The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications

The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications
Author: Andy Dornan
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2002
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

The bestselling nontechnical, guide to next-generation wireless applications, fully updated for the latest technologies and business realities. The book contains all-new coverage of wireless economics including the most promising opportunities in tough markets.

The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications

The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications
Author: Andy Dornan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2000
Genre: Wireless communication systems
ISBN:

Your complete guide to today's "killer" wireless apps-and tomorrow's! Covers EVERYTHING you can do with wireless technology! The wireless Web: WAP and beyond Mobile e-commerce: security, payment systems, and more PCS and high-bandwidth 3G cellular Bluetooth: breakthrough short-range wireless applications For consumers, investors, executives, marketing/PR professionals, and developers The next-generation wireless and mobile Internet revolution is under way! Now here's a complete guide to next-generation wireless applications and their business impact, written specifically for nontechnical professionals. The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications covers all the latest developments, from the wireless Web to Bluetooth, WAP to 3G, and beyond. Coverage includes: 3G wireless multimedia and personal services: revolutionary convenience, global compatibility M-commerce: Buy anywhere, anything, right now The wireless Web revolution that's about to explode Bluetooth: wireless computing, networking, conferencing, and beyond Phones or computers: Which platform will drive the wireless Web? Internet in the sky: high-bandwidth Web services via satellite Fixed wireless applications-from SOHO to enterprise Mobile operators vs. content providers: Who "owns" the customer? Mobile OS platforms: Palm, Windows CE, Symbian EPOC A peek into the far future: 4G, holophones, and more Whether you're an investor, decision maker, or consumer, Network magazine editor Andy Dornan delivers all the information you need to identify your best wireless opportunities-and take advantage of them!

The Essential Guide to Telecommunications

The Essential Guide to Telecommunications
Author: Annabel Z. Dodd
Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2002
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780130649072

Covering the latest trends and technology changes, this is the fully updated and revised bestselling guide to telecommunications for the nontechnical professional. Includes sections on convergence, globalization, speech recognition, and 3G cellular networks.

Short-Range Wireless Communications

Short-Range Wireless Communications
Author: Rolf Kraemer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2009-02-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780470740132

This unique book reviews the future developments of short-range wireless communication technologies Short-Range Wireless Communications: Emerging Technologies and Applications summarizes the outcomes of WWRF Working Group 5, highlighting the latest research results and emerging trends on short-range communications. It contains contributions from leading research groups in academia and industry on future short-range wireless communication systems, in particular 60 GHz communications, ultra-wide band (UWB) communications, UWB radio over optical fiber, and design rules for future cooperative short-range communications systems. Starting from a brief description of state-of-the-art, the authors highlight the perspectives and limits of the technologies and identify where future research work is going to be focused. Key Features: Provides an in-depth coverage of wireless technologies that are about to start an evolution from international standards to mass products, and that will influence the future of short-range communications Offers a unique and invaluable visionary overview from both industry and academia Identifies open research problems, technological challenges, emerging technologies, and fundamental limits Covers ultra-high speed short-range communication in the 60 GHz band, UWB communication, limits and challenges, cooperative aspects in short-range communication and visible light communications, and UWB radio over optical fiber This book will be of interest to research managers, R&D engineers, lecturers and graduate students within the wireless communication research community. Executive managers and communication engineers will also find this reference useful.

GPRS and 3G Wireless Applications

GPRS and 3G Wireless Applications
Author: Christoffer Andersson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2002-02-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0471189758

To ensure competitive advantage for their companies in wireless product development, developers need to understand how wireless technologies work, what impact they have on applications being developed, and how to use them to optimize products for success in the marketplace. Designed to answer these and other wireless development questions, this unique handbook explores how a host of relevant technologies work together with the new worldwide standards for wireless technologies--General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Third Generation (3G). Leading expert Christoffer Andersson clearly explains how GPRS and 3G control the mobile environment, then goes on to describe how the emerging radio technology of Bluetooth fits in with WAP and Java, how wireless applications work with HTTP and TCP/IP on the Internet, and how to create "always-on" wireless applications.

