Wireless Networks

by Clint Smith, Daniel Collins

Overview

Design Next-Generation Wireless Networks Using the Latest Technologies

Fully updated throughout to address current and emerging technologies, standards, and protocols, Wireless Networks, Third Edition, explains wireless system design, high-speed voice and data transmission, internetworking protocols, and 4G convergence.

New chapters cover LTE, WiMAX, WiFi, and backhaul. You'll learn how to successfully integrate LTE, WiMAX, UMTS, HSPA, CDMA2000/EVDO, and TD-SCDMA into existing cellular/PCS networks. Configure, manage, and optimize high-performance wireless networks with help from this thoroughly revised, practical guide.

Comprehensive coverage includes:

• Overview of 3G wireless systems
• UMTS (WCDMA) and HSPA
• CDMA2000 and EVDO
• TD-SCDMA and TD-CDMA
• LTE
• WiMAX
• VoIP
• WiFi
• Broadband system RF design considerations
• Network design considerations
• Backhaul
• Antenna system selection, including MIMO
• System design for UMTS, CDMA2000 with EVDO, TD-SCDMA, TD-CDMA, LTE, and WiMAX
• Communication sites including in-building and colocation guidelines
• 5G and beyond

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071819886
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	10/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	752
File size:	30 MB
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About the Author

Clint Smith, P.E. (Warwick, NY), is an internationally known technical author whose books and industry trade articles are used extensively in the telecommunications industry.

Daniel Collins played key roles in the development of 2G wireless systems and the introduction of GSM to North America during nearly a decade of work with Ericsson in the United States and the United Kingdom. Now an independent consultant, he specializes in VoIP and 3G wireless network architectures.