Introduction: Concept, evolution and fundamentals. Analog and digital Cellular systems. Cellular radio system: Frequency reuse, co-channel interference, cell splitting and components. Mobile radio propagation: Propagation characteristics, models for radio propagation, antenna at cell site and mobile antenna. Frequency management and channel assignment: Fundamentals of spectrum utilization, channel assignment, fixed channel assignment, non-fixed channel assignment, traffic and channel assignment. Handoffs and dropped calls: Reasons and types, forced handoffs, mobile assisted handoffs and dropped call rate. Diversity techniques: Concept of diversity branch and signal paths, carrier to noise and carrier to interference ratio performance. Digital cellular systems: Global system for mobile, time division multiple access and code division multiple access.