Handbook of Wireless Local Area Networks

Handbook of Wireless Local Area Networks
Author: Mohammad Ilyas
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 664
Release: 2005-05-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 020349251X

Handbook of Wireless Local Area Networks: Applications, Technology, Security, and Standards captures the current state of wireless LANs, and serves as the single comprehensive reference on the subject. Addressing challenges related to the further development of WLAN technology, the Handbook covers the entire spectrum of topics from basic concepts t

The Essential Guide to Telecommunications

The Essential Guide to Telecommunications
Author: Annabel Z. Dodd
Publisher: Prentice-Hall PTR
Total Pages: 630
Release: 2005
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

Leading consultant Annabel Dodd presents easy-to-understand, insightful explanations of today's key trends and technologies: Industry Players and Trends, Broadband, VoIP, Wi-Fi and WiMax, 3G Mobile Networks, and Multimedia Networks. Previous editions have helped professionals worldwide understand the major changes transforming the telecommunications industry. In the past four years, the telecommunications industry has undergone major changes. This is the complete guide to the new realities of telecommunications. The new edition reflects all of today's most critical issues, trends, and technologies. In addition to providing crucial insights into the fast-changing competitive landscape, Dodd provides important information about the structure of, and key players in, the industry.

The Essential Guide to RF and Wireless

The Essential Guide to RF and Wireless
Author: Carl J. Weisman
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2002-01-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0132441721

The only easy-to-understand guide to the wireless revolution! The easy-to-understand guide to the wireless revolution–fully updated for the latest technologies! New and expanded coverage: broadband fixed wireless, WLANs, wireless Internet, Bluetooth, smart antennas, and more Updated coverage of CDMA, GPS, LMDS, and WLL systems Concepts, terminology, components, and systems–plus new wireless glossary Perfect for marketers, investors, tech writers, PR specialists, and other non-engineers! There's a wireless revolution underway! With The Essential Guide to RF and Wireless, Second Edition, you can understand it, join it, and help drive it–even if you don't have a technical background. Leading consultant Carl J. Weisman has thoroughly updated this bestseller to reflect new market realities and breakthrough technologies–from wireless 802.11 LANs to broadband fixed wireless, and beyond. Mr. Weisman covers wireless at every level you need to understand: concepts, terminology, building blocks, and above all, how complete wireless systems actually work. Drawing on his extensive experience training sales professionals, he explains the essence of every key wireless/RF technology–clearly, comprehensibly, and with just the right touch of humor. Spread spectrum and CDMA: how they work and why they're important New! Detailed section on broadband fixed wireless: the new "last mile" solution for residential subscribers New! Satellite Internet delivery New! Smart antenna and superconducting filter technologies and their implications New! Wireless Internet, m-commerce, and Bluetooth Expanded! Global Positioning Systems: technologies and applications Updated! Preview the future of mobile telephony Updated! Wireless LANs and home networking From its all-new glossary to its extensive collection of charts, diagrams, and photographs, no other wireless/RF book is as accessible or as friendly! Whether you're a sales or marketing pro, customer, investor, tech writer, PR specialist, trade press writer, analyst, planner, or student, here's the up-to-the-minute briefing you've been searching for!

Lee's Essentials of Wirelesss Communications

Lee's Essentials of Wirelesss Communications
Author: William C. Y. Lee
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2000-11-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 007137857X

ON-THE-MONEY GUIDE TO WIRELESS If you have to navigate the dangerous waters of wireless, do it with a tech-savvy, predictive manual at your side. That’s Lee's Essentials of Wireless Communications, written by the top-selling author in telecom, William C.Y. Lee. Smart wireless choices are not always obvious; a good deal of conventional wisdom is wrong. This expert guide helps you understand and compare CDM, SSB, CT-2, GSM, TDMA, IDEN (MIRS), LEO-Globalstar v. Iridium, IMT-2000, PCS, Wireless Local Loop (WLL), Wideband v. Narrowband, Analog Cellular, Digital Cellular, Radio Capacity, AMPS, ESS, Propagation System Strength Prediction, CDPD, UPR, and Two-Way Paging. Here’s everything you need for making wireless decisions that work today (and will still work tomorrow) -- from insider data on coming user demands to the tools for writing glitch-free, foresighted technical specs.