Synopses & Reviews
In the dangerous waters of wireless, you want a lifeboat built by a pro. That's why anyone navigating this fast-changing environment needs this essential, tech-savvy, predictive, business-preserving manual.
Open this book. The job-saving guidance you need is inside. Written by the best-selling author in telecom, Vodafone AirTouch Plc Vice President/Chief Scientist William C.Y. Lee, Lee's Essentials of Wireless Communications brings you mission-critical information you must have to make the right technology choices.
Lee's been making the right moves in wireless for 30 years. Inside, he dissects successful technologies, standards, and strategies to share his working virtual crystal ball. He gives you the same solid information, insightful readings of history, and up-to-date, on-the-money tech perspectives he uses to make winning choices.
Behind the cover of Lee's Essentials of Wireless Communications, find:
*Tech savvy you need for strategic decision making
*Pros and cons of cellular flavors versus other wireless technology
*Tools for making wireless decisions that work today (and will still work tomorrow)
*Questions to ask to avoid bad choices such as the picture-phone system and SSB for cellular
*Insider data on coming user demands
*Tools you need to write glitch-free, foresighted technical specs
*Survival lessons from the past's failed systems, standards, and assumptions
Where are the new technologies in the future?
As competition mounts and technology choices multiply, service providers are under tremendous pressure. One wrong tech choice, and you're history. The choices are not always obvious, and a good deal of conventional wisdom is wrong. Don't make a mistake. Error-proofing is inside.
LEARN. COMPARE. AND BEWARE.
CDMA SSB CT-2 GSM TDMA IDEN (MIRS) LEO-Globalstar v. Iridium IMT-2000 PCS Wireless Local Loop (WLL) Wideband v. Narrowband Analog Cellular Radio Capacity AMPS ESS Propagation System Strength Prediction SSB Digital Cellular CDPD UPR Two-Way Paging FCC
A volume in the McGraw-Hill Telecommunications Series.