Overview
Main description
Fully up-to-date coverage of the inner-workings of 3G
This revised and updated edition of 3G Wireless Networks covers the changes taking place within the arena of 3G--the wireless technology that enables voice, full-featured video, CD-quality sound, and Web browsing anywhere in the world. The book covers key standards and protocols and the critical issues of compatibility, internetworking, and voice/data convergence. You will learn how to successfully design and integrate WCDMA/UMTS, CDMA2000, and SCDMA into existing cellular/PCS networks.
Table of contents
Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: First-Generation (1G) Analog Chapter 3: Second Generation (2G)Chapter 4: Third Generation (3G) OverviewChapter 5: The Evolution Generation (2.5G) Chapter 6: Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS) Chapter 7: CDMA2000 Chapter 8: TD-SCDMAChapter 9: TD-CDMAChapter 10: Voice over IP (VoIP) Technology Chapter 11: BroadbandChapter 12: 3G System RF Design ConsiderationsChapter 13: Network Design ConsiderationsChapter 14: Antenna System Selection Chapter 15: UMTS System DesignChapter 16: CDMA2000 System DesignChapter 17: TD-CDMA and TD-SCDMA System DesignChapter 18: Communication SitesChapter 19: 4G and BeyondAPPENDIX: ERLANG TABLESINDEX
Author comments
Clint Smith, P.E. is an internationally known technical author whose books and industry trade articles are used extensively in the telecommunications industry. He has more than 20 years of experience in all aspects related to fixed and wireless telecommunications, including system design, project management, budgeting, operations, sales, and management. He has specific design and operational experience with CDMA, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WCDMA, TDMA, iDEN, AMPS, LMDS, WiMAX, WiFi, PtP, and PSCS. Presently, he is the vice president of Rivada Networks, a company working with the U.S. Department of Defense, federal, and state agencies solving communications interoperability for first responders. Some previous positions he has held include vice president of engineering for CCS, director for planning with Cingular, direct of engineering for NYNEX (Verizon), and senior engineer with Motorola.
Current books published by McGraw-Hill include Wireless Network Performance Handbook, 3G Wireless Networks (first edition), LMDS, Wireless Telecom FAQ, Practical Cellular and PCS Design, Cellular System Design and Optimization, and 3G Wireless with WiMAX and Wi-Fi.
Clint holds a masters in business administration degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a bachelor of engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT). He is also a registered professional engineer in New York and New Jersey; science fiction author; member of IEEE, APCO, Authors Guild, Radio Club of America (RCA), and Boy Scouts of America (BSA); and an adjunct professor at SIT.
Daniel Collins played key roles in the development of 2G wireless systems and the introduction of GSM to North America during nearly a decade of work with Ericsson in the United States and the United Kingdom. He also spent five years as an independent consultant specializing in VoIP and 2.5G and 3G wireless network architectures, including serving as chief network architect for implementation of a nationwide GSM/GPRS network. He is now chief technology officer of a new wireless carrier.
