The Wireless Data Handbook / Edition 4

by James F. DeRose

Overview

This new edition of a highly successful book is completely updated and revised to reflect the latest developments involving the transmission of digital information over wireless networks. Written by an industry expert with over 32 years in the field, the Wireless Data Handbook offers a broad, unbiased treatment-unencumbered by various corporate interests-covering both the technical and business aspects of wireless technologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471316510
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/06/1999
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.36(w) x 9.69(h) x 1.01(d)

About the Author

James F. DeRose, a Sloan Fellow, Stanford Business School graduate, and thirty-two-year IBM veteran, is the author of the Wireless Data Handbook, Fourth Edition (Wiley).

Table of Contents

GETTING STARTED.

A Short History of Data Radio.

Data Network Types.

Key Public Network Characteristics.

Public Terrestrial Packet Switched Networks.

Public Terrestrial Circuit Switched Networks.

Public Satellite Networks.

Hybrid Networks.

BUSINESS 101: PRICE AND QUANTITY FIXATIONS.

Fitting Applications to Public Offerings.

Subscriber Growth: History and Barriers.

Market Opportunity.

Airtime Price Projections.

BUSINESS 102: OTHER THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TOO.

Coverage Versus Capacity.

SOME PRIMITIVE TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS.

Understanding Airtime Protocols.

Estimating Airlink Capacity: Packet Systems.

Enabling "Soft" Technologies.

PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

Device Alternatives.

Connectivity.

Systems and Subsystems.

User Applications.

Network Mythologies.

Appendices.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

Examines realistic wireless applications and the networks that can serve them in the short term. Considerable emphasis is placed on deflating unrealistic vendor claims. Focuses on wide area, mostly mobile, applications, with emphasis on public wide area networks. Material is application and business oriented, with sections on technical fundamentals, price and quantity fixations, technical considerations, connectivity, systems and subsystems, and user applications. Mathematics require no more that high school algebra. DeRose is a data radio consultant. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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