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Complex Orthogonal Space-Time Processing in Wireless Communications

• ISBN:
• 0387292918
• Authors:
• Le Chung Tran, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, Alfred Mertins, Jennifer Seberry

Complex Orthogonal Space-Time Processing in Wireless Communications incorporates orthogonal space-time processing using STBCs in MIMO wireless communication systems. Complex Orthogonal STBCs (CO STBCs) are given emphasis because they can be used for PSK/QAM modulation schemes and are more practical than real STBCs. The overall coverage provides general knowledge about space-time processing and its applications for broad audiences. It also...

Wireless Mesh Networks (Advanced Texts in Communications and Networking)

• ISBN:
• 0470032561
• Authors:
• Ian Akyildiz, Xudong Wang

Going beyond classic networking principles and architectures for better wireless performance Written by authors with vast experience in academia and industry, Wireless Mesh Networks provides its readers with a thorough overview and in-depth understanding of the state-of-the-art in wireless mesh networking. It offers guidance on how to develop new ideas to advance this technology, and how to support emerging applications and services. The...

Wireless Network Security (Signals and Communication Technology)

• ISBN:
• 0387280405

Wireless networks technologies have been dramatically improved by the popularity of third generation (3G) wireless networks, wireless LANs, Bluetooth, and sensor networks. However, security is a major concern for wide deployments of such wireless networks. The contributions to this volume identify various vulnerabilities in the physical layer, the MAC layer, the IP layer, the transport layer, and the application layer, and discuss ways to...

The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Merging the Internet and the Cellular Worlds

• ISBN:
• 0470516623
• Authors:
• Gonzalo Camarillo, Miguel-Angel García-Martín

Third edition of this best-selling guide to IMS: fully revised, and updated with brand new material The IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is the technology that merges the Internet with the cellular world. It makes Internet technologies such as the web, email, instant messaging, presence, and videoconferencing available nearly everywhere at any time. The third edition of this bestselling book is fully updated and provides comprehensively expanded...

Advanced Wireless Networks: Cognitive, Cooperative & Opportunistic 4G Technology

• ISBN:
• 047074250X
• Authors:
• Savo Glisic, Beatriz Lorenzo

With 40% new material the new edition of Advanced Wireless Networks provides a comprehensive representation of the key issues in 4G wireless networks. Focussing on cognitive, cooperative and opportunistic paradigms to provide further increase in network efficiency, the book explores and addresses issues in wireless internet, mobile cellular and WLAN, as well as sensor, ad hoc, bio-inspired, active and cognitive networks. It examines the problem...

Managing Service Level Quality: Across Wireless and Fixed Networks

• ISBN:
• 0470848480
• Authors:
• Peter Massam

QoS (Quality of Service) and Network Management are old topics. However, the fusion of IP style multimedia and wireless networks (3G) means that network managers who might previously have dealt with one or the other, must now manage and provide service guarantees for the both. This is where Managing Service Level Quality across Wireless and Fixed Networks steps in... It begins by examining the mechanisms that already existed in fixed IP data...

Next Generation Wireless Applications

• ISBN:
• 0470869860
• Authors:
• Paul Golding

In this rapidly developing field, this book explains why the various technologies are needed and will guide the reader to a deeper understanding of their significance and benefits within the industry.  Focussing on the wireless context will give the reader a better understanding of how to use the technologies specifically in the development of wireless applications.  Uniquely,  Next Generation Wireless Applications  shows how the many and...

Wireless LAN Radios: System Definition to Transistor Design (IEEE Series on Digital & Mobile Communication)

• ISBN:
• 0471709646
• Authors:
• Arya Behzad

Wireless LAN Radios presents a sophisticated overview of the subject, covering theory while also emphasizing the practical aspects of this promising technology. Coverage includes 802.11 flavors and system requirements; receiver and transmitter radio architectures; analog impairments and issues; key radio building blocks; calibration techniques; case studies; and a brief discussion of 802.11n. It offers a meaningful presentation of real-world...

