CDPD: Cellular Digital Packet Data Standards and Technology (McGraw-Hill Computer Communications Series) [Hardcover]

John Agosta (Author), Travis Russell (Author)

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Publication Date: September 13, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0070006008 | ISBN-13: 978-0070006003

Cellular Digital Packet Data is a new standard for wireless technology capable of carrying enough data to compete against Personal Communication Services (PCS) - the technology which Cable TV companies are using to provide both telephone and television services. "CDPD" offers a frontline report on protocols, network architectures, management issues and applications development and readers will find hands-on deployment advice and case studies from telecoms companies including ITT.

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A complete tutorial in CDPD-the powerful new wireless technology Here is a great way to prepare yourself for the coming boom in mobile technologies. This book offers you a solid, nonengineering approach to networking with CDPD-the new standards-based wireless technology capable of carrying enough data to compete against personal communications Services (PCS). You'll get a detailed overview of CDPD elements of procedure, covering protocols and network architectures... topologies and interfaces... network management issues... and application development. With the help of this practical guide, you'll discover: How mobile users access, register, authenticate, and utilize the CDPD network; How packet data and voice services are able to share the same channel space; How CDPD mobile devices learn about the network's topology; How CDPD mobile devices can perform channel and cell transfers without any involvement from the network operator. Filled with graphics, this complete CDPD tutorial features hands-on deployment advice-plus case studies from ITT, Hughes, TYMNET, and Ameritech Cellular. It also includes a helpful glossary, sample data traces, and a listing of CDPD vendors.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 243 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (September 13, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070006008
• ISBN-13: 978-0070006003
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,435,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: CDPD: Cellular Digital Packet Data Standards and Technology (McGraw-Hill Computer Communications Series) (Hardcover)

I am a network engineer for a wireless company and I would like to note that Mr. Russell's books are very outstanding and helpful. It gave me a very good understanding regarding telecommunications protocols and among other things. It had helped with me my job funtions, and enable me to share these knowledge to my fellow engineers.