Dr. Tuttlebee is the editor of the popular Cordless Communication in Europe, and works at Roke Manor - a division of Siemens. Here, he includes significant new material drawn from contributions by major manufacturers, consultants and research laboratories, such as Ericsson, Olivetti, Philips, Northern telecom, Hutchinson, TRT and PA Consulting.The result is a global overview of the state of the art, with a detailed look at the applications, markets and standards as they have developed and continue to do so. Provides an essential technical summary for all those considering entering this challenging field or those managing existing operations.

I: Markets and Applications.- 1 The Cordless Market.- 2 The Wireless Private Automatic Branch Exchange.- 3 Telepoint in Europe.- 4 Telepoint in Asia.- 5 Cordless in the Local Loop.- 6 Cordless Terminal Mobility.- II: Standardisation and Industry Development.- 7 Cordless Standards in Europe.- 8 UPCS Standards in the USA.- 9 Standards Development in Japan.- 10 Industry Development and Products.- III: Technology.- 11 Audio Techniques.- 12 The Radio Channel.- 13 Cordless Access Networks.- 14 Cordless Data and Multimedia.- 15 Handset Architectures and Implementation.- 16 Future Evolution of Cordless Systems.- IV: Technical Standards.- 17 CT2 Common Air Interface.- 18 The Personal Communications Interface, PCI.- 19 The DECT Specifications.- 20 The DECT Access Profiles.- 21 Personal Wireless Telecommunications, PWT.- 22 The PACS-UB Standard.- 23 The PHS Standard.- 24 The PACS-UA Standard.- 25 The Orthogonal CDMA Wireless Telephone System.- 26 The Composite CDMA/TDMA Standard, CCT.- Glossary of Acronyms.- Contributors' Biographies.