This book is a collection of invited papers that were presented at the ninth ieee international symposium on personal, indoor and mobile radio communications, september 5-8, 1998, boston, ma. these papers are meant to provide a global view of the emerging third-generation wireless networks in the wake of the third millennium. following the tradition of the pimrc conferences, the papers are selected to strike a balance between the diverse interests of academia and industry by addressing issues of interest to the designers, manufacturers, and service providers involved in the wireless networking industry. the tradition of publishing a collection of the invited papers presented at the pimrc started in pimrc’97, helsinki, finland. there are two benefits to this tradition (1) it provides a shorter version of the proceedings of the conference that is more focused on a specific theme (2) the papers are comprehensive and are subject of a more careful review process to improve the contents as well as the presentation of the material, making it more appealing for archival as a reference book. the production costs of the book is subsidized by the conference and the editors have donated the royalty income of the book to the conference.