Cellular and Mobile Communication Systems: From AMPS to 6G, O-RAN and Satellites

Deep End Era. Engineering with Sankalp · Oct 29, 2026 · 1h 14m

A forty-tonne straddle carrier waits for a radio link as reliable as a cable. Owen Maguire's private 5G at the Abu Dhabi port is the through-line for a tour of every mobile generation, open RAN, satellite-to-phone service and the security that keeps a fake base station at the fence from mattering.

Chapters

00:00:00 Opening: The First Call and the Straddle Carrier

00:03:05 Cells, Handover and the Analogue Beginning

00:10:31 GSM: The Digital Second Generation

00:17:54 From GPRS to LTE: Packet Data Takes Over

00:23:44 5G New Radio: Rel-15, NSA and SA, Slicing and Beams

00:31:37 5G-Advanced…