Specifications

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Document Overview
Scope of Manual This document is intended to summarize and explain the major principle and
functions of the iDEN
®
system. Technical information is presented at a introductory
level.
The iDEN system is designed for specific customer needs. Because of its complexity
and size it is not easy define, consequently this document is organized to describe:
• How the iDEN system addresses communication needs
• The hardware and software elements that are the iDEN system
• The technical developments of the latest version of the iDEN system
• How the iDEN system and the various elements work together
• A description of the functional aspcets of the communication methods
• An overview of how iDEN functions to meet communication needs
• What features are associated with these methods of operation.
The scope of this document encompasses the definition of the Motorola iDEN radio
communications system and identifies the items required to support inter-working
between iDEN systems and land based telecommunications networks such as the
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). This description is also intended to
provide a general iDEN overview, to assist customers with the development of sales
and marketing literature (with written approval from Motorola), and to provide a
reference document to Motorola sales and area systems engineering personnel.
Because of the dispatch capability implicit in iDEN, the subscriber is not always the
intended user of the equipment and or features. For example: If a trucking firm
purchases iDEN for its fleet of trucks, the firm is the subscriber purchasing the
equipment while the drivers and dispatch personnel are users of the system. This
document makes the explicit distinction between user and subscriber but the reader
is cautioned that there can be instances where the subscriber and user are one and the
same.
The distinction also appliies to mobile equipment. Regardless of the equipment
(mobiles, PDA, pagers, or portable radios) or who specifically is using them, the
units are generally termed Mobile Stations (MSs).
This manual depicts new system operation and does not imply that all MSs (Legacy
Units) are capable of supporting all features listed in this document.
This manual attempts to include features released or baselined up to and including
System Release 9.1 and GSM10. Some features are considered optional and may
require additional cost. This manual is subject to change without notice.