A History of Technological Development of the Mobile Networks – from Analogue Voice Transmission to 5G Networks

Abstract

It is apparent that information gathering organisations face ever new challenges due to the explosive evolution of the technological environment in which they operate.
The analysis of this evolution reveals certain trends, tendencies that can describe the individual evolutional stages, and from a prognostic aspect, future challenges and estimated characteristics can be identified based on the predictive function of information gathering organisations. Most of the verified information is currently connected to a technical device, an infocommunication system, based on which it is essential to continuously improve the technical intelligence of information gathering organisations. The optimisation of these capabilities is adapted to the communication habits of the given society as well as to the data transmission technologies. This publication seeks to provide a basis for identifying the predictable challenges of legal communication control within the technical skills department. The aim of the article is to analyse the development stages of mobile terrestrial communication networks from the development of analogue voice transmission to the expected characteristics of 5G networks – based on the examination of the normative environment and technical forecasts. Thus, as a result of the analysis and the evaluation of the criteria of the developmental stages, trends and tendencies that have relevance from the aspect of information gathering can be identified later.