Mobile Communications [Paperback]

Jochen Schiller (Author), Dr. Jochen Schiller (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201398362 | ISBN-13: 978-0201398366 | Publication Date: January 15, 2000 | Edition: 1st

This is a technical introduction to the current developments within Mobile communications. It allows the reader to assess new developments, how to harness new technologies and how to improve existing systems. Although it does not evangelise, it does allow readers to keep abreast of new technologies and current trends.

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From the Back Cover

The rapid growth and convergence of mobile communications has led to a need for new techniques and solutions and a demand for knowledgeable communication professionals who have a firm grasp of the background theory and technologies and who also understand the future trends and possibilities within the field.

In this book Jochen Schiller draws on extensive experience to present an essential grounding in mobile communications, explaining current developments in industry and research and providing a detailed technical background to the area. The book covers all of the important aspects of mobile and wireless communications from the Internet to signals, access protocols and cellular systems, all presented in a clear and structured way, with a focus on the crucial area of digital data transfer.

The early chapters give a concise overview of mobile communications applications, history and market, and provide a foundation in wireless communication, wireless transmission and Medium Access Control. The book goes on to devote a chapter to each of the 5 different groups of wireless network technologies: telecommunications systems, satellite systems, broadcast systems, wireless LAN and wireless ATM. The final chapters on the network layer and transport layer address problems and provide solutions using well-known Internet protocols such as TCP/IP within a mobile environment, concluding with a focus on WWW and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).

If you are a professional networking engineer or manager wanting to know how mobility will affect applications, security and networks, this book will be an invaluable resource.

Mobile Communications will enable you to:
• recognise and understand the future trends in networking
• understand design decisions
• follow through paths of migration from fixed networks towards mixed fixed/mobile networks

Features:
• easy access to specific topics through self-contained chapters
• quick reference and learning tools: summary of each chapter; signposted references to relevant standards, organizations and research work; end of chapter questions for self-testing/study; appendix of acronyms
• wide range of examples, applications scenarios and case studies
• accompanying web site contains up-to-date developments and links to related mobile and wireless communications sites, figures and PowerPoint™ slides
• covers digital systems such as CDMA, GSM, and DECT
• covers up-to-date technologies in all areas of mobile communications with extensive examples and special features: telecommunications (GSM and UMTS); broadcast (DAB); wireless LANs (IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN and Bluetooth); wireless ATM (QoS) and Internet Protocols (IP and TCP)

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About the Author

Jochen Schiller is an Assistant Professor in the fields of Computer Networks, specializing in Mobile Communications, at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany and Uppsala University, Sweden, and is an Associate Professor attached to the ...cole de technologie supErieure, UniversitE du QuEbec, Canada. His research includes work within several European projects and industry co-operations dealing with QoS provisioning for large-scale WWW servers. He also acts as a consultant for several companies in the networking and communication business.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201398362
• ISBN-13: 978-0201398366
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,713,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book!, April 9, 2000

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Adrian Bye (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobile Communications (Paperback)

When you pick this book up, it looks completely boring! Neither the title nor the cover is enticing. However the content is excellent - it has a thorough coverage of all kinds of current and upcoming wireless technologies. Not many books today mention anything about technologies such as bluetooth, however this one has a couple of pages coverage. If you're looking to get an overview of what is happening in wireless, this is a good place to start. I would definitely recommend picking up a copy of this book - I was very happy to have bought it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting, April 19, 2000

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Christian Buchs (Geneva, Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobile Communications (Paperback)

Very good book that explains current research and technologies covering especially OSI/ISO layers 1 to 4 in mobile/wireless communications. WAP is also discussed. Managers, some developpers may find the first 10 chapters too detailed as the book goes far (up to single bit description in packet headers) in protocols explanations.

This book is ideal for communication systems and telecom engineers and give an excellent up-to-date idea of the mobile/wireless communications field for others.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An extremely informative book, November 17, 2000

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Dr. Taoling Xie (Herndon, Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobile Communications (Paperback)

This book offers an excellent introduction and exciting insights on latest mobile technologies; from wireless transmission, telecommunication systems, satellites to wireless LAN/ATM, mobile network/transport protocols and the WAP development. The contents are not only well-organized and balanced, but also easy to understand and interesting.

I have read a few books on the overall subject, and this is by far the best-written book. I recommend this book very highly to IT engineers, managers and others who are interested in learning how the latest mobile technology works and how it is becoming the next-wave for the Internet and Web phenomenon.