ITU-R REPORT M.1155 PDF

INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY

Interim Working Party 8/13 was set up in 1985 by Decision 69 to study Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunication Systems (FPLMTS). It considered interalia that advances and cost reduction in radio and VLSI technologies could make the radio approach a competitive alternative for voice and non-voice telecommunication services, with special emphasis on personal communications, a concept of great interest to developed countries.

Recognizing the disparity that exists in telecommunication infrastructures in the world, this Report points out the potential of cellular technology (and its evolution into FPLMTS technologies) to help developing countries bridge the gap.

Also in 1985, the desire of developing countries in the Americas Region, through the plan-committee for Latin America, to take advantage of cellular technology to satisfy their own needs. including its use in fixed applications, led to Questions 77/8 and 38/9.

Report 1153 and Recommendation 687 include some of the aspects raised by these Questions with the idea that future wireless systems - FPLMTS - can serve the needs of developing as well as developed countries.

The objective of this Report is to emphasize the needs and interests of developing countries by promoting the application of FPLMTS for fixed services. It should furthermore be stressed that the use of FPLMTS for such applications is also attractive to developed countries.

Key objectives for FPLMTS are identified that could benefit developing countries: fixed Service; standardization as a possible means of reducing costs; flexibility to start from a small, simple configuration and grow as needed as well as to accommodate special needs; commonality with remote areas of developed countries; large cells and repeaters.