Wcdma: Towards Ip Mobility and Mobile Internet (Artech House Universal Personal Communications Series) [Hardcover]

Tero Ojanpera (Editor), Ramjee Prasad (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1580531806 | ISBN-13: 978-1580531801 | Publication Date: February 2001

While covering the basics of wideband CDMA, the key UMTS technology, this major revision of the best-selling Wideband CDMA for Third Generation Mobile Communications brings you up-to-date with all the latest developments in third generation mobile communications.

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About the Author

Tero Ojanper? is the vice president, research, standardization, and technology in IP Mobility Networks at Nokia Networks. A member of the IEEE, Dr. Ojanper? has been awarded for his pioneering research in CDMA by the Finnish Electrical Engineering Association. He earned his M.Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of Oulu, Finland and his Ph.D. from the Deft University of Technology, Netherlands. Ramjee Prasad is wireless information and multimedia chair and co-director of the Center for PersonKommunikation at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the author of CDMA for Wireless Personal Communications (Artech House, 1996) and Universal Wireless Personal Communications (Artech House, 1998), co-author of OFDM for Wireless Multimedia Communications (Artech House, 2000) and co-editor of Third Generation Mobile Communication Systems (Artech House, 2000).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 477 pages
• Publisher: Artech House (February 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580531806
• ISBN-13: 978-1580531801
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,695,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Worth the Name, August 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Wcdma: Towards Ip Mobility and Mobile Internet (Artech House Universal Personal Communications Series) (Hardcover)

I am very dissapointed with this book. This book does not really include any specifics on IP as mentioned on the cover. There is in reality only one chapter which covers IP, the rest of the book is more related to Physical Layer. Also there is a lack of continuity and clarity.

This book is good as far as physical layer is concerned but then their other book "Wideband CDMA for Third Generation Mobile Communications " also covers those topics.

Finally i would like to say that anyone who wants to purchase this book should first go through it before buying it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A bit of everything but sections not sufficiently developed, August 16, 2001

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This review is from: Wcdma: Towards Ip Mobility and Mobile Internet (Artech House Universal Personal Communications Series) (Hardcover)

The "meat" of this book is largely composed of two portions: a compilation of technological developments in the WCDMA field, with emphasis on physical layer techniques, and another of information found in the standards. The book is definitely not entry level, despite the inclusion of introductory sections on wireless comms and CDMA in general. Furthermore, as the more advanced chapters are rather skimpy on details, readers may have to refer to the references provided for better understanding. Anything that does not fall under the gamut of the physical layer seems to be given peripheral treatment, in spite of the all-embracing title.

My opinion is that better resources for WCDMA can be sought for elsewhere, irregardless of the aspect of interest.