Abstract

In the 1980s, personal computers and personal entertainment such as UCRS, Camcorders, Walkman, have revolutionized the way people relate to business information and entertainment. With cellular and cordless telephones in the vanguard, the 1990s will initiate an era of personal communications. Early systems owe their character to the means of radio transmission. There is a growing appreciation that the fixed infrastructure will play a critical role determining costs and capabilities. Optical communications systems will be key infrastructure components of wireless personal communication networks of the future.

© 1992 Optical Society of America