Communication Systems for the Mobile Information Society

Many wireless systems like GSM, GPRS, UMTS, Bluetooth, WLAN orWiMAX offer possibilities to keep people connected while on themove. In this flood of technology and claims that one singleresource will serve all our needs, this book seeks to enablereaders to examine and understand each technology, and how toutilise several different systems for the best results. Communication Systems for the Mobile Information Societynot only contains a technical description of the different wirelesssystems available today, but also explains the thoughts that arebehind the different mechanisms and implementations; not only the'how' but also the 'why' is in focus. Thus the advantages and alsolimitations of each technology become apparent. * Provides readers with a solid introduction to major globalwireless standards and compares the different wireless technologiesand their applications * Describes the different systems based on the standards, theirpractical implementation and the design assumptions that weremade * The performance and capacity of each system in practice isanalyzed and explained, accompanied with practical tips on how todiscover the functionality of different networks by the readersthemselves * Questions at the end of each chapter and answers on theaccompanying website make this book ideal for self study or ascourse material * Illustrated with many realistic examples of how mobile peoplecan stay in touch with other people, the Internet and theircorporate intranet This book is an essential resource for telecommunicationengineers, professionals and computer science and electricalengineering students who want to get a thorough end-to-endunderstanding of the different technical concepts of the systems onthe market today.