The wireless data handbook /

This new edition of a highly successful book is completely updated and revised to reflect the latest developments involving the transmission of digital information over wireless networks. Written by an industry expert with over 32 years in the field, the Wireless Data Handbook offers a broad, unbias...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DeRose, James F. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Wiley, [1999]
Edition:Fourth edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A short history of data radio
  • Data network types
  • Key public network characteristics
  • Public terrestrial packet switched networks
  • Public terrestrial circuit switched networks
  • Public satellite networks
  • Hybrid networks
  • Fitting applications to public offerings
  • Subscriber growth : history and barriers
  • Market opportunity
  • Airtime price projections
  • Coverage versus capacity
  • Understanding airtime protocols
  • Estimating airlink capacity : packet systems
  • Enabling soft technologies
  • Device alternatives
  • Connectivity
  • Systems and subsystems
  • User applications
  • Network mythologies.