CDMA Capacity and Quality Optimization (Telecom Engineering) [Hardcover]

Adam Rosenberg (Author), Sid Kemp (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 25, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0071399194 | ISBN-13: 978-0071399197 | Edition: 1

Now that CDMA has been accepted as a key component of worldwide 3G systems, service providers, capacity planners, engineers and technicians need to understand the best methods and tools for maximizing throughput, capacity, and quality. This book provides that expertise.

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From the Back Cover

UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF CDMA
* Optimize the radio, telephony, and data components of CDMA cellular networks
* Implement or upgrade to all flavors of CDMA—cdmaOne, cdma2000, W-CDMA, and the newest TD-SCDMA
* Maximize capacity, throughput, and voice and data quality for 2.5G and 3G CDMA cellular telephone networks

POWER UP CDMA

With this essential expert guide and toolkit, you can get the best of CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)—now a key component of 3G systems worldwide. In CDMA Capacity and Quality Optimization, experts Adam N. Rosenberg and Sid Kemp explain every aspect of CDMA cellular networks: Radio Frequency, Telephony, Signaling, and Data Transmission. This book can help you:
* Understand CDMA principles and apply them to optimizing your cellular network
* Manage traffic engineering through the entire cellular system
* Find direct routes to capacity and quality solutions
* Troubleshoot problems and bottlenecks with step-by-step guidance
* Upgrade throughput without diminishing quality
* Use cellular planning and coverage mapping tools for superior performance and faster results
* Plan 2.5G data services and 3G CDMA networks
* Put solutions in place that can grow with your network

Cellular telephone networks win in the market by achieving the optimal capacity and call quality at the lowest possible cost. If you are assigned to plan for, design, implement, or optimize CDMA, you won’t find a clearer, more thorough, or more helpful source of fundamental theory, technical implementation guidelines, practices, and tools than this book.

About the Author

Adam N. Rosenberg is an industrial mathematician who has worked in wireless and landline telephony, airline planning, railroad line optimization, used car value prediction, printed circuit board design and manufacture, image processing of flood plain maps, and, currently, hotel revenue management. He worked with the cellular founders at Bell Telephone Laboratories on Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) and, more recently, on Broadband Code Division Multiple Access (B-CDMA) at InterDigital Communications Corporation. Dr. Rosenberg earned his A.B. in Mathematics from Princeton University, cum laude, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Operations Research from Stanford University. He can be reached at [e-mail]

Sid Kemp is an expert in architecture, standards, quality management, and organizational structure for information technology and telecommunications. As president of Quality Technology & Instruction (QTI), he provides clients with consulting and training that increase quality of service especially by improving teamwork between technical engineers and business experts and executives. He appreciates comments on his writing and can be reached at [e-mail]. For updates and additional information about this book, see his corporate Web site, www.qualitytechnology.com/qti/cdma.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 627 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (February 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071399194
• ISBN-13: 978-0071399197
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,073,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most comprehensive and readable book on CDMA I've seen, May 13, 2003

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Jim Davis (Chicago area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CDMA Capacity and Quality Optimization (Telecom Engineering) (Hardcover)

As a pre-publishing reviewer of one chapter in this book, I can't claim to be 100% objective ... only 99%. However, as a teacher of seminars on CDMA, I'm often asked by students to recommend a book on CDMA that is readable. Most books on CDMA rapidly get to a depth that requires extensive mathematics and real dedication to stick with the book. In contrast, this book is very readable and does an excellent job of explaining difficult concepts without extensive use of complex mathematics. It is also one of the most comprehensive books on CDMA I've seen. It covers both the radio access technologies (all the major CDMA standards including cdmaOne (TIA-95), CDMA2000 (IS-2000 1x), W-CDMA/UMTS, and TD-SCDMA) and the network infrastructure for CDMA systems. Its strength is also its limitation: given its comprehensiveness, the depth on any given topic is limited. Still, for the vast majority of readers, I would think that this book hits the right level.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Only Game in Town, May 29, 2003

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DJM "DJM" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CDMA Capacity and Quality Optimization (Telecom Engineering) (Hardcover)

If you're looking to design a wireless telephony network, turn to this book.

If you are a salesperson wishing to sell to a wireless telephony company, or are otherwise seeking insight into the decisions such companies must make, this is also a good choice.

And it's probably your only choice. I can't think of any other books covering what this one covers. It is the only game in town, and if you need it, you'll get it whether it's well done or not.

Fortunately, the book is very well written and is comprehensive. The sections are well thought out, and the information as easy to understand as it can be made to be. I was very happy with it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, it is good., September 12, 2005

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This review is from: CDMA Capacity and Quality Optimization (Telecom Engineering) (Hardcover)

Every section is written very clearly, a unusal thing in this field. I highly recommend it as supplemetry book.