Wireless Information Networks (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing)

• ISBN:
• 0471725420
• Authors:
• Kaveh Pahlavan, Allen H. Levesque

Towards location aware mobile ad hoc sensors A Systems Engineering Approach to Wireless Information Networks The Second Edition of this internationally respected textbook brings readers fully up to date with the myriad of developments in wireless communications. When first published in 1995, wireless communications was synonymous with cellular telephones. Now wireless information networks are the most important technology in all branches of...

Nokia Smartphone Hacks: Tips & Tools for Your Smallest Computer

• ISBN:
• 0596009615
• Authors:
• Michael Yuan

Nokia's smartphones pack a powerful computer into a very small space. Unlike your desktop or laptop, your smallest computer can be connected to the Internet all the time, and can interact with the world around it through its camera, voice recognition, and its traditional phone keypad. Nokia smartphones combine these features with impressive storage options and a host of networking protocols that make this smallest computer the only thing a road...

Implementing 802.11, 802.16, and 802.20 Wireless Networks: Planning, Troubleshooting, and Operations (Communications Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0750678089
• Authors:
• Ron Olexa

This is not another book about installing a home or "hobby" Wi-Fi system. Instead, this book shows you how to plan, design, install, and operate WLAN systems in businesses, institutions, and public settings such as libraries and hotels. In other words, this book is packed with serious information for serious professionals responsible for implementing robust, high performance WLANs covering areas as small as a coffee shop or as large as entire...

Wireless Network Hacks & Mods For Dummies

• ISBN:
• 0764595830
• Authors:
• Danny Briere, Pat Hurley

Fun projects and valuable content join forces to enable readers to turn their wireless home network into a high-performance wireless infrastructure capable of entertainment networking and even home automation Step-by-step instructions help readers find, buy, and install the latest and greatest wireless equipment The authors are home tech gurus and offer detailed discussion on the next-generation wireless gear that will move the wireless LAN...

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless Networking

• ISBN:
• 0789731150
• Authors:
• Harold Davis

WiFi is one of the fastest growing technologies of all time and everyone is interested in learning how to use it. This book makes all the information about WiFi, including the standards and protocols, and how they relate easy to understand. This book covers everything about WiFi, from what to look for how to set up a users computer with WiFi to finding hotspots and access points. Users will be able to configure a home network and share internet...

Propagation Handbook for Wireless Communication System Design

• ISBN:
• 0849308208
• Authors:
• Robert K. Crane

Data and models for better systems designAtmospheric gases, building materials, the weather … The propagation of wireless communications signals depends upon a whole range of factors, any or all of which can have a significant impact on the quality of a signal. Data generated by careful measurement of signals propagating under various environmental conditions are therefore fundamental to designing and building efficient, robust, and economical...

Microwave and RF Product Applications (Principles and Applications in Engineering, 17)

• ISBN:
• 0849317320

The field of microwave engineering has undergone a radical transformation in recent years, as commercial wireless endeavors overtook defense and government work. The modern microwave and RF engineer must be knowledgeable about customer expectations, market trends, manufacturing technologies, and factory models to a degree that is unprecedented. Unfortunately, most of the available literature does not reflect this fact, but remains focused on...

Wireless Sensor Networks: Architectures and Protocols

• ISBN:
• 0849318238
• Authors:
• Edgar H. Callaway Jr.

Because they provide practical machine-to-machine communication at a very low cost, the popularity of wireless sensor networks is expected to skyrocket in the next few years, duplicating the recent explosion of wireless LANs. Wireless Sensor Networks: Architectures and Protocols describes how to build these networks, from the layers of the communication protocol through the design of network nodes. This overview summarizes the multiple...

