Wireless Personal Communications Systems (The Addison-Wesley Wireless Communications Series) - Hardcover

Goodman, David J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201634708 ISBN 13: 9780201634709

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1997

Synopsis

The goal of wireless communications is to provide two-way voice and data communications, including Internet access, from anywhere to anyone. The underlying communication technologies are starting to appear and CDMA, GSM, DECT, and CDPD are the new industry standards claiming to have the answer for these services. This new book discusses all areas of this and future technology from a systems perspective.

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About the Author

David J. Goodman is an active contributor to research on advanced communications systems. He is the Director of the Wireless Information Networks LABoratory (WINLAB), the largest academic wireless communications research laboratory in the United States. WINLAB is located at Rutgers University, where Dr. Goodman is also a member of the faculty. Previously, Dr. Goodman worked at Bell Laboratories for twenty-one years, where he did pioneering research in wireless communications.

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From the Back Cover

This book presents the technology and underlying principles of wireless communications systems. Written by a leading authority, it provides the perfect introduction for the professional or the student who has a basic understanding of telecommunications.

Wireless Personal Communications Systems begins with an intriguing look at the anatomy of a single cellular phone call, providing a useful context for the information that follows. It then describes the following nine important wireless personal communications systems:

• Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS)
• North American Intersystem Operations, IS-41
• North American cellular system based on Time Division Multiple Access (NA-TDMA)
• The cellular system based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
• Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
• Second Generation Cordless Telecommunications (CT-2)
• Digital European Cordless Telecommunications (DECT)
• Personal Handyphone System (PHS)
• Personal Access Communications System (PACS)
  

Each system is described using a unified framework so the reader can easily compare and contrast the systems. More specifically, key features such as architecture, radio transmission, logical channels, messages, mobility management, security, power control, and handoff are addressed for each system. In addition, an analysis of such design goals as low price, wide geographical coverage, transmission quality, privacy, and spectrum efficiency helps the reader understand why the various systems have such divergent designs. Each chapter concludes with a set of exercises, and the last chapter is dedicated to twelve tutorials that provide concise explanations of technical subjects essential to wireless communications.


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Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201634708
• ISBN 13: 9780201634709
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448