September 2012 | Assurance Wireless Program

WCDMARequirements and Practical Design Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Hi,This is an Excellent book for DSP Engineers and Protocol Stack Developers for WCDMA. It gives very good understanding on WCDMA.I would also recommend another book " WCDMA Design Handbook " by Richardson. Use both of them.Click Here to see more reviews about: WCDMARequirements and Practical DesignWCDMA...

RTLS For Dummies Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As an Electronic Engineer moving into the RTLS market, RTLS for Dummies gave me an excellent overview and multiple case studies for RTLS deployments that I will be working on. Now I know the important pros and cons in each RTLS technology in choosing and deploying future RTLS system. Now I am comfortable...

EDGE for Mobile Internet Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The reference book for EDGE (see my comments on "GPRS for mobile internet")Great interest.S. LarsenClick Here to see more reviews about: EDGE for Mobile InternetClick here for more information about EDGE for Mobile Inter...

J2ME Enterprise Development Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Reading this book helped me understand do's and dont's of J2ME based applications. Very clear explanation of how to develop J2ME based enterprise applications. MSales sample application was the first end-to-end working program I have seen in Mobile Java related books, as a matter of fact anywhere. I...

Voice Over Packet Networks Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It covers how voice can be transported over different technologies - IP. ATM, Frame Relay and Cable. Technically, very well written. It compares these technology very well. It also covers QoS. If you are in Telecom, keep this book on your desk. To the point and accurate discussion.Click Here to see more...

Mobile Intelligence (Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Mobile in the book's title refers to 2 large scale cases. Unsurprisingly, one case is the many millions of people who have mobile phones and who use these for wireless communication while moving around some region. The other case is a Wireless Sensor Network [WSN], where nodes (aka. sensors) are...

Ultra Wideband Systems: Technologies and Applications (Communications Engineering) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book provides a good overall introduction to Ultra Wideband Systems, from signal, modulation and multiple-access to antenna design and standards. Certainly suitable for someone who wants a book on the subject that is not too overwhelming with details and equations but yet is detailed enough to gain...

Mobile WiMAX: A Systems Approach to Understanding IEEE 802.16m Radio Access Technology Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a textbook and it seems to me that it's meant to be used in a classroom environment. That being said, it's not as dry as many that I had when I was in school.After the preface and introduction the book launches into sixteen and a third pages of abbreviations and you need to spend some time with...

Programming Mobile Devices: An Introduction for Practitioners Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The biggest feature of this book is how you need to get accustomed to the limited resources on a cellphone, compared to a laptop or personal computer. Many programmers will come to mobile devices from developing on the latter 2 platforms. Still, if you have been programming long enough, the cellphone...

Android Programming Tutorials, 3rd Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Excellent book. Several chapters will build upon the same sample application and will explain each new piece of code. When later chapters don't fit the current sample application, it will start with a new sample application. One doesn't need to "follow along from chapter to chapter" as each chapter introduces...

Flash Design for Mobile Devices Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This really seems like a recycled and rehashed book quickly put together in order to rush a "new topic" to print. I'm pretty sure I recognize this content from other books I've seen on the shelf. Even the paper quality seems recycled! I got this one in the mail, and it already was yellowed - the pages...

Enterprise Guide to Gaining Business Value from Mobile Technologies Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Superb read, I especially like the 2 chapter Wireless Network overview and the Wirelesee Value for explaining complex issues in a straightforward manner. This book brings you up to speed on the industry, business value and corporate interest in the mobility space. A must buy!!Click Here to see more reviews...

MIDP 2.0 Style Guide for the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)First, a very important note: *this is not a technical book*. If you are already familiar with older versions of MIDP, this book is an overkill and might be a bit boring from time to time. Having said that, the book really does a good job introducing the MIDP GUI concepts and much more. It's a very readable...

Fundamentals of Mobile and Pervasive Computing Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a good entry point for someone wishing to learn about wireless computing and communication. It provides a broad survey of the various kinds of wireless applications and implementation design patterns, discussing the technology performance limitations and trade-offs that motivate each design...

Scalable VoIP Mobility: Integration and Deployment Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a must for anyone involved with implementing voice mobility solutions - system administrations, network architects and even business managers. A great resource that identifies problems of high-scale mobility. Offers a concise introduction to voice mobility and applications.Good overview...

Services for UMTS: Creating Killer Applications in 3G Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If I had written this book, and were holding myself out as a consultant to the mobile operator industry, I would not list it on my resume.The content is unremarkable and rehashed; nothing is here that could not be learned in a few hours of online research. There are no unique insights here. Some suggested...

Mobile Malware Attacks and Defense Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Security threats on mobile platforms are one of the key topics and main targets for the next couple of years, given the ubiquity and popularity of these devices, plus their advanced capabilities and use of sensitive application: micro payments, online banking and e-commerce, access to "the cloud", etc.This...