CDMA RF System Engineering (Artech House Mobile Communications Library)

• ISBN:
• 0890069913
• Authors:
• Samuel c. Yang

Understand the essentials of CDMA wireless technology and develop the knowledge you need to design and operate either co-located AMPS and CDMA or dedicated CDMA systems with this unique reference. Drawing upon his recent experience in building the first major CDMA network in North America, the author helps you acquire the knowledge you need to engineer and implement an IS-95 based CDMA system. Examining both the theoretical and practical side of...

WiMAX Network Planning and Optimization (Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications)

• ISBN:
• 1420066625
• Authors:
• Yan Zhang

This book offers a comprehensive explanation on how to dimension, plan, and optimize WiMAX networks. The first part of the text introduces WiMAX networks architecture, physical layer, standard, protocols, security mechanisms, and highly related radio access technologies. It covers system framework, topology, capacity, mobility management, handoff management, congestion control, medium access control (MAC), scheduling, Quality of Service (QoS),...

Wireless Networks First-Step

• ISBN:
• 1587201119
• Authors:
• Jim Geier

Your First-Step into the World of Wireless Networks No experience required! Gain an understanding of wireless networking basics with this reader friendly guide The first book anyone should read about wireless networks with step-by-step instruction Learn from an author experienced in and known for writing to a generalist wireless audience with a clear, simple-to-understand style As a basic introduction to wireless networking, Wireless Networks...

Summer World: A Season of Bounty

• ISBN:
• 0060742178
• Authors:
• Bernd Heinrich

The highly anticipated, intimate, accessible, and eloquent illumination of animal survival in summer, from award-winning nature writer Bernd Heinrich, the bestselling author of Winter World.

Wireless Data for the Enterprise

• ISBN:
• 0071386378
• Authors:
• George S Faigen, Boris Fridman, Arielle Emmett

Everything you should know about "going wireless" A valuable reality check for the many claims about wireless, Wireless Data For The Enterprise sorts out myth from fact, truth from exaggeration. This guide by George Faigen, Boris Fridman, and Arielle Emmett shows you how your enterprise can extend its knowledge base to encompass mobile workers, customers and suppliers--and make money doing it. .This superb overview of what is currently possible...

Cognitive Radio Technology, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0123745357
• Authors:
• Bruce A. Fette

This book gives a thorough knowledge of cognitive radio concepts, principles, standards, spectrum policy issues and product implementation details. In addition to 16 chapters covering all the basics of cognitive radio, this new edition has eight brand-new chapters covering cognitive radio in multiple antenna systems, policy language and policy engine, spectrum sensing, rendezvous techniques, spectrum consumption models, protocols for adaptation,...

VLSI for Wireless Communication

• ISBN:
• 0138619980
• Authors:
• Bosco H. Leung

A textbook for first-year graduate class in electrical engineering, through a selection of material could be used for a senior undergraduate class. The goal is to bridge the gap between the circuit and system vision in wireless design.

Introduction to CDMA Wireless Communications

• ISBN:
• 0750652527
• Authors:
• Mosa Ali Abu-Rgheff

The book gives an in-depth study of the principles of the spread spectrum techniques and their applications in mobile communications. It starts with solid foundations in the digital communications that are essential to unequivocal understanding of the CDMA technology, and guides the reader through the fundamentals and characteristics of cellular CDMA communications. Features include: * A very clear and thorough description of the principles and...

Wireless Communication Using Dual Antenna Arrays (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)

• ISBN:
• 0792386809
• Authors:
• Da-shan Shiu

Wireless Communication Using Dual Antenna Arrays is based on award-winning research conducted at the University of California, Berkeley. The information in this book will be vital to practicing engineers, industrial researchers, scientists, graduate and postgraduate researchers, and others working in the wireless communications field-in short, all of those who want to learn about the exciting new paradigm of dual-antenna arrays. Wireless...

Introduction to Bluetooth Technology: Market, Operation, Profiles, and Services

• ISBN:
• 0974694355
• Authors:
• Lawrence Harte

This book explains what is Bluetooth technology and why it is important for so many types of consumer electronics devices. Since it was first officially standardized in 1999, the Bluetooth market has grown to more than 35 million devices per year. You will find out how Bluetooth devices can automatically locate nearby Bluetooth devices, authenticates them, discover their capabilities, and the process used to setup connections with them. You will...

