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1
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ARTS

A

American Radio Telephone Service

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2
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AMPS

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Advance Mobile Phone System

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3
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USDC

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U.S. Digital Cellular

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TIA

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Telecommunications Industry Assiciation

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5
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PCSS

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Personal Communications Satellite Systems

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6
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Why hexagon shape is chosen as the shape of a cell?

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because it provides the most effective transmission by approximating a circular pattern while eliminating gaps inherently present between adjacent circles

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7
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Large cells or macrocells have radius between __ and base station transmit power of:

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1 mile and 15 miles

1W and 6W

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8
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Smallest cells or microcells have radius between __ and base station transmit power of:

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1500 ft or less

0.1 W and 1W

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9
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Process in w/c the same set of frequencies can be allocated to more than one cell, provided the cells are separated by sufficient distance

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Frequency Reuse

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10
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Cluster size typically equal to

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3,7,12

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11
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allows more calls to be handled by the system, provided the cells do not become too small

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Cell Splitting

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12
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2 major kinds of interference produced within cellular telephone system

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co-channel interference

adjacent channel interference

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13
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interference between 2 cells using the same set of frequencies

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co-channel interference

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14
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occurs when transmissions from adjacent channels interfere with each other

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adjacent-channel interference

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15
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most prevalent when a mobile unit is receiving a weak signal from the base station

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near-far effect

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16
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when the area of a cell, or independent component coverage areas of a cellular system is further divided thus creating more cell areas

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cell splitting

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17
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the point when a call reaches maximum capacity occurs when the number of of subscribers wishing to place a call at any given time equals the number of channels in the cell

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maximum traffic load

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18
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Major drawback of cell splitting:

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it results to more base station transfers (handoffs) per call and higher processing load per subscriber

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19
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process of subdividing highly congested cells into smaller cells; resizing or redistribution of cell areas

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Cell Splitting

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20
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decreasing co-channel interference while increasing capacity by using directional antennas is called

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Sectoring

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21
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placing 2 receive antennas; improves reception by effectively providing a larger target for signals radiated from mobile units

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Space Diversity

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22
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Controls channel assignment, call processing, call setup and call terminations w/c includes signaling switching, supervision and allocating radio-frequency channels

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MTSO / Mobile Telephone Switching Office

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23
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Only facility that connect an MTSO

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Trunk Circuits

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24
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Connection that is momentarily broken during the cell-cell transfer

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Hard Handoff

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25
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A flawless handoff; No perceivable interruption of service

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Soft Handoff

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26
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Stages of handoff (4)

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  • initiation
  • resource reservation
  • execution
  • completion
27
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occurs when a signal level drops below a usable level and there are no usable channels available in the target cell to switch to

28
Q

Roaming from one company’s calling area to another company’s calling area is called __

A

Interoperator Roaming

29
Q

MTS

A

Mobile Telephone Systems

30
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PTT

A

Push-to-talk

31
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IMTS

A

Improved Mobile Telephone Systems

32
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The term ____ suggested any radio transmitter, receiver or transceiver that could be moved while in operation

33
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The term ____ described a relatively small radio unit that was handheld, battery powered and easily carried by a person moving at walking speed.

34
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The modern, all-inclusive definition of a ___ ___ is any wireless telephone capable of operating while moving at any speed, battery powered and small enough to be easily carried by a person.

A

Mobile Telephone

35
Q

Are fixed-position transceivers with relatively high-power transmitters and sensitive receivers.

A

Base Stations

36
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Most two-way mobile radio systems can access the PTN only through a special arrangement called ___, and then they are limited to half-duplex operation where neither party can interrupt the other.

37
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The cells that collectively use the complete set of available channel frequencies make up the ___

38
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is inversely proportional to the number of cells in a cluster

A

Frequency Reuse Ratio

39
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cells without gaps in between

A

tessellate

40
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It occurs if a new call is initiated in an area where all channels are in use

41
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It handles all cell-site control and switching functions

A

Cell-Site Controller

42
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IS-41 relies on a feature called ___

A

Autonomous Registration

43
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The process where a mobile unit notifies a serving MTSO of its presence and location through a base station controller

A

Autonomous Registration

44
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Cellular Telephone Network Component (6)

A
  • Electronic Switching Center
  • Cell-Site Controller
  • Radio Transceivers
  • System Interconnects
  • Mobile and Portable Telephone Units
  • Communication Protocol
45
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Is a digital telephone exchange located in the MTSO that is the heart of a cellular telephone system

A

Electronic Switching Center

46
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Each cell contains a BSC that operates under the direction of a switching center (MTSO)

A

Cell-Site Controller

47
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Are also part of the base station subsystem

A

Radio Transceivers

48
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Four-wire leased lines are generally used to connect switching centers to cell sites and to the PTN

A

System Interconnects

49
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Governs that way telephone calls are established and disconnected

A

Communication Protocol

50
Q

The actual voice channel where mobile users communicate directly with other mobile and wireline subscribers through a base station

A

User Channel

51
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Used for transferring control and diagnostic information between mobile users and a central cellular telephone switch through a base station

A

Control Channel

52
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Base station TRANSMITS on __

A

Forward control channel & Forward voice channel

53
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Base station RECEIVES on __

A

Reverse control channel & Reverse voice channel

54
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Divide a group of channels into smaller groupings or segments of mutually exclusive frequencies

A

Segmentation

55
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Is a means of avoiding co-channel interference, although it lowers the capacity of a cell by enabling reuse inside the reuse distance, which is normally prohibited

A

Segmentation

56
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Is a means of avoiding full-cell splitting where the entire area would otherwise need to be segmented into smaller cells

A

Dualization

57
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Transmission from base stations to mobile units are called

A

Forward Links

58
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Transmission from mobile units to base station are called

A

Reverse Links

59
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Forward links are sometimes called

60
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Reverse links are sometimes called

61
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Mode that allows all calls to pass through the network to the subscriber except for a minimal number of telephone numbers that can be blocked

A

Available Mode

62
Q

Mode that is the PCS equivalent to called ID; the name of the calling party appears on the mobile unit’s display

A

Screen Mode

63
Q

Mode wherein all calls except those specified by the subscriber are automatically forwarded to a forwarding destination without ringing the subscriber’s handset

A

Private Mode

64
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Mode wherein no calls are allowed to pass through the subscriber

A

Unavailable Mode

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