This book explains the different types of private land mobile radio systems, their basic operations, and the services they can provide.
If you are involved or getting involved in land mobile radio technologies and services, this book is for you. This book covers the basics of private land mobile radio systems including traditional dispatch, analog trunked radio, logic trucked radio (LTR), and advanced digital land mobile radio systems.
Described are the basics of LMR technologies including simplex, half-duplex, and full duplex operation. The different types of squelch systems are covered including carrier controlled squelch, tone controlled squelch, and digital squelch. The basics of analog and digital trunked radio systems is provided along with how and why analog trunked radio systems are converting to digital trunked radio systems.
the leading LMR industry standards including APCO, EDACS, MPT1327, iDEN, and Tetra are described along with simple diagrams to explain their operation. You will learn the key types of services that LMR systems can offer and the key applications that are driving the growth of the LMR industry. Included how LMR systems are still changing to offer new services.
The Book Provides:
- The different types of land mobile radio systems
- What are their functional parts and how do they operate
- The market numbers and trends for the LMR industry
- Descriptions of the leading industry standards such as APCO, MPT1327, iDEN, and TETRA
- The key types of services that LMR systems can offer
- What are the key applications driving the LMR market growth
- How LMR systems are changing to offer new services
About the Author
Lawrence Harte is the president of Althos, an expert information provider covering the communications industry. He has over 29 years of technology analysis, development, implementation and business management experience. Mr. Harte has worked for leading companies including Ericcson/General Electric, Audiovox/Toshiba and Westinghouse and consulted for hundreds of other companies. Mr. Harte continually researches, analyzes, and tests new communication technologies, applications, and services. He has authored over 30 books on telecommunications technologies on topics including Wireless Mobile, Data Communications, VoIP, Broadband, Prepaid Services, and Communications Billing. Mr. Harte holds many degrees and certificates including an Executive MBA from Wake Forest University (1995) and a BSET from the University of the State of New York, (1990).