Summer World: A Season of Bounty

• ISBN:
• 1400111757
• Authors:
• Bernd Heinrich

The highly anticipated, intimate, accessible, and eloquent illumination of animal survival in summer, from award-winning nature writer Bernd Heinrich, the bestselling author of Winter World.

UMTS and Mobile Computing

• ISBN:
• 1580532640
• Authors:
• Alexander Joseph Huber, Josef Franz Huber

This unique book bridges the gap between ubiquitous computing (UBICOMP) and third generation mobile communication. A first-of-its-kind, this resource helps you decide which are the most promising technologies to use for specific mobile communication applications. Scenarios indicate how new applications will be developed and how to implement them. It points out each technology’s distinguishing characteristics, advantages and disadvantages, to...

Mobile Commerce Application Development

• ISBN:
• 1591408067
• Authors:
• Lei-da Chen

As wireless and mobile technologies become more and more prevalent in businesses and our daily lives, organizations are starting to heavily invest in developing infrastructure and applications for mobile commerce. Wireless technologies allow users to overcome spatial and temporal constraints when communicating, computing, and conducting business transactions. Mobile Commerce Application Development provides in-depth coverage of the various tools...

Java ME Game Programming

• ISBN:
• 1598633899
• Authors:
• Martin J. Wells, John P Flynt

Get ready to create your own J2ME game! This updated edition to the popular J2ME Game Programming provides updated sofware coverage as well as updates to the programming approaches specific to Java ME software. It also covers the recent innovations in mobile games with relations to iPods and cell phones. You will learn the essentials of J2ME game development from the ground up. Throughout the book you will discover the issues involved in...

Enterprise J2ME: Developing Mobile Java Applications

• ISBN:
• 0131405306
• Authors:
• Michael Juntao Yuan

This book helps experienced Java developers to build high-value mobile applications that take advantage of enterprise IT infrastructures. It also helps developers to add mobility features to existing enterprise solutions. It does not repeat the same basic J2ME/MIDP API tutorial covered by many other books. After a comprehensive analysis of the landscape and trends of the J2ME platform, the book uses the source code of several award-winning, real...

Broadband Wireless Communications Business: An Introduction to the Costs and Benefits of New Technologies

• ISBN:
• 0470013117
• Authors:
• Riaz Esmailzadeh

With the emergence of broadband wireless communication systems, new business opportunities have appeared for operators, content provides, and manufacturers. Broadband wireless communications technologies promise the freedom of constant access to the Internet at high speeds, without the limitation of connection cables. Broadband Wireless Communications Business provides comprehensive coverage of the present status and future evolution of these...

WiMAX Evolution: Emerging Technologies and Applications

• ISBN:
• 047069680X

This book presents the evolutionary and visionary developments of WiMAX! WiMAX Evolution: Emerging Technologies and Applications focuses on the future developments of WiMAX technology. The book discusses the evolutionary aspects of WiMAX, from the physical to the application layer, including visions from industry, standardization and research communities. Several chapters of the book will present very new and unique information as editors and...

Mobile and Wireless Design Essentials

• ISBN:
• 0471214191
• Authors:
• Martyn Mallick

* Describes mobile and wireless design techniques from the developer's perspective, offering in-depth analysis of the complete range of network technologies * Details development options for building Smart Client, Thin Client, and messaging applications as well as PIM (personal information management) and location-based services * The author is an experienced trainer who leads seminars and workshops worldwide for iAnywhere Solutions, a...

Marketing Wireless Products

• ISBN:
• 075065936X
• Authors:
• Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Dean A. Gratton

Marketing Wireless Products provides a comprehensive insight into the world of wireless technology marketing by addressing the many issues faced in effectively presenting this new technology to the end user/consumer. The book is based upon the rationale that technology marketing, and in particular wireless technology marketing, has always proved somewhat paradoxical to those working within the industry. By drawing upon the knowledge of industry...

