Wireless Crash Course 3rd Edition Author:Paul Bedell This complete introduction to the basics of wireless technology now contains information on 4G! Wireless Crash Course, Third Edition is a thorough updated to this introductory guide to the rapidly evolving field of wireless telecommunications, including the basics of wireless networks, essential technologies, applications, and markets. All-new ... more »chapters, rewritten material, and coverage of mobile enterprise application platform (MEAP), and mobile device management (MDM) are included in this new edition. Two new chapters?Fourth Generation Wireless Technologies; Wireless Applications Discussion of MEAP?mobile enterprise application platform Details on MDM?mobile device management Everything You Need to Know about Wireless:
Cellular Radio History and Development; The Cell Base Station; Basic Cellular Network Design and Operation; Radio Frequency (RF) Technologies and Operations; Antennas, Radio Frequency (RF) Power and Sectorization; 2G/Digital Wireless Technologies; 3G/Third-Generation Wireless; 4G and Long-Term Evolution (LTE); Personal Communication Services (PCS); Towers; Base Station Equipment and Radio Frequency (RF) Signal Flow; Capacity Management, Propagation Models, and Drive Testing; The MTSO, the Wireless Core Network, and the Network Operations Center (NOC); Microwave Radio Systems; The Backhaul Network: Cell Site to Core Network Connections; Interconnection to the Landline (Public Switched) Telephone Network; Roaming and Intercarrier Networking; Wireless Data Technologies; The Business Side of Wireless; Wireless Applications« less