Wireless technology has become the most exciting area in telecommunications and networking. The rapid growth of mobile telephone use, various satellite services, and now the wireless Internet and wireless LANs are generating tremendous changes in telecomunications and networking. This book explores the key topics in the field in the following general categories:
- Technology and architecture: There is a small collection of ingredients that serves to characterize and differentiate wireless communication and networking, including frequency band, signal encoding technique, error correction technique, and network architecture.
- Network type: This book covers the important types of wireless networks , including satellite, cellular, fixed wireless access, and wireless LANs.
- Design approachers: The book examines alternative design choices and assesses their relative merits.
- Application: A number of key technologies and applications have been developed on top wireless infrastructures, especially mobile IP and wireless Web access.
Throughout, there is an emphasis on both technology and on standards, such as those promulgated by ITU and IEEE 802, as well as standards developed by other organizations. This emphasis reflects the importance of such standrads in definning the available products and future research directions in this field.
Chapter 1 Introduction
- Wireless Comes of Age
- The Cellular Revolution
- The Global Cellular Network
etc.
Chapter 2 Transmission Fundamentals
- Signals for Conveying Information
- Analog and Digital Data Transmission
- Channel Capacity
etc.
Chapter 3 Communication Networks
- LANs, MANs, and WANs
- Switching Techniques
- Circuit Switching
etc.