CDMA internetworking: deploying the open A-interface

The new CDMA A-interface is a breakthrough: it will increase competition and dramatically reduce risk by enabling the construction of scalable, expandable wireless networks that use equipment from multiple vendors. This authoritative guide explains the A-Interface in depth, bringing clarity to the cumbersome standards documents, and showing both technical professionals and managers how compliant systems can be built and deployed. By interpreting the standards documents from a real-world perspective, it enables wireless professionals to spend less time resolving ambiguities, and more time building reliable, interoperable systems -- so those systems can be brought to market and deployed far more quickly. KEY TOPICS: Coverage includes several key functional areas, including basic Call Processing, Mobility Management, Supplementary Services, Short Message Services (SMS), Wireless Data Services, Over-the-Air Provisioning (OTASP), Authentication, Radio Resource Management, and Terrestrial Circuit Management. The book also provides detailed related information the standards documents avoid, including coverage of interoperability with SS7 signaling networks, IS-95 CDMA air interfaces, and IS-41 systems. The book contains many practical examples and illustrations, drawn from the authors real-world expertise in building CDMA products based on the A-interface and CDG-IOS standards. MARKET: For wireless professionals working with, or migrating to CDMA technologies.