Wireless Networking
Published on 8. May 2003
Book
Hardback
629 pages
978-0-13-088366-7 (ISBN)
Description
For Computer Technology, EET, MIS and others courses addressing wireless networking.
Integrating many different wireless technologies into a single resource, this comprehensive text provides an overview of the entire area of wireless networking-from fundamentals and traditional wireless technologies to cellular technologies and emerging standards and specifications. The text focuses on actual systems and techniques to explore the technology beyond wireless communication and into wireless networking. A strong emphasis on protocol analysis ties the many different technologies together.
Integrating many different wireless technologies into a single resource, this comprehensive text provides an overview of the entire area of wireless networking-from fundamentals and traditional wireless technologies to cellular technologies and emerging standards and specifications. The text focuses on actual systems and techniques to explore the technology beyond wireless communication and into wireless networking. A strong emphasis on protocol analysis ties the many different technologies together.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
1118 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-088366-7 (9780130883667)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
I. FUNDAMENTALS OF WIRELESS NETWORKING.
1. Technology Fundamentals.
2. Multiple-Access Methods.
3. Protocol Architectures.
4. Wireless Layer Protocols.
II. THE WIRELESS PHYSICAL LAYER.
5. Digital Modulation.
6. Pulse Modulation.
7. Error-Correcting Codes.
8. Antennas.
9. Terrestrial Broadband Wireless.
10. Satellite Communications Technology.
III. CELLULAR SYSTEMS AND PROTOCOL PERSPECTIVES.
11. Cellular Basics.
12. Frequency and Time/Division Multiple-Access Cellular Systems.
13. Code Division Multiple-Access Based Cellular.
14. Cellular Data Services.
15. IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN.
16. Layers 3 & 4 in a Wireless Environment.
IV. EMERGING SYSTEMS.
17. Emerging Standards: WAP.
18. Emerging Standards: 3G Cellular Systems.
19. Emerging Specifications: Bluetooth.
Appendix: Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Unit Summary.
Index.
1. Technology Fundamentals.
2. Multiple-Access Methods.
3. Protocol Architectures.
4. Wireless Layer Protocols.
II. THE WIRELESS PHYSICAL LAYER.
5. Digital Modulation.
6. Pulse Modulation.
7. Error-Correcting Codes.
8. Antennas.
9. Terrestrial Broadband Wireless.
10. Satellite Communications Technology.
III. CELLULAR SYSTEMS AND PROTOCOL PERSPECTIVES.
11. Cellular Basics.
12. Frequency and Time/Division Multiple-Access Cellular Systems.
13. Code Division Multiple-Access Based Cellular.
14. Cellular Data Services.
15. IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN.
16. Layers 3 & 4 in a Wireless Environment.
IV. EMERGING SYSTEMS.
17. Emerging Standards: WAP.
18. Emerging Standards: 3G Cellular Systems.
19. Emerging Specifications: Bluetooth.
Appendix: Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Unit Summary.
Index.