EBOOK: Mobile and Wireless Communications: An IntroductionThe mobile information society has revolutionised the way we work, communicate and socialise. Mobile phones, wireless free communication and associated technologies such as WANs, LANs, and PANs, cellular networks, SMS, 3G, Bluetooth, Blackberry and WiFi are seen as the driving force of the advanced society. The roots of today's explosion in wireless technology can be traced back to the deregulation of AT&T in the US and the Post Office and British Telecom in the UK, as well as Nokia's groundbreaking approach to the design and marketing of the mobile phone. Providing a succinct introduction to the field of mobile and wireless communications, this book:
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Contents
Chapter 01 Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 02 Radio basics | 5 |
Chapter 03 Going mobile | 22 |
Chapter 04 Getting personal | 39 |
Chapter 05 The multitask gadget | 62 |
Chapter 06 Lets go surfing | 82 |
Chapter 07 La guerre du sans fil | 96 |
Chapter 08 Bandwidth bonanza | 110 |
Chapter 09 Into thin air | 123 |
Notes | 140 |
Glossary | 148 |
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Back cover | 171 |
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Mobile and Wireless Communications: An Introduction Gordon Gow,Richard Smith No preview available - 2006 |
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