Radio transmission interface of the digital panEuropean mobile system

The author describes the radio interface format of the cellular pan-European public mobile communications system in the 900-MHz band. This format was selected after comparing experimental hardware based on different radio access techniques as well as different modulation and coding schemes. A description of the radio interface specification is also presented, together with the expected performance in terms of frequency reuse. Hardware results from measurements of a validation system built in France according to this specification are also presented.<>