August 2012 | Assurance Wireless Program

Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Channel Models: Theory and Practice (Adaptive and Learning Systems for Signal Processing, Communications and Control Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Excellent book. Despite of ignoring Winner models that book is a very helpful.Costa introduces in the 2nd chapter all the basis you need to make students understand correlative and cluster models discussed in 3rd and 4th chapters.Helpful appendices on tensor theory and useful examples in 6th chapter....

Indoor Radio Planning: A Practical Guide for GSM, DCS, UMTS and HSPA Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I havn't read the whole book yet, but I use some parts of the material in function of my interests. This is an excellent practical book about a topic that is rarely developed in any book (if any) and that you have to learn the hard way. You receive directly real-life examples and real designs that you...

IS-95 CDMA and cdma2000: Cellular/PCS Systems Implementation Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is definitely not the right book if you do not know anything about wireless communications and you just want to have an idea of this topic. In order to understand most of the chapters you need quite a strong background on analog (AMPS) and TDMA systems(GSM). If this is the case, this book is helpful...

iPhone App Development: The Missing Manual Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've been looking to get into iPhone OS development this spring, and most books I've come across have fallen into one of two categories: 1) they expect you to have a background in Mac OS X's Objective-C development frameworks or... 2) they're written like a reference book and thus make it difficult to...

Mac OS X Unwired: A Guide for Home, Office, and the Road Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If only this book had been available when I started delving in wireless networking! While my network is simple - and getting the AirPort network up and running for my Macs was a breeze - it does involve a DSL modem, a switch, an AirPort base station acting as a bridge to a wired Ethernet network, and...

Embedded Systems Handbook (Industrial Information Technology) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Embedded Systems Handbook edited by Richard Zurawski (Industrial Information Technology: CRC Press) Embedded systems are nearly ubiquitous, and books on individual topics or components of embedded systems are equally abundant. Unfortunately, for those designers who thirst for knowledge of the big picture...

GSM - Architecture, Protocols and Services Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book about GSM is a very clearly written and yet concisely written. Its true that this book of such a small size cannot substitute for reading the standards. However for the purposes of getting a system point of view ,understanding the Access side protocol stack this book is very good. Especially...

iPhone Pocket Guide, The (4th Edition) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Since Apple did not provide a written manual, this book identified several functions I was unaware existed. The book is a very easy read and does not read like a typical user manual. The author relates a lot of the functionality in a fun and engaging way.Click Here to see more reviews about: iPhone Pocket...

Wcdma: Towards Ip Mobility and Mobile Internet (Artech House Universal Personal Communications Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am very dissapointed with this book. This book does not really include any specifics on IP as mentioned on the cover. There is in reality only one chapter which covers IP, the rest of the book is more related to Physical Layer. Also there is a lack of continuity and clarity.This book is good as far...

Voice Over WLANS: The Complete Guide (Communications Engineering) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The subject of Voice over WLAN (VoWLAN) is a tough one to get your mind around as it involves the convergence of two evolving technologies, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). VoIP is rapidly replacing circuit-switched voice in the public switched telephone network...

Power Management in Mobile Devices (Communications Engineering) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a quite useful book for anyone who needs to deal with power consumption in portable devices, sensor networks, or other low-power applications. The book covers a broad array of topics: transistor process technology, ASIC design methodology for low-power circuits, software optimization, batteries,...

Wi-Fi (802.11) Network Handbook Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Covers several areas which are not found in a lot of other books. However, at many places, it assumes that the reader has some basic knowledge. Completely lacks illustrations, examples, figures. The writing style is very boring - paragraph after paragraph without any structure to these. The information...

The Radio Amateur's Satellite Handbook (Radio Amateur's Library;, Publication No. 232) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is essential for anyone wanting to work with the Amateur Satellites. It covers the history of various projects, explains the modes of operation, and shows the equipment needed to talk with the birds. Like all the ARRL books, it is easy to follow and clearly written. The only problem I have...

Designing Audio Power Amplifiers Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)When I heard that Bob Cordell had written a book on audio power amp design, I advance-ordered it immediately. Everything I'd seen of his work over the years had been eminently coherent and elegantly conveyed. The book arrived today and is well worth the wait.I'm going to have to be careful about how...

AAA and Network Security for Mobile Access: Radius, Diameter, EAP, PKI and IP Mobility Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If you're looking for an in depth book on AAA and it's associated algorithms, there's no match for this book. Much as I wish I was wrong and that I could replace the book I borrowed from my friend with a cheaper book, I'm afraid I'm about to be forced to shell out the [...] on AAA. And I'm only going...

Secrets of Podcasting, Second Edition: Audio Blogging for the Masses (2nd Edition) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a solid and well-written book for beginner and intermediate types. I pre-orderd this book because I like Peachpit's books and I had heard so much about podcasting that I thought I'd better 'get in the game'. I was pleasantly surprised with this book. The author goes into detail about what podcasts...

Web Geek's Guide to the Android-Enabled Phone Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Web Geek's Guide to the Android-Enabled Phone covers Android 1.5. Since the average person has no clue what an Android-Enabled phone is, the book starts off explaining in plain English the connection between this technology and Google. Essentially, the thought is that phones are fast becoming mini-computers....