Synopses & Reviews
The #1 nontechnical guide to wireless: updated for the latest technologies and business realities.
- #1 nontechnical guide to wireless technology!
- Fully updated to reflect the newest wireless technologies and business realities
- New coverage of 3.5G and 4G wireless systems, WLANs, and other key advances
- Today'sand tomorrow'smost profitable mobile commerce applications introduced
- Specific, up-to-the-minute wireless buying advice
- New chapter on the health issues surrounding wireless
- An ideal resource for decision makers; marketing, PR, and sales professionals; investors; and business consumers
Now, the #1 nontechnical guide to next-generation wireless applications has been fully updated for tomorrow's most important technologiesand today's most critical business realities. Network magazine editor Andy Dornan reviews every new wireless development that mattersfrom 3.5G networks to profitable m-commerce applications, WLANs to very-high-bandwidth wireless optics. You'll find detailed, up-to-the-minute coverage of:
- The realities of wireless economicsincluding the most promising opportunities in tough markets
- 3G systems and their limitationsand the promise of tomorrow's 3.5G and 4G technologies
- Real-world, business-focused guidance on purchasing cell phones and service
- State-of-the-art mobile commerce: including security, payment systems, and today's most innovative, successful applications
- Leading mobile OS platforms: Blackberry, Pocket PC, Tablet PC, Palm, and beyond
- WLANs: the next revolution in wireless Internet access?
- Multimedia messaging, T-Rays, space-based Internet access, and other advanced technologies
- Up-to-the-minute, objective assessment of the health issues surrounding wireless
Whether you're an investor, sales or marketing professional, manager, consultant, or consumer, Andy Dornan delivers all the information you need to identify your best wireless opportunitiesand take advantage of them!
Synopsis
Now, the #1 nontechnical guide to next-generation wireless has been fully updated for tomorrow's technologies-and today's business realities. The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications: From Cellular Systems to Wi-Fi, Second Edition, reviews every new wireless development that matters, from 3.5G and 4G networks to profitable m-commerce applications, WLANs to T-Rays. Includes specific business wireless buying advice, plus new coverage of the health issues surrounding wireless communications.
About the Author
ANDY DORNAN is an award-winning Senior Editor specializing in wireless technology at Network magazine in San Francisco, CA. He has covered advanced wireless technologies for publications ranging from Red Herring to Wired.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. The Wireless World.
Cutting the Cables. From the 20s to the 2000s. Buying a Cell Phone. Summary.
2. Radio Spectrum.
Radio 101. Analog versus Digital. AM and FM. Spectrum Regulation. Licensing Methods. Summary.
3. Cellular Networks.
Cells. Two-Way Communication. Multiplexing. Spread Spectrum and CDMA. Location Tracking. Audio Coding. Summary
4. PCS Standards.
Cellular Voice and Data. Packet Data Systems. Private Mobile Radio. Summary
5. Third-Generation Standards.
IMT-2000. CDMA2000 139. EDGE. Reality Check. Summary.
6. Mobile Data Services.
Messaging. The Wireless Web. WAP and i-mode. Summary.
7. M-Commerce.
M-Business Plans. Billing. Cellular Security. Summary.
8. Inside a Mobile Network.
The Air Link. Voice Infrastructure. Data Infrastructure. Server-Side Equipment. The Internet. Summary.
9. Short-Range Wireless Networks.
Unlicensed Spectrum. Wireless LANs. Cordless Telephony. IrDA. Bluetooth. Fourth Generation. Summary.
10. Phones or Computers?
Future Phones. Mobile Operating Systems. PDA Hardware. User Input. Summary.
11. Fixed Wireless Technology.
Wireless Local Loop. Point-to-Point Microwave. Free Space Optics. Summary.
12. Internet in Space.
Orbits. VSATs. Mobile (LEO) Satellite Systems. Mars Online. Summary.
13. Do Wireless Devices Fry Your Brain?
Theory. Experimental Research. Other Wireless Hazards. Summary.
Glossary.
Index.