November 2011 | Assurance Wireless Program

Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Networks and Services Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I thought I knew everything about wireless. But while I was reading I figured a big thing out. I figured that my knowledge about wireless was in the range of 30%-55%. Pretty sad for someone that works in this field. The good news however is that after reading a few chapters I gain SOOOOOOOOOOOO much...

Practical Digital Wireless Signals (The Cambridge RF and Microwave Engineering Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a nice book. Dr. McCune does a very nice job of presenting digital wireless communications in a practical and easy-to-understand format. I particularly like the thorough treatments of Nyquist filtering, the Shannon channel capacity formula, and the concept of Eb/N0. The author clearly has a deep...

Wireless Technician's Handbook 2nd Edition (Artech House Mobile Communications Library) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The book was exactly what I was looking for, it covers TDMA, CDMA, GSM and AMPS very well, giving enough information that I feel pretty good about my knowledge of the technologies as a phone technician. The graphics were good, and the writing was at a level I could, for the most part understand. The...

Introduction to Wireless Technology Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is the best book I have ever read on Wireless. I have thoroughly enjoyed the book. The authors ability to take complex information and break it down to a more understandable level. I have read the book a couple of times and each time I pick up something new or I understand something a little better...

CWNA: Certified Wireless Network Administrator Study Guide (Exam PW0-100) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I'm using this book as reference material in a wireless LAN course I'm teaching at a local college. I started out using the official CWNA study guide but I like this one better and have switched to it for the following reasons:1. It is more up to date.2. It has lots fewer typo errors.3. The CD adds value...

Wireless LAN Radios: System Definition to Transistor Design (IEEE Series on Digital & Mobile Communication) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As a systems engineer without a deep understanding of radio architectures or the associated impairments, I found this book to be a great introduction to not just wireless LAN radios, but radios in general. The major classifications of radio architectures along with their strong points and shortcomings...

Signal Design for Good Correlation: For Wireless Communication, Cryptography, and Radar Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)One of the authors, Solomon Golomb, is world renowned in cryptography circles. This text lets you see some of his efforts. It gives an extensive treatment of encrypting a signal in such ways that it can be efficiently decrypted, without compromising the security of the encoding. Of course, as just stated,...

RF System Design of Transceivers for Wireless Communications Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I came across this book after I went through a few books on RF system design. I guess I can confidently say that the book covers the most important aspects of the RF system design such as noise figure, inter-modulation and adjacent channel power ratio calculations. The cascaded system analysis (Noise...

Wireless Hacking: Projects for Wi-Fi Enthusiasts: Cut the cord and discover the world of wireless hacks Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If you're highly interested in hacking together wi-fi networks and such, you'll probably enjoy Wireless Hacking Projects for Wi-Fi Enthusiasts by Lee Barken and the SoCalFreeNet.org Wireless Users Group. I personally had hoped for something a little different, however...Chapter list: A Brief Overview...

Emerging Technologies in Wireless LANs: Theory, Design, and Deployment (Cambridge Concise Histories) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book touches on a wide variety of aspects related to wireless LANs. It does a good job at presenting emerging standards and interesting applications. All chapters have extensive and current references...We can wholeheartedly recommend this useful book for postgraduate students, university researchers,...

6LoWPAN: The Wireless Embedded Internet (Wiley Series on Communications Networking & Distributed Systems) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The book was very nicely written. However, the content itself is totally outdated. Hence, I don't recommend to purchase it now. I am looking forward to a revision of it.Click Here to see more reviews about: 6LoWPAN: The Wireless Embedded Internet (Wiley Series on Communications Networking & Distributed...

Building Secure Wireless Networks with 802.11 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Wireless networking is the hottest technological innovation of the past few years, but the unpleasant fact is that security is its greatest weakness. In a crowded market of computer security titles, a niche exists for a book that lays out wireless security problems and couples them with solutions. Unfortunately,...

The Radio Amateur's Hand Book: A Complete, Authentic and Informative Work on Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony (Forgotten Books) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a very nicely produced republication of the 1922 Collins (no, not THAT Collins) Radio Amateur's Hand Book (no, not THAT Handbook). The original text was scanned and printed in a good modern font. The figures, however, were not redrawn, so they are a little fuzzy.Forgotten Books makes this book...

Phase-Locked Loops for Wireless Communications: Digital, Analog and Optical Implementations Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I purchased, read, and refer to this book. It is good. But different from my other PLL books. On a higher more technical level than the other PLL books which I have reviewed. Reads more like a thesis than the other PLL books. I feel that it covers exactly what the title indicates, more wireless communication...

OFDM for Wireless Multimedia Communications (Artech House Universal Personal Communications) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If you are looking for a book that clearly explains the mysteries of OFDM and COFDM then, you will have to wait. This is not that book. Much is left to "as an exercise for the student." There is some generic stuff on coding but how it relates to multipath mitigation is not clear. There are no good pictures...

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless Networking Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It was with a little trepidation that I decided it was time to go Wi-Fi. Being a Harold Davis fan for some time, I picked up a copy of his book. Good decision! To start with he helped me decide whether to get a wirelss card for my old faithful laptop, or to get a new one. I went for a new machine (SONY...

SonicWALL Secure Wireless Network Integrated Solutions Guide Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Summary: Very useful guide for designing a wireless network using a SonicWALL firewall and SonicPoint wireless access points. Note that the book is written for the older 802.11a/b/g SonicPoint G access points, so about 10% of it will be out of date for new 802.11n SonicPoint N access points. Nevertheless,...