Cellular Networks

Radio access networks that divide service areas into cells and hand off mobile users between base stations.

Core metadata

ID: cellular_networks
Era: Modern
First known date: 1979 (decade)
Region: Japan, Nordic countries, and United States
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: established

Prerequisites

Dependents

Fields

Telecommunications & Networking

Field lanes

Telecommunications & Networking: Access Networks

Node sources

Mobile Computing (Computer History Museum, 2026, museum) • Supports: node, maturity

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 3
Average edge confidence: 73%
Prerequisite sources: 3
expert_inference: 3

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Radio (radio)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Radio provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Mobile Computing (Computer History Museum, 2026, museum) • Supports: node, maturity, edge
Telephone Exchange (telephone_exchange)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Telephone Exchange provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Mobile Computing (Computer History Museum, 2026, museum) • Supports: node, maturity, edge
Integrated Circuits (Microchips) (integrated_circuits)	required	82%	expert_inference	Integrated Circuits (Microchips) is modeled as a necessary component or method for this technology in the current graph.	Mobile Computing (Computer History Museum, 2026, museum) • Supports: node, maturity, edge

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