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bigyan90
2011-08-26, 10:01 PM
It's a good book to explain the basic wireless concepts clearly, although it was published in 2003.

Take it if you think it is useful for you.

The contents are:

A 1
Access Points 1
Advanced Mobile Phone Service 6
Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service 8
Amateur Radio Service 12

B 17
Basic Exchange Telephone Radio Service 17
Bluetooth 18
Bridges 27

C 31
Cell Sites 31
Cellular Data Communications 34
Cellular Telephones 36
Cellular Voice Communications 48
Citizens Band Radio Service 55
Code Division Multiple Access 59
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers 67
Cordless Telecommunications 70

D 75
Data Compression 75
Decibel 80
Digitally Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications 82
Direct Broadcast Satellite 87

E 95
Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution 95

F 97
Family Radio Service 97
Federal Communications Commission 99
Fixed Wireless Access 103
Fraud Management Systems 105
Frequency Division Multiple Access 119

G 123
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System 123
General Mobile Radio Service 125
General Packet Radio Service 128
Global Positioning System 131
Global System for Mobile (GSM) Telecommunications 139

H 149
Hertz 149
Home Radio-Frequency (RF) Networks 152

I 159
i-Mode 159
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers 161
Infrared Networking 164
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network 172
Interactive Television 175
Interactive Video and Data Service 181
Interexchange Carriers 183
International Mobile Telecommunications 186

L 195
Laser Transmission 195
Local Multipoint Distribution Service 198
Low-Power FM Radio Service 205
Low-Power Radio Service 208

M 211
Maritime Mobile Service 211
Microwave Communications 213
Mobile Telephone Switching Office 217
Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service 220
Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service 223

O 225
Over-the-Air Service Activation 225

P 229
Paging 229
PCS 1900 238
Peer-to-Peer Networks 243
Personal Access Communications Systems 251
Personal Air Communications Technology 254
Personal Communications Services 262
Personal Digital Assistants 266
Personal Handyphone System 273
Private Land Mobile Radio Services 279

R 287
Radio Communication Interception 287
Remote Monitoring 290
Repeaters 301
Routers 304
Rural Radiotelephone Service 310

S 311
Satellite Communications 311
Short Messaging Service 322
Software-Defined Radio 326
Specialized Mobile Radio 332
Spectrum Auctions 334
Spectrum Planning 338
Spread-Spectrum Radio 341

T 349
Telegraphy 349
Telemetry 354
Time Division Multiple Access 360

U 367
Ultra Wideband 367
Universal Mobile Telephone Service 371

V 377
Voice Cloning 377
Voice Compression 380

W 389
Wired Equivalent Privacy 389
Wireless E911 392

Wireless Application Protocol 394
Wireless Application Service Providers 401
Wireless Centrex 405
Wireless Communications Services 409
Wireless Fidelity 411
Wireless Internet Access 414
Wireless Internet Service Providers 422
Wireless Internetworking 425
Wireless Intranet Access 430
Wireless IP 434
Wireless LAN Security 437
Wireless LANs 444
Wireless Local Loops 454
Wireless Local Number Portability 464
Wireless Management Tools 465
Wireless Medical Telemetry Service 468
Wireless Messaging 470
Wireless PBX 473
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 481
Wireless Telecommunications Investment Fraud 483

Acronyms 487

Index 519