Wireless Communications and Networks

This is the first guide to wireless technology with the pedagogical breadth, depth, and discipline needed to help both professionals and students master the entire field. Legendary networking author William Stallings presents thorough, up-to-date introductions to every key aspect of wireless communications and networking: technology, architecture, types of wireless networks, design approaches, applications, standards, and more.Stallings begins with the fundamentals of data transmission: signals, channels, analog and digital data transmission, and multiplexing, circuit-switched and packet-switched networks, and the role of protocols such as TCP/IP. With these basics understood, he moves on to the unique components and technologies of wireless networks. The book includes detailed chapters on antennas and propagation; signal encoding techniques; spread spectrum; coding; and error control. Stallings offers in-depth coverage of satellite-based wireless networks; analog, TDMA, CDMA, and 3G cellular; cordless systems; Wireless Local Loop; Mobile IP; and WAP. The book also contains a full section of wireless LANs, including in-depth coverage of IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth standards. William Stallings' accompanying Web site includes extensive bonus resources, including PDF transparency masters, PowerPoint slides, and book updates.For all students and professionals in the fields of information technology, networking, and data communications — including current and future network designers, implementers, administrators, managers, and customers.

Features

• Appropriate for students with little or no background in data communications
• Consistent discussion of technology and architecture
• Illustrates how a small collection of ingredients-including frequency band, signal encoding techniques, error correction technique, and network architecture-characterize and differentiate wireless communication and networking
• Discussion of various network types
• Students learn the important types of wireless networks, including satellite, cellular, fixed wireless access, and wireless LANs
• Coverage of design approaches throughout the book
• Highlights alternative design choices and assesses their relative merits
• Integrated discussion of applications
• Exposes students to a number of key technologies and applications that have been developed on top of wireless infrastructures, especially mobile IP and wireless Web access
• Emphasis on both technology and on standards-Provides a comprehensive guide to understanding specific wireless standards, such as those promulgated by ITU and IEEE 802, as well as standards developed by other organizations
• Shows the importance of such standards in defining the available products and future research directions in this field
• Excellent pedagogy-Includes review questions, list of key words, problems, suggestions for further reading, and a list of relevant Web sites in each chapter. Also includes an extensive glossary, a list of frequently used acronyms, and a bibliography
• Clear, systematic treatment of all important forward error correction techniques
• Provides students with material on an essential and hard to grasp part of all wireless communications systems
• Comprehensive treatment of spread spectrum-Covers frequency hopping, direct sequence, spread spectrums, and code division multiple access (CDMA) schemes
• Supplies students with a firm foundation in this topic
• A thorough discussion of cellular networks-Includes cellular technology; and a survey of first, second, and third generation systems
• Presents students with complete coverage of this important and complex aspect of wireless communications and networking.
• Up-to-date coverage of fixed wireless access, wireless local loop, and includes discussion on the IEEE 802.16 standards
• Gives students a necessary, technically sound, and current treatment of rapidly expanding Fixed Wireless Access deployment, and its quickly evolving technology and standards
• Thorough coverage of wireless LAN-Includes IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth Standards
• Teaches students about the two most important wireless LAN standards
• Detailed survey of satellite communications-Discusses transmission parameters and capacity allocation
• Helps students master this important area of wireless communications and its own distinct technical design issues
• Up-to-date coverage on mobile IP and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
• Offers students a look at the new developments related to these two key ingredients of wireless networking
• Coverage of essential elements of antennas and propagation-Includes modes of transmission; propagation effects; and fading
• Enables students to understand the design issues for various wireless communications and networking schemes

Contents 1. Introduction.

I. TECHNICAL BACKGROUND.

2. Transmission Fundamentals.
3. Communication Networks.
4. Protocols and the TCP/IP Suite.

II. WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY.

5. Antennas and Propagation.
6. Signal Encoding Techniques.
7. Spread Spectrum.
8. Coding and Error Control.

III. WIRELESS NETWORKING.

9. Satellite Communications.
10. Cellular Transmission Principles.
11. Cordless Systems and Wireless Local Loop.
12. Mobile IP and Wireless Access Protocol.

IV. WIRELESS LANS.

13. Wireless LAN Technology.
14. IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Standard.
15. Bluetooth.

Appendix A: Standards and Standard-Setting Organizations.
Appendix B: Traffic Analysis.
Appendix C: Fourier Analysis.
Appendix D: Data link Control Protocols.
Glossary.
References.
List of Acronyms.