Book details of 'Cellular Digital Packet Data (Artech House Mobile Communications Series)'

Title	Cellular Digital Packet Data (Artech House Mobile Communications Series)
Author(s)	M. Sreetharan, Rajiv Kumar
ISBN	0890067090
Language	English
Published	June 1996
Publisher	Artech House

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
It's strange that the AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone System or Analog Mobile Phone System; what everyone knows as cell phones) network had been around for a dozen years before the idea for cellular digital packet data (CDPD) was patented. I guess everyone had been waiting for the other guys to come up with a full scale digital cellular network. CDPD is *not* digital cellular, but rather the use of the analog net for the transfer of digital data in a more efficient manner than simply hooking a modem to a cell phone. Chapter two of the book looks at, and compares, the whole range of digital cellular, PCS (Personal Communication Services), and satellite networks. I hope the good folks at Artech won't be offended, but while their titles are undoubtedly important, they tend to be, well, boring. Sreetharan and Kumar are to be commended for ensuring that, while they never sacrifice accuracy or necessary technical detail, the book is not only readable, but quite fascinating in places. It is heavy, and occasionally acronyms are used before they are defined. The bulk of the book contains detailed descriptions of the architecture, physical layer (airlink), link layer, subnetwork protocols, radio resource management, mobility factors, network management, and deployment. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996
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