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Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) is a new standard set by the European Telecommunications Standard Institute. GSM is a cellular system using digital radio access technology for cellular networks and to provide quality radio communication. This book offers detailed insight into this topical area of GSM cellular radio. Featuring numerous illustrations, this work focuses on the fundamentals of the mobile radio system, covering the standards and protocols extensively.
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This work is a bit too big for the "handy pocket reference" definition of handbook, but as a quick guide to the enormous range of technologies involved in mobile radio it fills the bill nicely. Part one of the book, though not formally delineated, gives the basic concepts behind mobile radio networks. Chapter one is an overview of mobile radio needs, history, and standards. Propagation gets thorough coverage in chapter two, and while there is lots of math there are also good explanations. Medium and channel access is dealt with in chapter three, including a detailed look at frequency, time, and code division multiple access (FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA, respectively). Channel imperfections and recovery, with a good section on adaptive antenn... Rest of this review on the detail page
(Review by Rob Slade)
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Real-life ATM applications and the hottest ATM technologies, all in a single volume-that's the two-pronged focus of this book, which picks up where the authors' hugely successful ATM Theory and Application left off. In the past two years, ATM has been adopted by many Fortune 500 companies and most telecommunication carriers. The current challenge for network managers and administrators is to deploy ATM efficiently and effectively in a corporate setting. Through abundant examples and illustrated step-by-step guidance, Hands-On ATM! reveals how to implement and operate an ATM network to best advantage; use ATM applications in both LAN and WAN environments; take advantage of "bridging," or Internet Protocol routing over ATM and LAN emulation; ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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This is, quite simply, an excellent guide to LANs for the non-technical manager, or for the technical professional with no networking background. It introduces the concepts, components and more sophisticated aspects of LANs without either drifting into impenetrable technicalities or getting cute. Chapter ten, a contact listing of network product vendors, is worth the price of the book alone. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995
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In the preface, the authors state that they intend to fill the gap left by other books which do not address the issue of how to access the Internet. Sachs and Stair don't have anything to add in this area, as many other books provide better discussion and instruction on how to get connected. The book does provide a basic guide to the basic Internet applications. The first two chapters, called "Introduction" and "Session One", assume that you are in an institution with access to the Internet and a help desk. It also assumes you are using UNIX. As many have noted, some basic understanding of UNIX commands and file structures can be very helpful on the Internet, but because the remainder of the book concentrates on a "button-pushing" l... Rest of this review on the detail page
(Review by Rob Slade)
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