Mobile Communications Engineering: Theory and Applications [Hardcover]

William C. Y. Lee (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0070371032 | ISBN-13: 978-0070371033 | Publication Date: October 1, 1997 | Edition: 2

From one of the field’s foremost educators, here is the classic guide to mobile communication—fully revised for the 1990s and beyond. It is unique because it shows readers how to understand the differences in applying technologies between wireline communications and wireless communications. The new second edition extensively updates the basics. It also coves traffic and capacity analysis on mobile communications networks and addresses rapidly expanding new technologies, such as digital cellular, PCS, and multiple access techniques not only including FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, and SDMA, but also applying the techniques on the virtual channels.

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Fully revised and updated--The complete guide to mobile communications. The first edition of this classic reference work explained the design and development of mobile radio systems for voice and data in rigorous yet clear terms--and quickly became the bestselling guide to the subject. Now Dr. William Lee, the field's foremost scientist and instructor, has fully updated his guide to cover all the new technologies that are changing the face of mobile communications, Instead of merely describing the various existing and emerging systems, Dr. Lee helps you understand the crucial difference between applications for wireline and wireless communications. Writing for telecommunications engineers and managers, as well as students, he also thoroughly addresses such advancements as: Digital cellular and PCs; Conventional multiple access technologies, including FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, and SDMA; Various multiple access technologies on virtual channels; Traffic and capacity analysis on mobile communications networks; conceptual clarification of difficult topics, like processing gain, diversity gain, etc.; New concepts like data transmission, multiuser detetion, wavelet representation, etc.; different system applications, including terrestrial mobile systems, satellite mobile, wireless local loops, and wideband systems. ABOUT THE AUTHOR William C.Y. Lee is vice President and Chief Scientist for Applied Research and Science at AirTouch Communications in Walnut Creek, California. Dr. Lee is one of the foremost educators in the field of mobile communication and is the bestselling author of Mobile Cellular Telecommunications, Second Edition, also published by McGraw-Hill.

About the Author

William C. Y. Lee is Vice President and Chief Scientist for Applied Research and Science at AirTouch Communications in Walnut Creek, California. Dr. Lee is one of the foremost educators in the field of mobile communication and is the bestselling author of Mobile Cellular Telecommunications, Second Edition, also published by McGraw-Hill.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 689 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 2 edition (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070371032
• ISBN-13: 978-0070371033
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.8 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,567,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Review of Lee "Mobile Communications Engineering", March 19, 2000

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This review is from: Mobile Communications Engineering: Theory and Applications (Hardcover)

This book was the required book for a course, I liked the recommended text much better. OK overview of current analog cellular telephony and fading channels. Not particularly well organized or written, this book was updated from a much earlier edition and the update seemed to me to be hasty and incomplete. A lot of currently relevant material was missing.

1.0 out of 5 stars Lots of information but not readable, December 29, 2004

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This review is from: Mobile Communications Engineering (Hardcover)

The book has the feel that the author has updated a very old version. The updates and the new material don't merge smoothly. There are references to 1970s which should have been updated by new developments.

Although covering a lot of material both theoretical and practical none is pleasant to read. It sit in my shelf for a few years, I barely made a dent. Time to donate to the library.