the wired telecommunication network [24], [25].