Requirements for personal mobility in FPLMTS/UMTS: a view point from the user's expectations

Abstract

n e goal of this paper is to discuss which mobility services need to be offered to FPLMTS/UMTS users. In facr, personal mobility ne& depend on user types and mobility patterns. To define mobility services for FPLMTS/UMTS users, two approaches are possible: the first one is the personal communicator, a small terminal combining n multitude of applications and services that allows you to make and receive calls everywhere; the second one concerns the Universal Personal Telecommunication service which enables urers , to access telecommunication services on the bmis of a unique personal network tramparent UPT number accross multiple networks at any terminal. 7hese two approaches are discussed here from the user point of view.