Encyclopedia of Wireless Telecommunications / Edition 1

by Francis Botto

Overview

As 3G implementation begins worldwide, wireless telecommunications are undergoing a radical upheaval. Terminology is changing and expanding, and getting more difficult to keep up with. This handy encyclopedia is the perfect way for service providers, software developers, network managers, and others to stay abreast of the fast-moving, far-reaching wireless applications industry.

* Features short clear articles for the generalist with extended technical sidebars for developers
* All technology terms linked to markets and applications
* Covers 2G, 2.5G, and 3G technologies at all tiers--from handsets to carriers

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071390255
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date:	05/13/2002
Series:	McGraw-Hill Telecommunications
Pages:	724
Product dimensions:	7.38(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.58(d)

Table of Contents

PrefaceNUMERALS IG (First-Generation) Networks 2G (Second-Generation) Networks 2.5G Networks 3G (Third Generation) 2-Tier 3-Tier Data Rates and Capacities Display Technology Frequencies Miscvellaneous Significant Years/Dates Symbols and Common Syntax A Access Applications Computers/Software Miscellaneous Acronyms B Base Station Controller Billing Bluetooth Broker BSS Protocols Computers/Software Miscellaneous Acronyms C cdmaOne Cdma2000 Charge Mechanisms Classification of GPRS Handsets Computers/Software Miscellaneous Acronyms D D-AMPS Data DCT Digital Multimedia Discovery (Jini) Computers/Software Miscellaneous Acronyms E E-business EDGE (Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Revolution) EGPRS (Enhanced General Packet Radio Service) EVRC (Enhanced Variable-Rate Codec) Computers/Software Miscellaneous Acronyms F FDD (Frequency Division Duplexing) Fiber Channel Firewall FMA (FRAMES Multiple Access) Fraud Frequency Frequency Hopping Computer/Software Miscellaneous Acronymns G GPRS (and more...)

Editorial Reviews

This volume is a sort of companion to "McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Networking and Telecommunications" (McGraw-Hill, 2001). Botto's "Encyclopedia" will be used by some students as a textbook for wireless networking. The work covers technologies such as 1G, 2G, 2.5G, and 3G wireless architectures with regard to devices, globalization, service, standards, and protocols...

The work is illustrated with black-and-white line drawings and diagrams. The articles are for the most part well written...the author tries to appeal to a wide range of readers...

Reference collections wanting a traditional paper encyclopedia covering wireless technologies will find Botto's volume hard to beat.

By P.P. Philbin, University of Vermont

...timely. The entries are clear and concise...The range of topics is exhaustive...Professionals and students should benefit from this hefty and thorough sourcebook. Recommended...

From the Publisher

This volume is a sort of companion to McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Networking and Telecommunications (McGraw-Hill, 2001). Botto's Encyclopedia will be used by some students as a textbook for wireless networking. The work covers technologies such as 1G, 2G, 2.5G, and 3G wireless architectures with regard to devices, globalization, service, standards, and protocols...

The work is illustrated with black-and-white line drawings and diagrams. The articles are for the most part well written...the author tries to appeal to a wide range of readers...

Reference collections wanting a traditional paper encyclopedia covering wireless technologies will find Botto's volume hard to beat.

This volume is a sort of companion to McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Networking and Telecommunications (McGraw-Hill, 2001). Botto's Encyclopedia will be used by some students as a textbook for wireless networking. The work covers technologies such as 1G, 2G, 2.5G, and 3G wireless architectures with regard to devices, globalization, service, standards, and protocols...

The work is illustrated with black-and-white line drawings and diagrams. The articles are for the most part well written...the author tries to appeal to a wide range of readers...

Reference collections wanting a traditional paper encyclopedia covering wireless technologies will find Botto's volume hard to beat.

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