Infectious Diseases of the Mouth (Deadly Diseases and Epidemics)

• ISBN:
• 0791092429
• Authors:
• Scott C. Kachlany

Teeth (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology)

• ISBN:
• 0521837014
• Authors:
• Simon Hillson

Teeth yield remarkable information about animals as well as the health, hygiene and diet of ancient communities. In this fully revised and up-dated edition of his classic text, Simon Hillson draws together a mass of information on dental studies in archaeology and related disciplines. The book's treatment of mammals is extended to include mammals of North America and Asia north of the Himalayas. The form of roots are now detailed with figures...

Morphogenesis of Endothelium (Endothelial Cell Research Series)

• ISBN:
• 9058230619
• Authors:
• Werner Risau, Gabor M. Rubanyi

The cardiovascular system is the first functional organ system to develop in the vertebrate embryo. Embryonic growth and differentiation essentially depend on transport of nutrients and waste through the early vasculature, and certain events in morphogenesis are thought to be influenced by the hemodynamic forces of the beating heart. The vasculature not only serves as a "nutrient and waste pipeline" but is also a major communication system...

Wireless Internet Security: Architecture and Protocols

• ISBN:
• 0521887836
• Authors:
• James Kempf

In describing tools for internet security, this title focuses on understanding the system architecture of existing security and on developing architectural changes for new security services. Topics include security threats in wireless networks, security services for countering those threats, and the process of defining functional architecture for network systems. Kempf also discusses examples of wireless Internet security systems such as...

Secure Roaming in 802.11 Networks (Communications Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0750682116
• Authors:
• Paul Goransson, Raymond Greenlaw

This book explores the fundamental concepts, basic theory, and key principles of 802.11 networks with roaming capabilities. Today, we increasingly expect to find public Wide Local Area Network (WLAN) 802.11 access in our airports, public spaces, and hotels, and we want to maintain our connections when we're mobile and using 802.11 WLANs. However, 802.11 was not originally designed with roaming capabilities and can't, in its "pure" form, support...

Hacking Wireless Networks For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0764597302
• Authors:
• Kevin Beaver, Peter T. Davis

Become a cyber-hero - know the common wireless weaknesses "Reading a book like this one is a worthy endeavor toward becoming an experienced wireless security professional." --Devin Akin - CTO, The Certified Wireless Network Professional (CWNP) Program Wireless networks are so convenient - not only for you, but also for those nefarious types who'd like to invade them. The only way to know if your system can be penetrated is to simulate an attack....

The Wi-Fi Experience: Everyone's Guide to 802.11b Wireless Networking

• ISBN:
• 0789726629
• Authors:
• Harold Davis, Richard Mansfield

This book is a complete "experience" for Wi-Fi users, offering how-to instructions and software discounts, full versions on the CD, and recommendations for Wi-Fi projects. The author takes the reader beyond just wireless networking to explore Wi-Fi capabilities in real-world applications such as Wi-Fi with PDAs, VOIP, and building your own Wi-Fi phone.

Deploying Secure 802.11 Wireless Networks with Microsoft® Windows®

• ISBN:
• 0735619395
• Authors:
• Joseph Davies

Learn how to deploy security-enhanced 802.11b wireless networks across the Windows platform with information direct from the Microsoft experts who know Windows-based wireless networking best.

OECD Statistics on International Trade in Services 2008, Volume II, Detailed Tables by Partner Country

• ISBN:
• 9264059032
• Authors:
• OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

This OECD publication provides statistics on international trade in services by partner country for 28 OECD countries plus the European Union (EU25 and EU27), the Euro area, and Hong Kong (SAR China) as well as definitions and methodological notes. The data concern trade between residents and non-residents of countries and are reported within the framework of the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services. This book includes summary...