Book excerpt: TETRA is a system for mobile wireless communications and this is ahighly topical and comprehensive introduction to the design andapplications of TETRA systems including practical examples. TETRAis comparable in structure to the world-wide successful GSM system,however, individual features of TETRA are different, often moreefficient and better designed than in GSM. TETRA is thereforeproviding an important source for the further development ofstandards for mobile telecommunications. This volume is timely and one of the first to cover TETRA andrelated subject areas. Features include: * Detailed discussion of public and private mobile communicationsdomain * Architecture, components and services of TETRA and * Design and operational aspects of the system Based on courses for industry, presented by the authors, DigitalMobile Communications and the TETRA System will prove indispensablereading for service providers, design engineers and systemsmanagers in the private mobile communications market. It alsoprovides a thorough grounding in general digital mobilecommunications for communications engineers and undergraduate andpostgraduate students in telecommunications.