Introduction to Wireless and Mobile Systems [Hardcover]

Dharma P. Agrawal (Author), Qing-An Zeng (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0534493033 | ISBN-13: 978-0534493035 | Publication Date: March 18, 2005 | Edition: 2

This text explains the general principles of how wireless systems work, how mobility is supported, what is the underlying infrastructure and what interactions are needed among different functional components. Designed as a textbook appropriate for undergraduate or graduate courses in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, it focuses on qualitative descriptions and the realistic explanations of relationships between wireless systems and performance parameters. Rather than offering a thorough history behind the development of wireless technologies or an exhaustive list of work being carried out, the authors help EE and CSE students learn this exciting technology through relevant examples such as understanding how a cell phone starts working as soon as they get out of an airplane.

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About the Author

Dr. Dharma P. Agrawal is the Ohio Board of Regents Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Cincinnati. Previously, he was a faculty member at Wayne State University (1977-1982) and North Carolina State University, (1982-1998). He has been a consultant to the General Dynamics Land Systems Division, Battelle, Inc., and the U. S. Army. He has held visiting appointment at AIRMICS, Atlanta, GA, and the ATandT Advanced Communications Laboratory, Whippany, NJ. Dr. Agrawal has published a number of papers in the areas of Parallel System Architecture, Multicomputer Networks, Routing Techniques, Parallelism Detection and Scheduling Techniques, Reliability of Real-Time Distributed Systems, Modeling of C-MOS Circuits, and Computer Arithmetic. Recent research interests include energy efficient routing, information retrieval, and secured communication in ad hoc and sensor networks, effective handoff handling and multicasting in integrated wireless networks, interference analysis in piconets and routing in scatternet, use of directional antennas for enhanced QoS, Scheduling of periodic real-time applications and automatic load balancing in heterogeneous workstation environment. Dr. Agrawal has four approved patents and five patent filings in the area of wireless cellular networks. He received a D.Sc. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is Fellow of the IEEE and the ACM.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: CL-Engineering; 2 edition (March 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534493033
• ISBN-13: 978-0534493035
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,078,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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